Rankings
The AP Top 25, the coaches' poll and, from November, the College Football Playoff committee's rankings, side by side with where our ratings put each team.
2026 · Week 11
| Team | AP | Coaches | CFP | Our rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Utah | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| UCLA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| Miami | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Indiana | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| Alabama | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Texas | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Tennessee | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Texas Tech | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Wake Forest | 11 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| BYU | 12 | 12 | 10 | 20 |
| Kentucky | 13 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| Houston | 14 | 16 | 14 | 22 |
| USC | 15 | 14 | 18 | 14 |
| Iowa | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 |
| Boise State | 17 | 18 | 24 | 34 |
| Oregon | 18 | 19 | 16 | 8 |
| Ole Miss | 19 | 17 | 19 | 10 |
| South Carolina | 20 | 24 | 17 | 16 |
| Ohio State | 21 | 20 | 20 | 9 |
| Arizona | 22 | 21 | 23 | 21 |
| New Mexico | 23 | 25 | – | 51 |
| LSU | 24 | 22 | 21 | 15 |
| SMU | 25 | 23 | – | 23 |
| Missouri | – | – | 22 | 18 |
| Oklahoma State | – | – | 25 | 41 |