Rankings

Every week of the season as it was published, from the games played up to then. Every team started the season at 1500.

2026 Week 7

#	Move	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Week
1	–	Miami	ACC	6-0	1,808	+10.4
2	▲2	UCLA	Big Ten	6-0	1,780	+23.8
3	▲3	BYU	Big 12	6-0	1,778	+38.0
4	▲3	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1	1,774	+45.7
5	▼3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1	1,743	-38.0
6	▲4	James Madison	Sun Belt	7-0	1,741	+26.6
7	▲11	Tennessee	SEC	6-1	1,733	+64.1
8	▲9	Ole Miss	SEC	5-1	1,732	+60.2
9	▲3	Houston	Big 12	6-1	1,721	+26.6
10	▲1	Boise State	Pac-12	5-1	1,715	0.0
11	▲4	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-0	1,706	+23.3
12	▼9	Georgia	SEC	6-1	1,704	-59.4
13	▲1	Utah	Big 12	6-0	1,701	+14.7
14	▲8	Wake Forest	ACC	6-1	1,695	+38.7
15	▼10	Alabama	SEC	5-2	1,689	-64.1
16	▲12	Kentucky	SEC	6-1	1,685	+51.7
17	▼8	Indiana	Big Ten	6-1	1,681	-45.7
18	▼2	USC	Big Ten	6-1	1,681	0.0
19	▼11	Missouri	SEC	5-2	1,668	-60.2
20	▼1	Arizona	Big 12	5-1	1,666	0.0
21	▲16	LSU	SEC	5-2	1,663	+66.3
22	▲4	North Dakota State	Mountain West	6-1	1,653	+17.6
23	▲7	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-1	1,651	+21.3
24	▲1	Liberty	Conference USA	5-1	1,642	0.0
25	▲2	Iowa	Big Ten	5-1	1,635	0.0
26	▼6	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-2	1,634	-26.6
27	▲5	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-2	1,631	+20.9
28	▲5	UTSA	American Athletic	6-1	1,626	+16.1
29	▼16	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2	1,622	-66.3
30	▼7	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-2	1,617	-39.6
31	▲18	Florida	SEC	5-2	1,607	+50.4
32	▼11	Texas	SEC	4-2	1,607	-50.4
33	▲13	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-2	1,602	+40.6
34	▲13	Oregon	Big Ten	4-2	1,601	+39.6
35	▲5	Clemson	ACC	4-2	1,599	+6.5
36	▲8	New Mexico	Mountain West	5-1	1,595	+23.7
37	▲11	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5-2	1,595	+35.3
38	▲18	North Carolina	ACC	4-2	1,594	+54.4
39	▲19	Auburn	SEC	4-2	1,594	+59.4
40	▲14	Air Force	Mountain West	5-1	1,594	+49.5
41	▲4	Michigan	Big Ten	4-2	1,594	+25.0
42	▲9	SMU	ACC	5-1	1,593	+38.6
43	▲12	Louisville	ACC	4-3	1,581	+37.9
44	▲6	Oregon State	Pac-12	5-2	1,574	+18.4
45	▼9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-2	1,574	-23.8
46	▼3	South Carolina	SEC	3-3	1,573	0.0
47	▼18	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-2	1,569	-63.7
48	▼17	Duke	ACC	4-2	1,568	-54.4
49	▲21	Army	American Athletic	4-2	1,567	+67.5
50	▲7	South Florida	American Athletic	5-2	1,565	+25.6
51	▼27	Baylor	Big 12	4-2	1,560	-85.1
52	▲10	Ohio	Mid-American	5-2	1,556	+29.3
53	▲28	TCU	Big 12	3-3	1,555	+85.1
54	▲9	Kansas State	Big 12	4-2	1,553	+28.5
55	▼21	Fresno State	Pac-12	4-3	1,549	-52.9
56	▲8	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	5-2	1,548	+29.0
57	▼19	Oklahoma	SEC	3-3	1,543	-51.7
58	▼17	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-2	1,542	-41.1
59	▲26	Washington	Big Ten	4-3	1,537	+76.5
60	▲26	Toledo	Mid-American	5-2	1,536	+75.8
61	▼2	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2	1,531	0.0
62	▼27	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	4-2	1,531	-67.5
63	▼21	UNLV	Mountain West	4-3	1,530	-49.5
64	▼4	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-2	1,529	0.0
65	▼4	UCF	Big 12	3-3	1,527	0.0
66	▼14	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-2	1,525	-26.6
67	▼28	Memphis	American Athletic	5-2	1,519	-74.2
68	▼2	UConn	FBS Independents	3-3	1,517	0.0
69	▲11	West Virginia	Big 12	4-3	1,514	+41.1
70	▲12	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-3	1,512	+46.4
71	▲27	Tulane	American Athletic	3-3	1,506	+74.2
72	▲1	Texas A&M	SEC	4-3	1,504	+11.0
73	▲17	Tulsa	American Athletic	4-3	1,498	+45.7
74	▲23	UAB	American Athletic	4-3	1,494	+56.3
75	▼10	Penn State	Big Ten	3-4	1,492	-25.0
76	▲24	Boston College	ACC	3-3	1,491	+63.7
