College Football
Consensus Top 25
Ten national rankings. One consensus.
2026 · Preseason · Updated Aug. 19
WeekPreseason
Sources
10 Polls
AP · Coaches · CBS 138 · ESPN SP+ · Athlon · JP Power · On3 · Klatt · SN · ESPN FPI
Consensus #1
Ohio State8 of 10 first-place ballots
Tightest consensus
Ohio State#1–3 across all ten ballots
Widest poll range
Tennessee#14 — #23
The Consensus
25 teams · 10 ballotsRK
TEAM
MOV
SCORETwo Deep consensus score — the board is in this order
POLL RANGE
AP
AP Top 25 · as of Aug. 19 — click to sort the board by this pollCOACHES
USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll · as of Aug. 4 — click to sort the board by this pollCBS
CBS Sports 138 · as of Aug. 12 — click to sort the board by this pollSP+
MODEL
ESPN SP+ — Bill Connelly's predictive power rating · as of Aug. 13 — click to sort the board by this pollATHLON
Athlon Sports preseason Top 25 (annual) · as of Aug. 7 — click to sort the board by this pollJP
MODEL
Josh Pate — JP Poll power ratings · as of Aug. 13 — click to sort the board by this pollON3
On3 expert panel Top 25 — staff ballots tallied · as of Aug. 11 — click to sort the board by this pollKLATT
Joel Klatt — Fox Sports Top 25 · as of Aug. 10 — click to sort the board by this pollSN
TOP 10
Sporting News Top 25 — only the top 10 is published free · as of Aug. 13 — click to sort the board by this pollFPI
MODEL
ESPN Football Power Index — projected scoring margin vs an average team · as of Jul. 9 — click to sort the board by this poll1
Ohio State
Big Ten
98.8
13
–
98.8
1±23
High #1 · Low #3 · Range 2 · Consensus avg 1.3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
Oregon
Big Ten
92.0
16
–
92.0
1±56
High #1 · Low #6 · Range 5 · Consensus avg 3.0
2
2
2
2
6
3
2
1
6
4
3
Georgia
SEC
89.2
26
–
89.2
2±46
High #2 · Low #6 · Range 4 · Consensus avg 3.7
3
3
5
4
2
2
4
6
3
5
4
Notre Dame
FBS Independents
88.8
25
–
88.8
2±35
High #2 · Low #5 · Range 3 · Consensus avg 3.8
4
5
3
3
4
4
5
2
5
3
5
Texas
SEC
86.4
27
–
86.4
2±57
High #2 · Low #7 · Range 5 · Consensus avg 4.4
5
4
4
6
3
6
3
7
4
2
6
Indiana
Big Ten
83.6
16
–
83.6
1±56
High #1 · Low #6 · Range 5 · Consensus avg 5.1
6
6
6
5
5
5
6
5
1SN has them 5 spots above consensus
6
7
Miami
ACC
77.2
47
–
77.2
4±37
High #4 · Low #7 · Range 3 · Consensus avg 6.7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
4
7
7
8
Oklahoma
SEC
64.4
814
–
64.4
8±614
High #8 · Low #14 · Range 6 · Consensus avg 9.9
10
9
9
11
8
14JP has them 6 spots below consensus
8
9
9
12
9
Ole Miss
SEC
58.8
816
–
58.8
8±816
High #8 · Low #16 · Range 8 · Consensus avg 11.3
9
10
12
16SP+ has them 7 spots below consensus
11
8
9
16KLATT has them 7 spots below consensus
8
14FPI has them 5 spots below consensus
10
Texas A&M
SEC
64.0
813
–
64.0
8±513
High #8 · Low #13 · Range 5 · Consensus avg 10.0
8
8
11
9
9
11
10
13
—
11
11
LSU
SEC
63.1
813
–
63.1
8±513
High #8 · Low #13 · Range 5 · Consensus avg 10.2
11
13
10
10
10
9
12
8
—
9
12
Texas Tech
Big 12
61.3
812
–
61.3
8±412
High #8 · Low #12 · Range 4 · Consensus avg 10.7
12
12
8
8
12
12
11
11
—
10
13
USC
Big Ten
52.4
1014
–
52.4
10±414
High #10 · Low #14 · Range 4 · Consensus avg 12.9
14
14
14
12
14
13
13
12
10
13
14
Alabama
SEC
54.2
815
–
54.2
8±715
High #8 · Low #15 · Range 7 · Consensus avg 12.4
13
11
13
13
15
10
14
15
—
8FPI has them 6 spots above consensus
15
Michigan
Big Ten
45.8
1016
–
45.8
10±616
High #10 · Low #16 · Range 6 · Consensus avg 14.6
16
16
15
15
13
15
16
10KLATT has them 5 spots above consensus
—
15
16
BYU
Big 12
37.3
1421
–
37.3
14±721
High #14 · Low #21 · Range 7 · Consensus avg 16.7
14
15
16
21SP+ has them 5 spots below consensus
16
19
15
14
—
20
17
Penn State
Big Ten
32.4
1721
–
32.4
17±421
High #17 · Low #21 · Range 4 · Consensus avg 17.9
18
17
18
17
18
21
18
17
—
17
18
Tennessee
SEC
29.8
1423
–
29.8
14±923
High #14 · Low #23 · Range 9 · Consensus avg 18.6
20
18
17
14
21
18
20
23KLATT has them 5 spots below consensus
—
16
19
Washington
Big Ten
24.9
1725
–
24.9
17±825
High #17 · Low #25 · Range 8 · Consensus avg 19.0
17
19
19
18
17
25JP has them 6 spots below consensus
17
20
—
—
20
SMU
ACC
18.2
1825
–
18.2
18±725
High #18 · Low #25 · Range 7 · Consensus avg 20.9
19
20
20
25SP+ has them 5 spots below consensus
22
—
19
18
—
24
21
Missouri
SEC
12.0
1625
–
12.0
16±925
High #16 · Low #25 · Range 9 · Consensus avg 21.5
25
25
23
19
—
16JP has them 5 spots above consensus
—
—
—
21
22
Louisville
ACC
11.6
1725
–
11.6
17±825
High #17 · Low #25 · Range 8 · Consensus avg 21.7
24
—
25
—
23
17JP has them 5 spots above consensus
22
19
—
—
23
Iowa
Big Ten
11.1
2125
–
11.1
21±425
High #21 · Low #25 · Range 4 · Consensus avg 22.9
22
22
21
22
25
—
24
22
—
25
24
Florida
SEC
10.2
1825
–
10.2
18±725
High #18 · Low #25 · Range 7 · Consensus avg 21.4
—
—
22
20
—
22
25
—
—
18FPI has them 6 spots above consensus
25
Utah
Big 12
10.2
2024
–
10.2
20±424
High #20 · Low #24 · Range 4 · Consensus avg 21.4
21
21
24
—
20ATHLON has them 5 spots above consensus
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21
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