Grid DistributionWeek 3 AP Poll (Sep 20, 2026)
1Texas (58)
3-0Previous: 1
High: 1 - 58 Voters
Low: 4 - 2 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Tennessee
1706
Points
2Georgia (3)
3-0Previous: 2
High: 1 - 3 Voters
Low: 7 - 5 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs Oklahoma
1580
Points
3Notre Dame
2-0Previous: 3
High: 2 - 12 Voters
Low: 8 - Javon Edmonds
Next: 9/26 @ Purdue
1517
Points
4Ole Miss (3)
2-0Previous: 8 ▲
High: 1 - 3 Voters
Low: 7 - 7 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Florida
1488
Points
5Indiana (4)
2-0Previous: 4 ▼
High: 1 - 4 Voters
Low: 8 - Dylan Sinn
Next: 9/25 vs Northwestern
1467
Points
6Miami (FL) (1)
3-0Previous: 5 ▼
High: 1 - Creg Stephenson
Low: 8 - Trevor Hass
Next: 9/26 vs Central Michigan
1445
Points
7Ohio State
2-1Previous: 6 ▼
High: 2 - 3 Voters
Low: 8 - 3 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs Illinois
1415
Points
8Alabama
3-0Previous: 10 ▲
High: 6 - David Jablonski
Low: 19 - Stephen Means
Next: 9/26 vs S Carolina
1182
Points
9BYU
3-0Previous: 11 ▲
High: 7 - Dylan Sinn
Low: NR - Jerry Humphrey
Next: 10/02 @ TCU
1090
Points
10LSU
2-0Previous: 7 ▼
High: 6 - Javon Edmonds
Low: 18 - 2 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs Texas A&M
1078
Points
11Texas Tech
3-0Previous: 13 ▲
High: 7 - 2 Voters
Low: 16 - 3 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs Sam Houston
1067
Points
12USC
4-0Previous: 12
High: 9 - Bob Ballou
Low: 21 - Murray Evans
Next: 9/26 vs Oregon
907
Points
13Penn State
3-0Previous: 14 ▲
High: 9 - David Paschall
Low: 20 - Adam Lichtenstein
Next: 9/26 vs Wisconsin
850
Points
14Tennessee
3-0Previous: 15 ▲
High: 10 - 5 Voters
Low: NR - Dylan Sinn
Next: 9/26 vs Texas
826
Points
15Utah
2-0Previous: 17 ▲
High: 10 - Nicole Auerbach
Low: 22 - 2 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Iowa St
752
Points
16Louisville
2-1Previous: 23 ▲
High: 10 - Ralph Russo
Low: 24 - Louie Vaccher
Next: 9/26 vs Wake Forest
692
Points
17Iowa
2-0Previous: 18 ▲
High: 12 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 3 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Michigan
561
Points
18Michigan
2-0Previous: 19 ▲
High: 13 - 4 Voters
Low: NR - 6 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs Iowa
432
Points
19Missouri
2-0Previous: 20 ▲
High: 12 - Ian Kress
Low: NR - 11 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Mississippi St
369
Points
20Oregon
2-1Previous: 21 ▲
High: 11 - Bob Asmussen
Low: NR - 13 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ USC
364
Points
21Florida
3-0Previous: 27 ▲
High: 13 - Ralph Russo
Low: NR - 13 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs Ole Miss
269
Points
22SMU
2-0Previous: 16 ▼
High: 16 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 22 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs Missouri St
212
Points
23Texas A&M
2-0Previous: 9 ▼
High: 14 - Andy Kendeigh
Low: NR - 24 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ LSU
202
Points
24Mississippi State
3-0Previous: 32 ▲
High: 14 - Ralph Russo
Low: NR - 28 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs Missouri
179
Points
25Houston
2-1Previous: 22 ▼
High: 15 - Jon Wilner
Low: NR - 39 Voters
Next: 9/25 @ Georgia Southern
127
Points

Others Receiving Votes

26Washington
3-0Previous: 26
High: 18 - 4 Voters
Low: NR - 42 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs Minnesota
107
Points
27Kentucky
2-1Previous: -
High: 17 - Dave Preston
Low: NR - 47 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs S Alabama
98
Points
28West Virginia
3-0Previous: -
High: 18 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 40 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs Oklahoma St
93
Points
29Oklahoma
1-1Previous: 24 ▼
High: 17 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 45 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Georgia
91
Points
30Oklahoma State
1-1Previous: 29 ▼
High: 17 - Jon Wilner
Low: NR - 57 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ West Virginia
50
Points
31Boise State
1-1Previous: 28 ▼
High: 17 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 55 Voters
Next: 9/25 @ W Michigan
48
Points
32Virginia Tech
3-0Previous: 34 ▲
High: 16 - Bob Ballou
Low: NR - 55 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Boston College
46
Points
33Western Michigan
1-1Previous: 30 ▼
High: 19 - Murray Evans
Low: NR - 60 Voters
Next: 9/25 vs Boise St
27
Points
34Duke
3-0Previous: -
High: 16 - Pat Welter
Low: NR - 64 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs William & Mary
20
Points
35Tulsa
2-0Previous: 31 ▼
High: 20 - David Briggs
Low: NR - 62 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Arkansas
18
Points
36Arizona
1-1Previous: 37 ▲
High: 18 - Koki Riley
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Washington St
12
Points
37Pittsburgh
3-0Previous: 39 ▲
High: 20 - Javon Edmonds
Low: NR - 64 Voters
Next: 9/26 vs Bucknell
10
Points
UCLA
3-0Previous: 35 ▼
High: 19 - Dylan Sinn
Low: NR - 65 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Maryland
10
Points
39James Madison
2-0Previous: 36 ▼
High: 21 - Creg Stephenson
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Old Dominion
7
Points
40North Dakota State
4-0Previous: 38 ▼
High: 22 - Randy Johnson
Low: NR - 65 Voters
Next: 10/03 vs Wyoming
6
Points
41Kansas State
2-0Previous: 39 ▼
High: 24 - Sean Reider
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Cincinnati
3
Points
42Nebraska
3-0Previous: -
High: 24 - Greg Luca
Low: NR - 67 Voters
Next: 9/26 @ Michigan St
2
Points

Talk about this week's Poll

Highest Rated Ballots

Ty Hildenbrandt (4)The Solid Verbal (Allentown, PA)
Jon Wilner (4)San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
Michael Katz (2)Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (Tupelo, MS)

Lowest Rated Ballots

Dylan Sinn (-800)The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN)
Jerry Humphrey (-83)AL.com (Auburn, AL)
Stephen Means (-42)Cleveland.com (Cleveland, OH)

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)