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2026 AP Top 25 College Football Rankings — Weekly Archive & Team Flags
Every archived AP Top 25 poll, its dated rankings and team flag links. The newest poll opens first; earlier weeks remain available below.
Latest: 2026 Week 8 AP Top 25 · 2026-10-25
Up means closer to No. 1. Down means a lower ranking. New means previously unranked. Each poll identifies its comparison baseline.
AP Top 25 Week 8 2026 —
Movement compared with Week 7 2026. Associated Press: Week 8 poll.
- RANK1M
ACC
Miami Hurricanes
No change · previous #1 - RANK2O
Big Ten
Ohio State Buckeyes
Up 1 · previous #3 - RANK3G
SEC
Georgia Bulldogs
Up 2 · previous #5 - RANK4I
Big Ten
Indiana Hoosiers
Up 2 · previous #6 - RANK5N
Independent
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Down 1 · previous #4 - RANK6U
Big 12
Utah Utes
Up 4 · previous #10 - RANK7U
Big Ten
UCLA Bruins
Up 2 · previous #9 - RANK8B
Big 12
BYU Cougars
Down 6 · previous #2 - RANK9K
SEC
Kentucky Wildcats
Up 3 · previous #12 - RANK10A
SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide
Up 3 · previous #13 - RANK11T
SEC
Texas Longhorns
Up 8 · previous #19 - RANK12O
SEC
Ole Miss Rebels
Down 5 · previous #7 - RANK13T
Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Down 5 · previous #8 - RANK14W
ACC
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Up 3 · previous #17 - RANK15L
SEC
LSU Tigers
Up 3 · previous #18 - RANK16T
SEC
Tennessee Volunteers
Down 5 · previous #11 - RANK17F
SEC
Florida Gators
Up 3 · previous #20 - RANK18H
Big 12
Houston Cougars
Down 4 · previous #14 - RANK19S
ACC
SMU Mustangs
Up 4 · previous #23 - RANKT20B
Pac-12
Boise State Broncos
Up 1 · previous #21 - RANKT20N
Big Ten
Northwestern Wildcats
Up 4 · previous #24 - RANK22A
Big 12
Arizona Wildcats
Up 3 · previous #25 - RANK23M
SEC
Missouri Tigers
Down 1 · previous #22 - RANK24O
Big 12
Oklahoma State Cowboys
New — previously unranked - RANK25W
Big Ten
Wisconsin Badgers
New — previously unranked
Dropped from the previous Top 25: Iowa Hawkeyes (previous #15), USC Trojans (previous #16).
AP Top 25 Week 7 2026 —
Movement compared with Week 6 2026. Associated Press: Week 7 poll.
- RANK1M
ACC
Miami Hurricanes
Up 2 · previous #3 - RANK2B
Big 12
BYU Cougars
Up 6 · previous #8 - RANK3O
Big Ten
Ohio State Buckeyes
Up 1 · previous #4 - RANK4N
Independent
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Down 2 · previous #2 - RANK5G
SEC
Georgia Bulldogs
Down 4 · previous #1 - RANK6I
Big Ten
Indiana Hoosiers
Down 1 · previous #5 - RANK7O
SEC
Ole Miss Rebels
Up 2 · previous #9 - RANK8T
Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Up 2 · previous #10 - RANK9U
Big Ten
UCLA Bruins
Up 3 · previous #12 - RANK10U
Big 12
Utah Utes
Up 1 · previous #11 - RANK11T
SEC
Tennessee Volunteers
Up 3 · previous #14 - RANK12K
SEC
Kentucky Wildcats
Up 3 · previous #15 - RANK13A
SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide
Down 7 · previous #6 - RANK14H
Big 12
Houston Cougars
Up 6 · previous #20 - RANK15I
Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes
Up 2 · previous #17 - RANK16U
Big Ten
USC Trojans
Up 3 · previous #19 - RANK17W
ACC
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Up 4 · previous #21 - RANK18L
SEC
LSU Tigers
Up 4 · previous #22 - RANK19T
SEC
Texas Longhorns
Down 12 · previous #7 - RANK20F
SEC
Florida Gators
New — previously unranked - RANK21B
Pac-12
Boise State Broncos
Up 2 · previous #23 - RANK22M
SEC
Missouri Tigers
Down 9 · previous #13 - RANK23S
ACC
SMU Mustangs
Up 1 · previous #24 - RANK24N
Big Ten
Northwestern Wildcats
Up 1 · previous #25 - RANK25A
Big 12
Arizona Wildcats
New — previously unranked
Dropped from the previous Top 25: Mississippi State Bulldogs (previous #16), Oklahoma State Cowboys (previous #18).
AP Top 25 Week 6 2026 —
Movement compared with Week 5 2026. Associated Press: Week 6 poll.
