Grid DistributionWeek 3 AP Poll (Sep 20, 2026)
1Texas (58)
3-0Previous: 1
High: 1 - 58 Voters
Low: 4 - 2 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ LSU
1706
Points
2Georgia (3)
3-0Previous: 2
High: 1 - 3 Voters
Low: 7 - 5 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Missouri
1580
Points
3Notre Dame
2-0Previous: 3
High: 2 - 12 Voters
Low: 8 - Javon Edmonds
Next: 11/14 vs Boston College
1517
Points
4Ole Miss (3)
2-0Previous: 8 ▲
High: 1 - 3 Voters
Low: 7 - 7 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ Oklahoma
1488
Points
5Indiana (4)
2-0Previous: 4 ▼
High: 1 - 4 Voters
Low: 8 - Dylan Sinn
Next: 11/14 vs USC
1467
Points
6Miami (FL) (1)
3-0Previous: 5 ▼
High: 1 - Creg Stephenson
Low: 8 - Trevor Hass
Next: 11/14 vs Duke
1445
Points
7Ohio State
2-1Previous: 6 ▼
High: 2 - 3 Voters
Low: 8 - 3 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Northwestern
1415
Points
8Alabama
3-0Previous: 10 ▲
High: 6 - David Jablonski
Low: 19 - Stephen Means
Next: 11/14 @ Vanderbilt
1182
Points
9BYU
3-0Previous: 11 ▲
High: 7 - Dylan Sinn
Low: NR - Jerry Humphrey
Next: 11/14 vs Baylor
1090
Points
10LSU
2-0Previous: 7 ▼
High: 6 - Javon Edmonds
Low: 18 - 2 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Texas
1078
Points
11Texas Tech
3-0Previous: 13 ▲
High: 7 - 2 Voters
Low: 16 - 3 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ Oklahoma St
1067
Points
12USC
4-0Previous: 12
High: 9 - Bob Ballou
Low: 21 - Murray Evans
Next: 11/14 @ Indiana
907
Points
13Penn State
3-0Previous: 14 ▲
High: 9 - David Paschall
Low: 20 - Adam Lichtenstein
Next: 11/14 vs Minnesota
850
Points
14Tennessee
3-0Previous: 15 ▲
High: 10 - 5 Voters
Low: NR - Dylan Sinn
Next: 11/14 @ Texas A&M
826
Points
15Utah
2-0Previous: 17 ▲
High: 10 - Nicole Auerbach
Low: 22 - 2 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ Arizona
752
Points
16Louisville
2-1Previous: 23 ▲
High: 10 - Ralph Russo
Low: 24 - Louie Vaccher
Next: 11/14 @ N Carolina
692
Points
17Iowa
2-0Previous: 18 ▲
High: 12 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 3 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Purdue
561
Points
18Michigan
2-0Previous: 19 ▲
High: 13 - 4 Voters
Low: NR - 6 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ Oregon
432
Points
19Missouri
2-0Previous: 20 ▲
High: 12 - Ian Kress
Low: NR - 11 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ Georgia
369
Points
20Oregon
2-1Previous: 21 ▲
High: 11 - Bob Asmussen
Low: NR - 13 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Michigan
364
Points
21Florida
3-0Previous: 27 ▲
High: 13 - Ralph Russo
Low: NR - 13 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ Kentucky
269
Points
22SMU
2-0Previous: 16 ▼
High: 16 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 22 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Wake Forest
212
Points
23Texas A&M
2-0Previous: 9 ▼
High: 14 - Andy Kendeigh
Low: NR - 24 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Tennessee
202
Points
24Mississippi State
3-0Previous: 32 ▲
High: 14 - Ralph Russo
Low: NR - 28 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Auburn
179
Points
25Houston
2-1Previous: 22 ▼
High: 15 - Jon Wilner
Low: NR - 39 Voters
Next: 11/13 @ Colorado
127
Points

Others Receiving Votes

26Washington
3-0Previous: 26
High: 18 - 4 Voters
Low: NR - 42 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ Michigan St
107
Points
27Kentucky
2-1Previous: -
High: 17 - Dave Preston
Low: NR - 47 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Florida
98
Points
28West Virginia
3-0Previous: -
High: 18 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 40 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Kansas
93
Points
29Oklahoma
1-1Previous: 24 ▼
High: 17 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 45 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Ole Miss
91
Points
30Oklahoma State
1-1Previous: 29 ▼
High: 17 - Jon Wilner
Low: NR - 57 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Texas Tech
50
Points
31Boise State
1-1Previous: 28 ▼
High: 17 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 55 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Oregon St
48
Points
32Virginia Tech
3-0Previous: 34 ▲
High: 16 - Bob Ballou
Low: NR - 55 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Stanford
46
Points
33Western Michigan
1-1Previous: 30 ▼
High: 19 - Murray Evans
Low: NR - 60 Voters
Next: 11/10 @ Akron
27
Points
34Duke
3-0Previous: -
High: 16 - Pat Welter
Low: NR - 64 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ Miami
20
Points
35Tulsa
2-0Previous: 31 ▼
High: 20 - David Briggs
Low: NR - 62 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Florida Atlantic
18
Points
36Arizona
1-1Previous: 37 ▲
High: 18 - Koki Riley
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 11/14 vs Utah
12
Points
37Pittsburgh
3-0Previous: 39 ▲
High: 20 - Javon Edmonds
Low: NR - 64 Voters
Next: 11/13 vs Florida St
10
Points
UCLA
3-0Previous: 35 ▼
High: 19 - Dylan Sinn
Low: NR - 65 Voters
Next: 11/13 vs Illinois
10
Points
39James Madison
2-0Previous: 36 ▼
High: 21 - Creg Stephenson
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ UConn
7
Points
40North Dakota State
4-0Previous: 38 ▼
High: 22 - Randy Johnson
Low: NR - 65 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ Hawai'i
6
Points
41Kansas State
2-0Previous: 39 ▼
High: 24 - Sean Reider
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ TCU
3
Points
42Nebraska
3-0Previous: -
High: 24 - Greg Luca
Low: NR - 67 Voters
Next: 11/14 @ Rutgers
2
Points

Talk about this week's Poll

Highest Rated Ballots

Jon Wilner (26)San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
Koki Riley (25)The (Baton Rouge) Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Ralph Russo (24)The Athletic (Brooklyn, NY)

Lowest Rated Ballots

Dylan Sinn (-11242)The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN)
Stephen Means (-116)Cleveland.com (Cleveland, OH)
Jerry Humphrey (-99)AL.com (Auburn, AL)

Most Extreme Ballots

Dylan SinnThe Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN)
Javon EdmondsSyracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Jon WilnerSan Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)

Least Extreme Ballots

Michael KatzNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal (Tupelo, MS)
Haley SawyerSouthern California News Group (Los Angeles, CA)
Julian MininsohnWKRN-TV (Nashville, TN)