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 5

#	Move	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Week
1	▲4	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1,803	+75.4
2	–	Miami	ACC	5-0	1,797	+52.1
3	–	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0	1,770	+27.5
4	–	UCLA	Big Ten	4-0	1,734	0.0
5	▲4	BYU	Big 12	4-0	1,719	+30.0
6	▲4	Georgia	SEC	5-0	1,714	+32.0
7	▲19	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1	1,710	+70.2
8	–	Texas	SEC	4-0	1,708	0.0
9	▲16	Missouri	SEC	4-1	1,704	+63.3
10	▲4	James Madison	Sun Belt	5-0	1,701	+32.2
11	▲2	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-0	1,699	+23.4
12	▲5	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-0	1,698	+39.0
13	▼1	North Dakota State	Mountain West	5-0	1,696	+17.8
14	▼13	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1	1,688	-75.4
15	▲1	Indiana	Big Ten	5-0	1,685	+22.1
16	▲4	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-0	1,683	+34.0
17	▼6	Duke	ACC	4-0	1,680	0.0
18	▼12	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-1	1,677	-39.0
19	▼4	Utah	Big 12	4-0	1,668	0.0
20	▲4	Boise State	Pac-12	4-1	1,660	+16.8
21	▲6	Fresno State	Pac-12	4-1	1,656	+26.6
22	▼15	Florida	SEC	4-1	1,652	-63.3
23	▲15	Baylor	Big 12	4-1	1,645	+57.3
24	▲11	Tennessee	SEC	4-1	1,644	+40.0
25	▲9	USC	Big Ten	5-1	1,634	+27.1

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.