College Football Rankings 2026-27 Rankings

CBS Sports Rankings Updated Oct 12, 2026

Rank	Team	Trend	Record	Next Game
1	Georgia	1	6-0	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	vs Auburn
2	Miami (Fla.)	1	5-0	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	vs Florida State
3	Notre Dame	2	6-0	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm	@ BYU
4	Ohio State	2	5-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	@ Indiana
5	Indiana	2	6-0	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs Ohio State
6	Alabama	2	5-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	@ Tennessee
7	BYU	1	5-0	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm	vs Notre Dame
8	Texas	7	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs Florida
9	UCLA	7	5-0	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm	vs Wisconsin
10	Utah	1	5-0	Sat, Oct 17 @ 10:15 pm	@ Colorado
11	Ole Miss	1	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	vs Missouri
12	Texas Tech	—	5-0	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	vs Arizona St.
13	Missouri	2	5-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	@ Ole Miss
14	Miss. State	4	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	@ LSU
15	Kentucky	12	5-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm	@ Oklahoma
16	Iowa	3	5-1	Sat, Oct 24 - TBA	@ Minnesota
17	Tennessee	—	5-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	vs Alabama
18	Oklahoma State	3	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm	@ Houston
19	Wake Forest	5	5-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 10:30 pm	@ California
20	Houston	6	5-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm	vs Oklahoma State
21	USC	1	6-1	Sat, Oct 24 @ 7:30 pm	@ Wisconsin
22	Northwestern	8	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	@ Michigan St.
23	Wisconsin	8	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm	@ UCLA
24	LSU	15	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs Miss. State
25	Nebraska	3	5-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 11:00 pm	@ Oregon
26	Arizona	9	5-1	Sat, Oct 24 - TBA	vs Iowa St.
27	SMU	2	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs Virginia
28	Pittsburgh	6	5-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	@ Boston College
29	James Madison	4	6-0	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs Georgia St.
30	Baylor	12	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	vs TCU
31	Boise St.	6	5-1	Sat, Oct 24 @ 6:00 pm	@ Washington St.
32	Duke	9	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	vs North Carolina
33	Oregon	20	3-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 11:00 pm	vs Nebraska
34	Florida	20	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	@ Texas
35	New Mexico	1	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 10:30 pm	@ Hawaii
36	Oklahoma	9	3-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm	vs Kentucky
37	Oregon State	13	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 6:00 pm	vs Washington St.
38	Auburn	2	3-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	@ Georgia
39	UTSA	12	5-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 8:00 pm	vs Navy
40	Cincinnati	7	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	@ West Virginia
41	North Carolina	20	3-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	@ Duke
42	Virginia	7	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	@ SMU
43	Minnesota	9	4-2	Sat, Oct 24 - TBA	vs Iowa
44	Memphis	13	5-1	Fri, Oct 16 @ 7:30 pm	@ Tulane
45	Michigan	3	3-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	vs Penn State
46	Kansas State	9	3-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs Kansas
47	Louisville	9	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm	@ Syracuse
48	N. Dakota St.	16	5-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	vs Nevada
49	Virginia Tech	12	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	vs Georgia Tech
50	Fresno St.	45	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 10:30 pm	@ San Diego St.
51	Penn State	7	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	@ Michigan
52	South Carolina	11	3-3	Sat, Oct 24 @ 3:30 pm	vs Tennessee
53	Clemson	5	3-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs Charleston So.
54	Liberty	55	5-1	Thu, Oct 22 @ 7:00 pm	@ Kennesaw St.
55	Arizona St.	9	3-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	@ Texas Tech
56	TCU	6	2-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	@ Baylor
57	UCF	1	3-3	Sat, Oct 24 - TBA	vs BYU
58	Air Force	12	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	vs UNLV
59	Iowa St.	5	3-3	Sat, Oct 24 - TBA	@ Arizona
60	Kansas	6	2-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	@ Kansas State
61	Georgia St.	55	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	@ James Madison
62	Texas A&M	23	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 1:00 pm	vs The Citadel
63	UNLV	38	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	@ Air Force
64	North Texas	11	4-2	Sat, Oct 24 @ 3:30 pm	@ Navy
65	Florida State	12	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	@ Miami (Fla.)
