2026 season Preseason
Conferences Big Ten SEC ACC Big 12 Independents
Week 2 Oklahoma at Michigan Sat, Sep 12 Week 2 Ohio State at Texas Sat, Sep 12 Week 0 North Carolina vs TCU Sat, Aug 29 / Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland Week 3 Kansas vs Arizona State Sat, Sep 19 / Wembley Stadium, London Week 1 Clemson at LSU Sat, Sep 5 Week 1 Miami at Stanford Fri, Sep 4 Week 1 UCLA at California Sat, Sep 5 Week 1 Washington State at Washington Sun, Sep 6 Week 1 Louisville vs Ole Miss Sun, Sep 6 / Nissan Stadium, Nashville Week 1 Wisconsin vs Notre Dame Sun, Sep 6 / Lambeau Field, Green Bay Week 1 SMU at Florida State Mon, Sep 7
2026 rankings

Polls

Three top 25s side by side, including our own, refreshed the moment each ballot drops.

TD Strike Poll AP Top 25 Coaches Poll

TD Strike Poll

TD Strike desk

  1. 1 Ohio State NR
  2. 2 Oregon NR
  3. 3 Texas NR
  4. 4 Indiana NR
  5. 5 Notre Dame NR
  6. 6 Georgia NR
  7. 7 Miami NR
  8. 8 Texas A&M NR
  9. 9 Texas Tech NR
  10. 10 Oklahoma NR
  11. 11 LSU NR
  12. 12 USC NR
  13. 13 Alabama NR
  14. 14 BYU NR
  15. 15 Penn State NR
  16. 16 Michigan NR
  17. 17 Washington NR
  18. 18 Ole Miss NR
  19. 19 SMU NR
  20. 20 Tennessee NR
  21. 21 Iowa NR
  22. 22 Illinois NR
  23. 23 Florida NR
  24. 24 Clemson NR
  25. 25 Utah NR

Our own ballot.

AP Top 25

Associated Press / 69 ballots

  1. 1 Ohio State 40 first place NR
  2. 2 Oregon 14 first place NR
  3. 3 Georgia NR
  4. 4 Notre Dame 6 first place NR
  5. 5 Texas NR
  6. 6 Indiana 8 first place NR
  7. 7 Miami 1 first place NR
  8. 8 Texas A&M NR
  9. 9 Ole Miss NR
  10. 10 Oklahoma NR
  11. 11 LSU NR
  12. 12 Texas Tech NR
  13. 13 Alabama NR
  14. 14 BYU NR
  15. 15 USC NR
  16. 16 Michigan NR
  17. 17 Washington NR
  18. 18 Penn State NR
  19. 19 SMU NR
  20. 20 Tennessee NR
  21. 21 Utah NR
  22. 22 Iowa NR
  23. 23 Houston NR
  24. 24 Louisville NR
  25. 25 Missouri NR

Published preseason release.

Coaches Poll

AFCA Coaches / 72 ballots

  1. 1 Ohio State 38 first place NR 1,741
  2. 2 Oregon 6 first place NR 1,637
  3. 3 Georgia 7 first place NR 1,591
  4. 4 Texas 2 first place NR 1,544
  5. 5 Notre Dame 5 first place NR 1,524
  6. 6 Indiana 14 first place NR 1,522
  7. 7 Miami NR 1,409
  8. 8 Texas A&M NR 1,174
  9. 9 Oklahoma NR 1,104
  10. 10 Ole Miss NR 1,096
  11. 11 Alabama NR 1,050
  12. 12 Texas Tech NR 1,034
  13. 13 LSU NR 951
  14. 14 USC NR 838
  15. 15 BYU NR 781
  16. 16 Michigan NR 719
  17. 17 Penn State NR 463
  18. 18 Tennessee NR 428
  19. 19 Washington NR 406
  20. 20 SMU NR 378
  21. 21 Utah NR 313
  22. 22 Iowa NR 291
  23. 23 Clemson NR 235
  24. 24 Houston NR 194
  25. 25 Missouri NR 158

Published preseason release.

Each poll states its own source above. Movement reads NR while no previous release exists to compare against.