AP Top 25

The 2026 week 2 poll. First-place votes in parentheses; trend vs. the previous release.

‹ Week 2

1 Ohio State (46) 1,684 — 2 Georgia 1,532 ▲ 1 3 Notre Dame (4) 1,512 ▲ 1 4 Texas (2) 1,462 ▲ 1 5 Indiana (8) 1,428 ▲ 1 6 Oregon (3) 1,422 ▼ 4 7 Miami (1) 1,405 — 8 LSU (5) 1,315 ▲ 3 9 Ole Miss 1,154 — 10 Texas A&M 1,079 ▼ 2 11 Oklahoma 1,039 ▼ 1 12 Alabama 910 ▲ 1 13 Texas Tech 900 ▼ 1

14 USC 861 ▲ NR 15 BYU 840 ▲ NR 16 Penn State 621 ▲ 2 17 SMU 501 ▲ 2 18 Tennessee 491 ▲ 2 19 Washington 489 ▼ 2 20 Utah 381 ▲ 1 21 Iowa 369 ▲ 1 22 Houston 214 ▲ 1 23 Missouri 182 ▲ 2 24 Louisville 163 — 25 Virginia 89 ▲ NR

Also receiving votes

Boise State 86, Florida 83, Michigan 69, Arizona 33, Memphis 23, South Carolina 19, Western Michigan 12, Pittsburgh 11, Navy 10, UCLA 7, Virginia Tech 6, Illinois 6, James Madison 4, Minnesota 4, Colorado 3, Auburn 2, Arizona State 2, Vanderbilt 2

Movers

vs. the last poll

Oregon Down 4 from No. 2 in the last poll. ▼ 4 LSU Up 3 from No. 11 in the last poll. ▲ 3 Texas A&M Down 2 from No. 8 in the last poll. ▼ 2 Penn State Up 2 from No. 18 in the last poll. ▲ 2

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