AP Top 25 season chart
2026
Polls
6
Preseason → Week 6
Teams ranked
33
at least one week
Held No. 1
2
Texas (4), Ohio State (2)
Biggest climb
+13
Florida, Week 5
Week by week
The race for No. 1
Table view
Every team, every poll
| Team | Pre | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Texas | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 Georgia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
 Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
 Miami | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
 Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
 Alabama | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
 Indiana | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
 BYU | 14 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
 Ole Miss | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
 LSU | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
 Texas Tech | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
 Utah | 21 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
 Oregon | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 13 |
 Missouri | 25 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 14 |
 Tennessee | 20 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 15 |
 Florida | · | · | · | 21 | 8 | 16 |
 Mississippi State | · | · | · | 24 | 16 | 17 |
 Oklahoma State | · | · | · | · | 19 | 18 |
 USC | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 19 |
 Iowa | 22 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 20 |
 UCLA | · | · | · | · | 23 | 21 |
 Houston | 23 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 22 |
 Boise State | · | · | · | · | 22 | 23 |
 SMU | 19 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 24 |
 Pittsburgh | · | · | · | · | · | 25 |
 Texas A&M | 8 | 10 | 9 | 23 | · | · |
 Oklahoma | 10 | 11 | 24 | · | · | · |
 Penn State | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | · | · |
 Louisville | 24 | 24 | 23 | 16 | · | · |
 Michigan | 16 | · | 19 | 18 | · | · |
 Washington | 17 | 19 | · | · | · | · |
 Kentucky | · | · | · | · | 24 | · |
 Virginia | · | 25 | 25 | · | · | · |