- RANK1G
SEC
Georgia Bulldogs
Up 1 · previous #2 - RANK2N
Independent
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Up 1 · previous #3 - RANK3M
ACC
Miami Hurricanes
Up 1 · previous #4 - RANK4O
Big Ten
Ohio State Buckeyes
Up 1 · previous #5 - RANK5I
Big Ten
Indiana Hoosiers
Up 2 · previous #7 - RANK6A
SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide
No change · previous #6 - RANK7T
SEC
Texas Longhorns
Down 6 · previous #1 - RANK8B
Big 12
BYU Cougars
No change · previous #8 - RANK9O
SEC
Ole Miss Rebels
No change · previous #9 - RANK10T
Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Up 1 · previous #11 - RANK11U
Big 12
Utah Utes
Up 1 · previous #12 - RANK12U
Big Ten
UCLA Bruins
Up 9 · previous #21 - RANK13M
SEC
Missouri Tigers
Up 1 · previous #14 - RANK14T
SEC
Tennessee Volunteers
Up 1 · previous #15 - RANK15K
SEC
Kentucky Wildcats
New — previously unranked - RANK16M
SEC
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Up 1 · previous #17 - RANK17I
Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes
Up 3 · previous #20 - RANK18O
Big 12
Oklahoma State Cowboys
No change · previous #18 - RANK19U
Big Ten
USC Trojans
No change · previous #19 - RANK20H
Big 12
Houston Cougars
Up 2 · previous #22 - RANK21W
ACC
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
New — previously unranked - RANK22L
SEC
LSU Tigers
Down 12 · previous #10 - RANK23B
Pac-12
Boise State Broncos
No change · previous #23 - RANK24S
ACC
SMU Mustangs
No change · previous #24 - RANK25N
Big Ten
Northwestern Wildcats
New — previously unranked
Dropped from the previous Top 25: Oregon Ducks (previous #13), Florida Gators (previous #16), Pittsburgh Panthers (previous #25).
AP Top 25 Week 5 2026 —
Movement compared with Week 4 2026. Associated Press: Week 5 poll.
- RANK1T
SEC
Texas Longhorns
No change · previous #1 - RANK2G
SEC
Georgia Bulldogs
No change · previous #2 - RANK3N
Independent
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
No change · previous #3 - RANK4M
ACC
Miami Hurricanes
No change · previous #4 - RANK5O
Big Ten
Ohio State Buckeyes
No change · previous #5 - RANK6A
SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide
Up 1 · previous #7 - RANK7I
Big Ten
Indiana Hoosiers
Down 1 · previous #6 - RANK8B
Big 12
BYU Cougars
Up 2 · previous #10 - RANK9O
SEC
Ole Miss Rebels
No change · previous #9 - RANK10L
SEC
LSU Tigers
Up 1 · previous #11 - RANK11T
Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Up 1 · previous #12 - RANK12U
Big 12
Utah Utes
Up 1 · previous #13 - RANK13O
Big Ten
Oregon Ducks
Up 2 · previous #15 - RANK14M
SEC
Missouri Tigers
Up 11 · previous #25 - RANK15T
SEC
Tennessee Volunteers
Up 2 · previous #17 - RANK16F
SEC
Florida Gators
Down 8 · previous #8 - RANK17M
SEC
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Down 1 · previous #16 - RANK18O
Big 12
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Up 1 · previous #19 - RANK19U
Big Ten
USC Trojans
Down 1 · previous #18 - RANK20I
Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes
Down 6 · previous #14 - RANK21U
Big Ten
UCLA Bruins
Up 2 · previous #23 - RANK22H
Big 12
Houston Cougars
Down 2 · previous #20 - RANK23B
Pac-12
Boise State Broncos
Down 1 · previous #22 - RANK24S
ACC
SMU Mustangs
Down 3 · previous #21 - RANK25P
ACC
Pittsburgh Panthers
New — previously unranked
Dropped from the previous Top 25: Kentucky Wildcats (previous #24).
AP Top 25 Week 4 2026 —
Movement compared with Week 3 2026. Associated Press: Week 4 poll.
