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 8

#	Move	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Week
1	–	Miami	ACC	7-0	1,826	+18.6
2	–	UCLA	Big Ten	7-0	1,789	+9.4
3	▲1	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1	1,774	0.0
4	▲9	Utah	Big 12	7-0	1,745	+44.4
5	–	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1	1,743	0.0
6	▲4	Boise State	Pac-12	6-1	1,728	+13.2
7	▲10	Indiana	Big Ten	7-1	1,724	+43.0
8	▲13	LSU	SEC	6-2	1,721	+57.6
9	▲6	Alabama	SEC	6-2	1,711	+21.6
10	▲2	Georgia	SEC	6-1	1,704	0.0
11	▼8	BYU	Big 12	6-1	1,703	-74.6
12	▲4	Kentucky	SEC	7-1	1,700	+15.0
13	▲1	Wake Forest	ACC	6-1	1,695	0.0
14	▲6	Arizona	Big 12	6-1	1,692	+25.2
15	▼8	Tennessee	SEC	6-2	1,687	-46.0
16	▼10	James Madison	Sun Belt	7-1	1,687	-54.7
17	▼8	Houston	Big 12	6-2	1,677	-44.4
18	▼10	Ole Miss	SEC	5-2	1,675	-56.9
19	▲9	UTSA	American Athletic	7-1	1,675	+49.0
20	▲7	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-2	1,673	+42.1
21	▲2	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-1	1,668	+17.2
22	▼3	Missouri	SEC	5-2	1,668	0.0
23	▲9	Texas	SEC	5-2	1,664	+56.9
24	–	Liberty	Conference USA	6-1	1,661	+19.5
25	▲1	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-2	1,652	+17.7
26	▲19	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-2	1,643	+68.9
27	▲9	New Mexico	Mountain West	6-1	1,638	+43.0
28	▼17	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-1	1,633	-73.3
29	▲13	SMU	ACC	6-1	1,620	+27.1
30	▲16	South Carolina	SEC	4-3	1,619	+46.0
31	▼1	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-2	1,617	0.0
32	▲26	Cincinnati	Big 12	5-2	1,615	+73.3
33	▼15	USC	Big Ten	6-2	1,612	-68.9
34	▲23	Oklahoma	SEC	4-3	1,611	+67.5
35	▼13	North Dakota State	Mountain West	6-2	1,610	-43.0
36	▼5	Florida	SEC	5-2	1,607	0.0
37	▲12	Army	American Athletic	5-2	1,601	+34.1
38	▲27	UCF	Big 12	4-3	1,601	+74.6
39	▲9	Duke	ACC	5-2	1,600	+31.9
40	▼15	Iowa	Big Ten	5-2	1,594	-40.5
41	▲19	Toledo	Mid-American	6-2	1,585	+49.0
42	▲1	Louisville	ACC	4-3	1,581	0.0
43	▲9	Ohio	Mid-American	6-2	1,576	+20.1
44	–	Oregon State	Pac-12	5-2	1,574	0.0
45	▲16	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-2	1,571	+40.5
46	▲4	South Florida	American Athletic	5-2	1,565	0.0
47	▲22	West Virginia	Big 12	5-3	1,564	+50.2
48	▼10	North Carolina	ACC	4-3	1,561	-33.4
49	▲19	UConn	FBS Independents	4-3	1,559	+42.3
50	▼15	Clemson	ACC	4-3	1,556	-42.1
51	▼22	Mississippi State	SEC	4-3	1,554	-67.5
52	▼19	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	1,553	-49.0
53	▼12	Michigan	Big Ten	4-3	1,551	-43.0
54	▼7	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-3	1,550	-18.6
55	▲12	Memphis	American Athletic	6-2	1,549	+29.6
56	▼1	Fresno State	Pac-12	4-3	1,549	0.0
57	▼1	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	5-2	1,548	0.0
58	▲24	Wyoming	Mountain West	5-3	1,546	+67.0
59	▲17	Boston College	ACC	4-3	1,546	+54.1
60	▲2	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	5-2	1,539	+8.2
61	▼2	Washington	Big Ten	4-3	1,537	0.0
62	▼23	Auburn	SEC	4-3	1,536	-57.6
63	▲16	North Texas	American Athletic	5-2	1,534	+49.8
64	▲6	Buffalo	Mid-American	5-3	1,534	+22.1
65	▼14	Baylor	Big 12	4-3	1,533	-27.2
66	▼32	Oregon	Big Ten	4-3	1,532	-69.0
67	▲17	App State	Sun Belt	5-2	1,530	+54.7
68	▼5	UNLV	Mountain West	4-3	1,530	0.0
69	▼32	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5-3	1,527	-67.7
70	▼30	Air Force	Mountain West	5-2	1,527	-67.0
71	▲17	Arizona State	Big 12	4-3	1,526	+58.6
72	▲21	Illinois	Big Ten	4-3	1,514	+69.0
73	▲7	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	5-2	1,511	+28.7
74	▲4	Texas State	Pac-12	4-3	1,511	+19.9
75	▼22	TCU	Big 12	3-4	1,505	-50.2
