Grid DistributionWeek 5 AP Poll (Oct 4, 2026)
1Texas (61)
4-0Previous: 1
High: 1 - 61 Voters
Low: 4 - Bob Ballou
Next: 10/10 vs Oklahoma
1737
Points
2Georgia (6)
5-0Previous: 2
High: 1 - 6 Voters
Low: 6 - 2 Voters
Next: 10/10 @ Alabama
1647
Points
3Notre Dame
4-0Previous: 3
High: 2 - 8 Voters
Low: 7 - 5 Voters
Next: 10/10 vs Stanford
1532
Points
4Miami (FL) (2)
4-0Previous: 4
High: 1 - 2 Voters
Low: 7 - 4 Voters
Next: 10/03 @ Clemson
1524
Points
5Ohio State
3-1Previous: 5
High: 2 - 3 Voters
Low: 7 - 5 Voters
Next: 10/10 vs Maryland
1490
Points
6Alabama
5-0Previous: 7 ▲
High: 2 - 5 Voters
Low: 8 - John Johnson
Next: 10/10 vs Georgia
1460
Points
7Indiana (1)
4-0Previous: 6 ▼
High: 1 - Bob Ballou
Low: 12 - Jon Wilner
Next: 10/03 @ Rutgers
1380
Points
8BYU
3-0Previous: 10 ▲
High: 7 - Kirk Bohls
Low: 16 - Mike Griffith
Next: 10/03 @ TCU
1144
Points
9Ole Miss
3-1Previous: 9
High: 7 - 2 Voters
Low: 19 - Murray Evans
Next: 10/10 @ Vanderbilt
1095
Points
10LSU
4-1Previous: 11 ▲
High: 7 - Mike Griffith
Low: 19 - Stephen Means
Next: 10/10 @ Kentucky
1087
Points
11Texas Tech
5-0Previous: 12 ▲
High: 7 - 2 Voters
Low: 20 - Dylan Sinn
Next: 10/03 @ Colorado
1062
Points
12Utah
4-0Previous: 13 ▲
High: 8 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - Javon Edmonds
Next: 10/10 vs Kansas
996
Points
13Oregon
3-1Previous: 15 ▲
High: 9 - 2 Voters
Low: 22 - 2 Voters
Next: 10/10 vs UCLA
831
Points
14Missouri
3-1Previous: 25 ▲
High: 8 - David Briggs
Low: 23 - Kate Rogerson
Next: 10/09 vs Texas A&M
755
Points
15Tennessee
4-1Previous: 17 ▲
High: 9 - Mike Griffith
Low: NR - 1 Voters
Next: 10/10 @ Arkansas
746
Points
16Florida
4-0Previous: 8 ▼
High: 9 - 2 Voters
Low: 25 - Keara Bruno
Next: 10/09 vs S Carolina
691
Points
17Mississippi State
4-1Previous: 16 ▼
High: 10 - Greg Luca
Low: NR - 8 Voters
Next: 10/16 @ LSU
487
Points
18Oklahoma State
3-1Previous: 19 ▲
High: 11 - Ralph Russo
Low: NR - 11 Voters
Next: 10/10 vs UCF
477
Points
19USC
5-1Previous: 18 ▼
High: 13 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 11 Voters
Next: 10/03 vs Washington
439
Points
20Iowa
4-1Previous: 14 ▼
High: 13 - David Jablonski
Low: NR - 12 Voters
Next: 10/09 @ Washington
367
Points
21UCLA
4-0Previous: 23 ▲
High: 9 - Dylan Sinn
Low: NR - 7 Voters
Next: 10/10 @ Oregon
287
Points
22Houston
4-1Previous: 20 ▼
High: 16 - 3 Voters
Low: NR - 17 Voters
Next: 10/10 @ Kansas St
279
Points
23Boise State
3-1Previous: 22 ▼
High: 14 - Kirk Bohls
Low: NR - 17 Voters
Next: 10/03 vs Utah St
271
Points
24SMU
4-1Previous: 21 ▼
High: 13 - Brian Fonseca
Low: NR - 33 Voters
Next: 10/16 vs Virginia
167
Points
25Pittsburgh
5-0Previous: 32 ▲
High: 11 - Stephen Means
Low: NR - 27 Voters
Next: 10/10 vs N Carolina
162
Points

Others Receiving Votes

26Kentucky
4-1Previous: 24 ▼
High: 12 - Dave Preston
Low: NR - 31 Voters
Next: 10/10 vs LSU
160
Points
27Wake Forest
4-1Previous: 29 ▲
High: 11 - Brian Fonseca
Low: NR - 40 Voters
Next: 10/10 @ NC St
142
Points
28Wisconsin
3-1Previous: 26 ▼
High: 15 - Pete Yanity
Low: NR - 51 Voters
Next: 10/16 @ UCLA
88
Points
29Duke
4-0Previous: 27 ▼
High: 14 - Tom Murphy
Low: NR - 51 Voters
Next: 10/10 @ Georgia Tech
83
Points
30Northwestern
3-1Previous: 40 ▲
High: 17 - Brian Howell
Low: NR - 48 Voters
Next: 10/10 vs Ball St
59
Points
31Nebraska
5-0Previous: 33 ▲
High: 17 - Greg Luca
Low: NR - 54 Voters
Next: 10/10 vs Indiana
48
Points
32Arizona
3-1Previous: 37 ▲
High: 16 - Koki Riley
Low: NR - 65 Voters
Next: 10/03 vs Cincinnati
19
Points
Minnesota
4-1Previous: 38 ▲
High: 14 - David Jablonski
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 10/10 @ Purdue
19
Points
34James Madison
4-0Previous: 36 ▲
High: 20 - Creg Stephenson
Low: NR - 63 Voters
Next: 10/09 @ Georgia Southern
12
Points
35North Dakota State
4-0Previous: 39 ▲
High: 23 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 10/10 @ UNLV
7
Points

Talk about this week's Poll

Highest Rated Ballots

Scott Hamilton (9)WNKT (Charleston, SC)
Kirk Bohls (8)Houston Chronicle (Austin, TX)
Matt Murschel (5)Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)

Lowest Rated Ballots

Dylan Sinn (-319)The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN)
Javon Edmonds (-28)Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Mike Griffith (-20)AJC.com (Atlanta, GA)

Most Extreme Ballots

Stephen MeansCleveland.com (Cleveland, OH)
Dylan SinnThe Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN)
Brian FonsecaNJ Advance Media / Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)

Least Extreme Ballots

Matt MurschelOrlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
Haley SawyerSouthern California News Group (Los Angeles, CA)
Julian MininsohnWKRN-TV (Nashville, TN)