- RANK1T
SEC
Texas Longhorns
No change · previous #1 - RANK2G
SEC
Georgia Bulldogs
No change · previous #2 - RANK3N
Independent
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
No change · previous #3 - RANK4M
ACC
Miami Hurricanes
Up 2 · previous #6 - RANK5O
Big Ten
Ohio State Buckeyes
Up 2 · previous #7 - RANK6I
Big Ten
Indiana Hoosiers
Down 1 · previous #5 - RANK7A
SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide
Up 1 · previous #8 - RANK8F
SEC
Florida Gators
Up 13 · previous #21 - RANK9O
SEC
Ole Miss Rebels
Down 5 · previous #4 - RANK10B
Big 12
BYU Cougars
Down 1 · previous #9 - RANK11L
SEC
LSU Tigers
Down 1 · previous #10 - RANK12T
Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Down 1 · previous #11 - RANK13U
Big 12
Utah Utes
Up 2 · previous #15 - RANK14I
Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes
Up 3 · previous #17 - RANK15O
Big Ten
Oregon Ducks
Up 5 · previous #20 - RANK16M
SEC
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Up 8 · previous #24 - RANK17T
SEC
Tennessee Volunteers
Down 3 · previous #14 - RANK18U
Big Ten
USC Trojans
Down 6 · previous #12 - RANK19O
Big 12
Oklahoma State Cowboys
New — previously unranked - RANK20H
Big 12
Houston Cougars
Up 5 · previous #25 - RANK21S
ACC
SMU Mustangs
Up 1 · previous #22 - RANK22B
Pac-12
Boise State Broncos
New — previously unranked - RANK23U
Big Ten
UCLA Bruins
New — previously unranked - RANK24K
SEC
Kentucky Wildcats
New — previously unranked - RANK25M
SEC
Missouri Tigers
Down 6 · previous #19
Dropped from the previous Top 25: Penn State Nittany Lions (previous #13), Louisville Cardinals (previous #16), Michigan Wolverines (previous #18), Texas A&M Aggies (previous #23).
AP Top 25 Week 3 2026 —
Movement compared with Week 2 2026. Associated Press: Week 3 poll.
- RANK1T
SEC
Texas Longhorns
No change · previous #1 - RANK2G
SEC
Georgia Bulldogs
No change · previous #2 - RANK3N
Independent
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
No change · previous #3 - RANK4O
SEC
Ole Miss Rebels
Up 4 · previous #8 - RANK5I
Big Ten
Indiana Hoosiers
Down 1 · previous #4 - RANK6M
ACC
Miami Hurricanes
Down 1 · previous #5 - RANK7O
Big Ten
Ohio State Buckeyes
Down 1 · previous #6 - RANK8A
SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide
Up 2 · previous #10 - RANK9B
Big 12
BYU Cougars
Up 2 · previous #11 - RANK10L
SEC
LSU Tigers
Down 3 · previous #7 - RANK11T
Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Up 2 · previous #13 - RANK12U
Big Ten
USC Trojans
No change · previous #12 - RANK13P
Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions
Up 1 · previous #14 - RANK14T
SEC
Tennessee Volunteers
Up 1 · previous #15 - RANK15U
Big 12
Utah Utes
Up 2 · previous #17 - RANK16L
ACC
Louisville Cardinals
Up 7 · previous #23 - RANK17I
Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes
Up 1 · previous #18 - RANK18M
Big Ten
Michigan Wolverines
Up 1 · previous #19 - RANK19M
SEC
Missouri Tigers
Up 1 · previous #20 - RANK20O
Big Ten
Oregon Ducks
Up 1 · previous #21 - RANK21F
SEC
Florida Gators
New — previously unranked - RANK22S
ACC
SMU Mustangs
Down 6 · previous #16 - RANK23T
SEC
Texas A&M Aggies
Down 14 · previous #9 - RANK24M
SEC
Mississippi State Bulldogs
New — previously unranked - RANK25H
Big 12
Houston Cougars
Down 3 · previous #22
Dropped from the previous Top 25: Oklahoma Sooners (previous #24), Virginia Cavaliers (previous #25).
AP Top 25 Week 2 2026 —
Movement compared with Week 1 2026. Associated Press: Week 2 poll.
- RANK1T
SEC
Texas Longhorns
Up 3 · previous #4 - RANK2G
SEC
Georgia Bulldogs
No change · previous #2 - RANK3N
Independent
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
No change · previous #3 - RANK4I
Big Ten
Indiana Hoosiers
Up 1 · previous #5 - RANK5M
ACC
Miami Hurricanes
Up 2 · previous #7 - RANK6O
Big Ten
Ohio State Buckeyes
Down 5 · previous #1 - RANK7L
SEC
LSU Tigers
Up 1 · previous #8 - RANK8O
SEC
Ole Miss Rebels
Up 1 · previous #9 - RANK9T
SEC
Texas A&M Aggies
Up 1 · previous #10 - RANK10A
SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide
Up 2 · previous #12 - RANK11B
Big 12
BYU Cougars
Up 4 · previous #15 - RANK12U
Big Ten
USC Trojans
Up 2 · previous #14 - RANK13T
Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders
No change · previous #13 - RANK14P
Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions
Up 2 · previous #16 - RANK15T
SEC
Tennessee Volunteers
Up 3 · previous #18 - RANK16S
ACC
SMU Mustangs
Up 1 · previous #17 - RANK17U
Big 12
Utah Utes
Up 3 · previous #20 - RANK18I
Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes
Up 3 · previous #21 - RANK19M
Big Ten
Michigan Wolverines
New — previously unranked - RANK20M
SEC
Missouri Tigers
Up 3 · previous #23 - RANK21O
Big Ten
Oregon Ducks
Down 15 · previous #6 - RANK22H
Big 12
Houston Cougars
No change · previous #22 - RANK23L
ACC
Louisville Cardinals
Up 1 · previous #24 - RANK24O
SEC
Oklahoma Sooners
Down 13 · previous #11 - RANK25V
ACC
Virginia Cavaliers
No change · previous #25
Dropped from the previous Top 25: Washington Huskies (previous #19).
