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 2

#	Move	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Week
1	▲1	USC	Big Ten	3-0	1,681	+48.8
2	▲6	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1,665	+88.7
3	▲13	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0	1,665	+88.7
4	▲18	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	1,665	+88.7
5	▼1	UCLA	Big Ten	2-0	1,659	+54.9
6	▲1	North Dakota State	Mountain West	3-0	1,651	+64.9
7	▼1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0	1,648	+58.0
8	▲22	Duke	ACC	2-0	1,642	+69.3
9	▲6	LSU	SEC	2-0	1,637	+61.3
10	▲16	Texas A&M	SEC	2-0	1,637	+61.3
11	▼8	Miami	ACC	2-0	1,629	+8.3
12	▲19	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-0	1,628	+55.9
13	▲22	South Florida	American Athletic	2-0	1,627	+60.1
14	▲51	Maryland	Big Ten	2-0	1,620	+104.1
15	▲53	Missouri	SEC	2-0	1,620	+104.1
16	▲12	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	1,620	+44.0
17	▲6	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-0	1,619	+43.6
18	▲16	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1,618	+52.1
19	▲38	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-0	1,615	+99.4
20	▼6	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1,612	+36.3
21	▼16	Massachusetts	Mid-American	2-0	1,612	+9.2
22	▼5	Nebraska	Big Ten	2-0	1,609	+32.8
23	▲55	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1,607	+91.1
24	▲19	Auburn	SEC	2-0	1,602	+72.3
25	–	Texas	SEC	2-0	1,601	+25.3

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

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