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 4

#	Move	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Week
1	–	Mississippi State	SEC	4-0	1,764	+32.6
2	–	Miami	ACC	4-0	1,745	+21.2
3	–	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0	1,742	+25.9
4	▲2	UCLA	Big Ten	4-0	1,734	+41.2
5	▼1	Alabama	SEC	4-0	1,727	+24.3
6	▲3	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-0	1,716	+29.4
7	▲8	Florida	SEC	4-0	1,715	+51.5
8	▲5	Texas	SEC	4-0	1,708	+38.3
9	▼1	BYU	Big 12	3-0	1,689	0.0
10	▲10	Georgia	SEC	4-0	1,682	+41.5
11	–	Duke	ACC	4-0	1,680	+4.1
12	▼2	North Dakota State	Mountain West	4-0	1,678	0.0
13	▲16	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-0	1,675	+57.8
14	▲4	James Madison	Sun Belt	4-0	1,669	+26.6
15	▲15	Utah	Big 12	4-0	1,668	+50.9
16	▲12	Indiana	Big Ten	4-0	1,663	+44.9
17	–	Pittsburgh	ACC	4-0	1,659	+4.6
18	▲13	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-0	1,653	+36.8
19	▲4	South Florida	American Athletic	4-0	1,651	+16.0
20	▲4	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-0	1,648	+22.4
21	▲6	Massachusetts	Mid-American	4-0	1,647	+26.8
22	▲4	Iowa	Big Ten	4-0	1,645	+24.1
23	▲14	Clemson	ACC	3-1	1,644	+49.5
24	▲17	Boise State	Pac-12	3-1	1,644	+68.2
25	▼13	Missouri	SEC	3-1	1,641	-32.6

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.