AP Top 25 Week 1 2026 —
Movement compared with Preseason 2026. Associated Press: first regular-season poll.
- RANK1O
Big Ten
Ohio State Buckeyes
No change · previous #1 - RANK2G
SEC
Georgia Bulldogs
Up 1 · previous #3 - RANK3N
Independent
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Up 1 · previous #4 - RANK4T
SEC
Texas Longhorns
Up 1 · previous #5 - RANK5I
Big Ten
Indiana Hoosiers
Up 1 · previous #6 - RANK6O
Big Ten
Oregon Ducks
Down 4 · previous #2 - RANK7M
ACC
Miami Hurricanes
No change · previous #7 - RANK8L
SEC
LSU Tigers
Up 3 · previous #11 - RANK9O
SEC
Ole Miss Rebels
No change · previous #9 - RANK10T
SEC
Texas A&M Aggies
Down 2 · previous #8 - RANK11O
SEC
Oklahoma Sooners
Down 1 · previous #10 - RANK12A
SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide
Up 1 · previous #13 - RANK13T
Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Down 1 · previous #12 - RANK14U
Big Ten
USC Trojans
No change · previous #14 - RANK15B
Big 12
BYU Cougars
Down 1 · previous #14 - RANK16P
Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions
Up 2 · previous #18 - RANK17S
ACC
SMU Mustangs
Up 2 · previous #19 - RANK18T
SEC
Tennessee Volunteers
Up 2 · previous #20 - RANK19W
Big Ten
Washington Huskies
Down 2 · previous #17 - RANK20U
Big 12
Utah Utes
Up 1 · previous #21 - RANK21I
Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes
Up 1 · previous #22 - RANK22H
Big 12
Houston Cougars
Up 1 · previous #23 - RANK23M
SEC
Missouri Tigers
Up 2 · previous #25 - RANK24L
ACC
Louisville Cardinals
No change · previous #24 - RANK25V
ACC
Virginia Cavaliers
New — previously unranked
Dropped from the previous Top 25: Michigan Wolverines (previous #16).
AP Top 25 Preseason 2026 —
Movement compared with Final 2025 AP poll (offseason comparison). NCAA.com: AP Preseason poll and final 2025 comparison.
- RANK1O
Big Ten
Ohio State Buckeyes
Up 4 · previous #5 - RANK2O
Big Ten
Oregon Ducks
Up 2 · previous #4 - RANK3G
SEC
Georgia Bulldogs
Up 3 · previous #6 - RANK4N
Independent
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Up 6 · previous #10 - RANK5T
SEC
Texas Longhorns
Up 7 · previous #12 - RANK6I
Big Ten
Indiana Hoosiers
Down 5 · previous #1 - RANK7M
ACC
Miami Hurricanes
Down 5 · previous #2 - RANK8T
SEC
Texas A&M Aggies
No change · previous #8 - RANK9O
SEC
Ole Miss Rebels
Down 6 · previous #3 - RANK10O
SEC
Oklahoma Sooners
Up 3 · previous #13 - RANK11L
SEC
LSU Tigers
New — previously unranked - RANK12T
Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Down 5 · previous #7 - RANK13A
SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide
Down 4 · previous #9 - RANKT14B
Big 12
BYU Cougars
Down 3 · previous #11 - RANKT14U
Big Ten
USC Trojans
Up 6 · previous #20 - RANK16M
Big Ten
Michigan Wolverines
Up 5 · previous #21 - RANK17W
Big Ten
Washington Huskies
New — previously unranked - RANK18P
Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions
New — previously unranked - RANK19S
ACC
SMU Mustangs
New — previously unranked - RANK20T
SEC
Tennessee Volunteers
New — previously unranked - RANK21U
Big 12
Utah Utes
Down 7 · previous #14 - RANK22I
Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes
Down 5 · previous #17 - RANK23H
Big 12
Houston Cougars
Down 1 · previous #22 - RANK24L
ACC
Louisville Cardinals
New — previously unranked - RANK25M
SEC
Missouri Tigers
New — previously unranked
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How the weekly archive works
Each dated list is retained when the next AP poll is added. Week 1 compares against Preseason; subsequent weeks compare against the preceding archived poll. Preseason retains its original final-2025 offseason comparison.
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