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October 18, 2026 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 3 Miami (FL) (40) ACC 6-0 1697 *1 W 43-35 (2OT) H Florida State
2 < 8 BYU (20) Big 12 6-0 1675 *3 W 28-24 H #2 Notre Dame
3 < 4 Ohio State (9) Big Ten 6-1 1649 *2 W 19-15 A #5 Indiana
4 < 2 Notre Dame Ind 6-1 1395 8 L 28-24 A #8 BYU
5 < 1 Georgia SEC 6-1 1382 4 L 27-24 H Auburn
6 < 5 Indiana Big Ten 6-1 1370 6 L 19-15 H #4 Ohio State
7 < 9 Mississippi SEC 5-1 1360 7 W 31-3 H #13 Missouri
8 < 10 Texas Tech (1) Big 12 6-0 1336 5 W 53-25 H Arizona State
9 < 12 UCLA Big Ten 6-0 1159 10 W 17-7 H Wisconsin
10 < 11 Utah Big 12 6-0 1153 9 W 27-24 A Colorado
11 < 14 Tennessee SEC 6-1 1151 11 W 26-10 H #6 Alabama
12 < 15 Kentucky SEC 6-1 932 12 W 21-13 A Oklahoma
13 < 6 Alabama SEC 5-2 870 13 L 26-10 A #14 Tennessee
14 < 20 Houston Big 12 6-1 785 16 W 35-32 H #18 Oklahoma State
15 < 17 Iowa Big Ten 5-1 747 14 DNP
16 < 19 USC Big Ten 6-1 592 15 DNP
17 < 21 Wake Forest ACC 6-1 574 19 W 41-7 A California
18 < 22 LSU SEC 5-2 529 17 W 31-0 H #16 Mississippi State
19 < 7 Texas SEC 4-2 440 18 L 27-24 H Florida
20 < NR Florida SEC 5-2 355 24 W 27-24 A #7 Texas
21 < 23 Boise State Pac-12 5-1 295 22 DNP
22 < 13 Missouri SEC 5-2 290 21 L 31-3 A #9 Mississippi
23 < 24 SMU ACC 5-1 265 20 W 23-13 H Virginia
24 < 25 Northwestern Big Ten 5-1 254 23 W 24-21 A Michigan State
25 < NR Arizona Big 12 5-1 136 RV DNP
RV < 18 Oklahoma State Big 12 4-2 128 RV L 35-32 A #20 Houston
RV < NR Oregon Big Ten 4-2 79 25 W 17-14 H Nebraska
RV < NR Auburn SEC 4-2 61 RV W 27-24 A #1 Georgia
RV < NR James Madison Sun Belt 7-0 52 RV W 49-22 H Georgia State
RV < 16 Mississippi State SEC 4-2 30 RV L 31-0 A #22 LSU
RV < NR New Mexico MWC 5-1 6 RV W 21-10 A Hawai'i
RV < NR Oregon State Pac-12 5-2 3 RV W 48-30 H Washington State
NR < NR Air Force MWC 5-1 0 RV W 41-31 H UNLV
NR < NR Duke ACC 4-2 0 RV L 24-20 H North Carolina
NR < NR Michigan Big Ten 4-2 0 RV W 21-18 H Penn State
NR < NR Nebraska Big Ten 5-2 0 RV L 17-14 A Oregon
NR < NR North Carolina ACC 4-2 0 RV W 24-20 A Duke
NR < NR North Dakota State MWC 6-1 0 RV W 31-17 H Nevada
NR < NR North Texas AC 4-2 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Pittsburgh ACC 5-2 0 RV L 27-21 A Boston College
NR < NR UTSA AC 6-1 0 RV W 38-34 H Navy
NR < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 4-2 0 RV L 17-7 A #12 UCLA

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 9 14.1 7309
Big Ten 6 12.2 5771
Big 12 5 11.8 5085
ACC 3 13.7 2536
Ind 1 4.0 1395
Pac-12 1 21.0 295

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.