77	▼3	Iowa State	Big 12	3-3	1,491	0.0
78	▲11	Texas State	Pac-12	3-3	1,491	+37.6
79	▼3	North Texas	American Athletic	4-2	1,484	0.0
80	▲11	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	4-2	1,482	+34.0
81	▼12	Florida International	Conference USA	3-3	1,481	-29.0
82	▲5	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-3	1,479	+19.2
83	▼16	Virginia	ACC	4-3	1,477	-38.6
84	▲11	App State	Sun Belt	4-2	1,476	+33.6
85	▲11	San José State	Mountain West	4-3	1,473	+34.9
86	▼33	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4	1,472	-76.5
87	▼10	Florida State	ACC	3-4	1,471	-10.4
88	▼13	Arizona State	Big 12	3-3	1,467	-23.3
89	▼21	Massachusetts	Mid-American	4-3	1,466	-46.4
90	▼7	NC State	ACC	3-3	1,464	0.0
91	▲22	Arkansas	SEC	3-4	1,460	+73.0
92	▲10	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-3	1,453	+26.7
93	▼1	Illinois	Big Ten	3-3	1,445	0.0
94	–	Marshall	Sun Belt	3-3	1,442	0.0
95	▲21	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-4	1,439	+59.3
96	▼24	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-3	1,437	-56.3
97	▼18	California	ACC	3-4	1,434	-38.7
98	▲23	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	3-4	1,429	+68.4
99	▼15	Troy	Sun Belt	3-3	1,427	-35.3
100	▲5	Stanford	ACC	3-4	1,425	+17.0
101	▲10	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-3	1,425	+32.0
102	▼31	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-4	1,423	-75.8
103	▼15	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-4	1,416	-40.6
104	▲18	San Diego State	Pac-12	3-4	1,413	+52.9
105	▼6	Navy	American Athletic	2-4	1,412	-16.1
106	▼5	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-5	1,406	-21.3
107	▲16	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-4	1,406	+49.2
108	▼5	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-4	1,402	-20.9
109	▼31	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4	1,402	-73.0
110	▲16	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-4	1,396	+69.2
111	▼3	Colorado	Big 12	2-4	1,384	-14.7
112	▲3	Utah State	Pac-12	2-4	1,381	0.0
113	▼9	Delaware	Conference USA	2-4	1,381	-32.0
114	▼4	Nevada	Mountain West	2-4	1,376	-17.6
115	▼22	Maryland	Big Ten	2-5	1,374	-69.2
116	▼9	Kansas	Big 12	2-4	1,373	-28.5
117	▼11	Syracuse	ACC	2-4	1,368	-37.9
118	▼6	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-5	1,359	-28.8
119	–	Kent State	Mid-American	2-5	1,341	-25.6
120	▼11	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	2-5	1,337	-59.3
121	▲4	New Mexico State	Conference USA	2-4	1,336	0.0
122	▼4	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	2-5	1,335	-33.6
123	▼6	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-4	1,334	-37.6
124	▲6	Missouri State	Conference USA	2-4	1,323	+35.0
125	▲10	Charlotte	American Athletic	1-6	1,319	+68.7
126	▼12	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1-5	1,314	-68.4
127	▲5	Ball State	Mid-American	2-5	1,308	+28.8
128	▼4	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1-5	1,302	-35.0
129	▼2	Washington State	Pac-12	1-6	1,296	-18.4
130	▼10	Temple	American Athletic	2-5	1,294	-68.7
131	▼2	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-6	1,273	-23.7
132	▼4	Rice	American Athletic	1-6	1,267	-45.7
133	–	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1-6	1,246	-29.3
134	–	Akron	Mid-American	1-6	1,238	-26.7
135	▼4	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-5	1,230	-49.2
136	–	UTEP	Mountain West	1-6	1,210	-34.9
137	▲1	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-6	1,208	-19.2
138	▼1	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-6	1,198	-34.0

2026 season

Points by week. Each week is computed from the games played up to then, so it shows what the rankings said at the time.

Miami
UCLA
Utah
Notre Dame
Georgia
Indiana
Boise State
BYU
LSU
Wake Forest

Results from cfbfastR-data, published Sunday mornings during the season and checked again Tuesday.