66	Toledo	7	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	@ E. Michigan
67	Illinois	2	3-3	Sat, Oct 24 - TBA	vs Oregon
68	UMass	25	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 1:00 pm	@ Buffalo
69	Georgia Tech	2	2-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	@ Virginia Tech
70	Washington	27	3-3	Fri, Oct 16 @ 8:00 pm	@ Purdue
71	App. St.	11	3-2	Fri, Oct 16 @ 8:00 pm	@ C. Carolina
72	FAU	17	4-1	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	@ Army
73	Purdue	5	3-3	Fri, Oct 16 @ 8:00 pm	vs Washington
74	Vanderbilt	22	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	vs Arkansas
75	Louisiana	10	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 5:00 pm	vs Troy
76	W. Michigan	11	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 1:30 pm	@ C. Michigan
77	NC State	13	3-3	Fri, Oct 23 @ 10:30 pm	@ Stanford
78	West Virginia	37	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs Cincinnati
79	California	8	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 10:30 pm	vs Wake Forest
80	South Florida	1	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	vs Kent St.
81	East Carolina	10	3-2	Thu, Oct 15 @ 7:30 pm	@ UAB
82	Army	14	3-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs FAU
83	Syracuse	11	2-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm	vs Louisville
84	UConn	8	3-3	Fri, Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm	vs UMass
85	Jacksonville St.	26	5-2	Wed, Oct 28 @ 8:00 pm	@ New Mexico St.
86	Louisiana Tech	6	3-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 8:00 pm	@ UL-Monroe
87	Ohio	23	4-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 10:00 pm	@ Sacramento St.
88	Tulsa	9	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 4:30 pm	@ Rice
89	Colorado	15	2-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 10:15 pm	vs Utah
90	Arkansas	7	2-4	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	@ Vanderbilt
91	Texas St.	13	2-3	Thu, Oct 15 @ 8:00 pm	vs Colorado St.
92	FIU	22	3-3	Tue, Oct 20 @ 7:00 pm	vs Middle Tenn.
93	Maryland	20	2-4	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:30 pm	vs Rutgers
94	Troy	10	3-2	Sat, Oct 17 @ 5:00 pm	@ Louisiana
95	Boston College	2	2-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs Pittsburgh
96	South Alabama	12	4-2	Tue, Oct 20 @ 7:30 pm	@ Marshall
97	Michigan St.	20	2-4	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs Northwestern
98	E. Michigan	21	4-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	vs Toledo
99	Miami-OH	3	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	vs Akron
100	UAB	13	3-3	Thu, Oct 15 @ 7:30 pm	vs East Carolina
101	Arkansas St.	15	2-4	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	@ So. Miss
102	Ga. Southern	18	2-4	Thu, Oct 15 @ 7:30 pm	@ Old Dominion
103	Tulane	—	2-3	Fri, Oct 16 @ 7:30 pm	vs Memphis
104	Navy	44	2-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 8:00 pm	@ UTSA
105	San Jose St.	15	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 9:00 pm	@ UTEP
106	Nevada	1	2-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	@ N. Dakota St.
107	Old Dominion	2	2-4	Thu, Oct 15 @ 7:30 pm	vs Ga. Southern
108	C. Carolina	10	2-4	Fri, Oct 16 @ 8:00 pm	vs App. St.
109	San Diego St.	44	2-4	Sat, Oct 17 @ 10:30 pm	vs Fresno St.
110	Temple	20	2-4	Sat, Oct 17 @ 1:00 pm	vs Charlotte
111	Delaware	6	2-4	Tue, Oct 20 @ 7:00 pm	vs Missouri St.
112	Wyoming	18	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	vs N. Illinois
113	Buffalo	15	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 1:00 pm	vs UMass
114	Marshall	2	3-3	Tue, Oct 20 @ 7:30 pm	vs South Alabama
115	Colorado St.	39	2-3	Thu, Oct 15 @ 8:00 pm	@ Texas St.
116	Rutgers	16	1-4	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:30 pm	@ Maryland
117	C. Michigan	8	3-3	Sat, Oct 17 @ 1:30 pm	vs W. Michigan
118	New Mexico St.	4	2-4	Wed, Oct 21 @ 8:00 pm	@ Sam Houston
119	Utah St.	25	2-4	Sat, Oct 24 @ 7:30 pm	@ Texas St.
120	Kennesaw St.	1	1-5	Thu, Oct 22 @ 7:00 pm	vs Liberty
121	Stanford	33	2-4	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm	vs Elon
122	So. Miss	5	1-4	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	vs Arkansas St.
123	Washington St.	25	1-5	Sat, Oct 17 @ 6:00 pm	@ Oregon State
124	Middle Tenn.	8	3-3	Tue, Oct 20 @ 7:00 pm	@ FIU
125	Hawaii	26	1-5	Sat, Oct 17 @ 10:30 pm	vs New Mexico
126	Bowling Green	10	2-4	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	vs Ball St.
127	W. Kentucky	21	3-4	Tue, Oct 27 @ 7:00 pm	vs Delaware
128	Rice	13	1-5	Sat, Oct 17 @ 4:30 pm	vs Tulsa
129	Sam Houston	5	1-5	Wed, Oct 21 @ 8:00 pm	vs New Mexico St.
130	Missouri St.	1	2-4	Tue, Oct 20 @ 7:00 pm	@ Delaware
131	Kent St.	5	2-4	Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm	@ South Florida
132	Akron	9	1-5	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	@ Miami-OH
133	Ball St.	4	1-5	Sat, Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm	@ Bowling Green
134	Sacramento St.	1	1-5	Sat, Oct 17 @ 10:00 pm	vs Ohio
135	UTEP	2	1-5	Sat, Oct 17 @ 9:00 pm	vs San Jose St.
136	N. Illinois	5	0-5	Sat, Oct 17 @ 3:30 pm	@ Wyoming
137	Charlotte	1	0-6	Sat, Oct 17 @ 1:00 pm	@ Temple
138	UL-Monroe	4	0-5	Sat, Oct 17 @ 8:00 pm	vs Louisiana Tech