76	▲18	Marshall	Sun Belt	4-3	1,494	+51.9
77	▼23	Kansas State	Big 12	4-3	1,494	-58.6
78	▼4	UAB	American Athletic	4-3	1,494	0.0
79	▼4	Penn State	Big Ten	3-4	1,492	0.0
80	▼8	Texas A&M	SEC	4-4	1,482	-21.6
81	▼17	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-3	1,478	-51.9
82	▲10	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-3	1,474	+21.0
83	▲3	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4	1,472	0.0
84	▼18	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-3	1,471	-53.6
85	▲16	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	4-3	1,471	+46.5
86	▲1	Florida State	ACC	3-4	1,471	0.0
87	▼10	Iowa State	Big 12	3-4	1,466	-25.2
88	▼15	Tulsa	American Athletic	4-4	1,464	-34.1
89	▲2	Arkansas	SEC	3-4	1,460	0.0
90	▲17	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-4	1,459	+53.6
91	▲9	Stanford	ACC	4-4	1,459	+33.9
92	▼21	Tulane	American Athletic	3-4	1,457	-49.0
93	▼10	Virginia	ACC	4-4	1,445	-31.9
94	▲20	Nevada	Mountain West	3-4	1,441	+65.4
95	–	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-4	1,439	0.0
96	▼15	Florida International	Conference USA	3-4	1,434	-46.5
97	▼7	NC State	ACC	3-4	1,430	-33.9
98	–	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	3-4	1,429	0.0
99	▼10	Massachusetts	Mid-American	4-4	1,424	-42.3
100	▲13	Delaware	Conference USA	3-4	1,422	+41.1
101	▼16	San José State	Mountain West	4-4	1,408	-65.4
102	▼6	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-4	1,407	-29.6
103	▼6	California	ACC	3-5	1,407	-27.1
104	▼2	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-5	1,403	-20.1
105	▲12	Syracuse	ACC	3-4	1,402	+33.4
106	▲10	Kansas	Big 12	3-4	1,400	+27.2
107	▼1	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-6	1,397	-9.4
108	▼5	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-5	1,395	-21.0
109	–	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-5	1,387	-15.0
110	▲11	New Mexico State	Conference USA	3-4	1,386	+49.6
111	▲12	Colorado State	Pac-12	3-4	1,385	+50.8
112	▼2	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-5	1,379	-17.2
113	▲6	Kent State	Mid-American	3-5	1,375	+33.4
114	▲1	Maryland	Big Ten	2-5	1,374	0.0
115	▼4	Colorado	Big 12	2-5	1,366	-17.7
116	▼12	San Diego State	Pac-12	3-5	1,362	-50.8
117	▼12	Navy	American Athletic	2-5	1,362	-49.8
118	▼6	Utah State	Pac-12	2-5	1,361	-19.9
119	▲8	Ball State	Mid-American	3-5	1,348	+40.5
120	▼12	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-5	1,348	-54.1
121	▼22	Troy	Sun Belt	3-4	1,348	-79.4
122	▼4	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-6	1,337	-22.1
123	▼1	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	2-5	1,335	0.0
124	▲7	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2-6	1,331	+58.3
125	–	Charlotte	American Athletic	1-6	1,319	0.0
126	▼6	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	2-6	1,308	-28.7
127	▲8	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	2-5	1,298	+67.7
128	▲2	Temple	American Athletic	2-5	1,294	0.0
129	–	Washington State	Pac-12	1-7	1,283	-13.2
130	▼2	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1-6	1,283	-19.5
131	▼7	Missouri State	Conference USA	2-5	1,282	-41.1
132	▲6	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-6	1,278	+79.4
133	▼7	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1-6	1,265	-49.6
134	▼2	Rice	American Athletic	1-7	1,259	-8.2
135	▲1	UTEP	Mountain West	1-6	1,210	0.0
136	▼3	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1-7	1,205	-40.5
137	▼3	Akron	Mid-American	1-7	1,204	-33.4
138	▼1	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-7	1,150	-58.3

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.