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Consensus Top 25

Eight national rankings. One consensus.
2026 · Week 6 · Updated Oct. 7
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Sources
8 Polls
AP · Coaches · CBS 138 · ESPN SP+ · JP Power · Klatt · RJ Young · ESPN FPI
Consensus #1
Georgia
2 of 8 first-place ballots
Tightest consensus
Georgia
#1–2 across all eight ballots
Widest poll range
Missouri
#8 — #25
The Consensus
25 teams · 8 ballots
RK
TEAM
MOV
SCORETwo Deep consensus score — the board is in this order
POLL RANGE
AP
AP Top 25 · as of Oct. 4 — click to sort the board by this poll
COACHES
USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll · as of Oct. 4 — click to sort the board by this poll
CBS
CBS Sports 138 — top 25 shown (Week 2, Sep. 9) · as of Oct. 5 — click to sort the board by this poll
SP+
MODEL
ESPN SP+ — Bill Connelly's predictive power rating · as of Oct. 4 — click to sort the board by this poll
JP
MODEL
Josh Pate — JP Poll power ratings · as of Oct. 6 — click to sort the board by this poll
KLATT
Joel Klatt — FOX top 10 (post-Week 5, Sep. 29; publishes a top 10 only, printed as a countdown No. 10 → No. 1) · as of Oct. 5 — click to sort the board by this poll
RJ
RJ Young — FOX Sports Top 25 (Week 2 graphic, transcribed Sep. 9) · as of Oct. 4 — click to sort the board by this poll
FPI
MODEL
ESPN Football Power Index — projected scoring margin vs an average team · as of Oct. 4 — click to sort the board by this poll
1
Georgia
SEC
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97.0
1±12
High #1 · Low #2 · Range 1 · Consensus avg 1.8
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
Texas
SEC
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–
93.0
1±78
High #1 · Low #8 · Range 7 · Consensus avg 2.8
1
1
1
8SP+ has them 6 spots below consensus
4
2
1
4
3
Ohio State
Big Ten
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▲1
89.5
1±56
High #1 · Low #6 · Range 5 · Consensus avg 3.6
5
6
6
2
1
3
5
1
4
Notre Dame
FBS Independents
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▼1
88.5
3±47
High #3 · Low #7 · Range 4 · Consensus avg 3.9
3
3
5
4
3
7
3
3
5
Miami
ACC
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86.0
3±47
High #3 · Low #7 · Range 4 · Consensus avg 4.5
4
4
3
5
7
4
4
5
6
Alabama
SEC
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▲1
81.5
4±37
High #4 · Low #7 · Range 3 · Consensus avg 5.6
6
7
4
6
5
5
6
6
7
Indiana
Big Ten
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▼1
80.0
3±47
High #3 · Low #7 · Range 4 · Consensus avg 6.0
7
5
7
3
6
6
7
7
8
Oregon
Big Ten
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▲2
61.5
7±613
High #7 · Low #13 · Range 6 · Consensus avg 10.6
13AP has them 5 spots below consensus
13COACHES has them 5 spots below consensus
13CBS has them 5 spots below consensus
7
10
8
12
9
9
LSU
SEC
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66.9
8±210
High #8 · Low #10 · Range 2 · Consensus avg 9.3
10
10
9
10
8
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10
8
10
BYU
Big 12
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▲3
58.5
8±917
High #8 · Low #17 · Range 9 · Consensus avg 11.4
8
8
8
17SP+ has them 7 spots below consensus
13
10
11
16FPI has them 6 spots below consensus
11
Utah
Big 12
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▲1
56.5
9±615
High #9 · Low #15 · Range 6 · Consensus avg 11.9
12
12
11
9
15
9
15
12
12
Texas Tech
Big 12
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▼1
58.3
9±817
High #9 · Low #17 · Range 8 · Consensus avg 11.4
11
9
12
11
17JP has them 5 spots below consensus
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9
11
13
Florida
SEC
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▼5
48.6
11±516
High #11 · Low #16 · Range 5 · Consensus avg 13.9
16
15
14
12
11
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14
15
14
Tennessee
SEC
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▲1
47.4
10±717
High #10 · Low #17 · Range 7 · Consensus avg 14.1
15
14
17
14
12
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17
10
15
Ole Miss
SEC
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▼1
43.4
9±1322
High #9 · Low #22 · Range 13 · Consensus avg 13.3
9AP has them 6 spots above consensus
11
10CBS has them 5 spots above consensus
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9JP has them 6 spots above consensus
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19
22FPI has them 7 spots below consensus
16
Missouri
SEC
›
▲8
41.1
8±1725
High #8 · Low #25 · Range 17 · Consensus avg 15.7
14
16
15
25SP+ has them 9 spots below consensus
14
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8RJ has them 8 spots above consensus
18
17
USC
Big Ten
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▲1
28.6
13±1023
High #13 · Low #23 · Range 10 · Consensus avg 18.9
19
17
20
13
21
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23RJ has them 6 spots below consensus
19
18
Mississippi State
SEC
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▼2
27.4
13±922
High #13 · Low #22 · Range 9 · Consensus avg 18.0
17
20
18
18
22
—
13RJ has them 5 spots above consensus
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19
Iowa
Big Ten
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▼2
20.6
18±220
High #18 · Low #20 · Range 2 · Consensus avg 18.8
20
18
19
19
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18
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20
Nebraska
Big Ten
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▼1
19.4
13±316
High #13 · Low #16 · Range 3 · Consensus avg 14.7
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—
15SP+ has them 5 spots above consensus
16
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13FPI has them 7 spots above consensus
21
UCLA
Big Ten
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▼1
17.7
16±824
High #16 · Low #24 · Range 8 · Consensus avg 19.8
21
22
16CBS has them 5 spots above consensus
24
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16RJ has them 5 spots above consensus
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22
Oklahoma State
Big 12
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▼1
10.3
18±321
High #18 · Low #21 · Range 3 · Consensus avg 20.0
18
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21
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21
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23
Penn State
Big Ten
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–
9.7
15±520
High #15 · Low #20 · Range 5 · Consensus avg 17.5
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—
—
15SP+ has them 8 spots above consensus
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20
24
Pittsburgh
ACC
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–
9.7
20±525
High #20 · Low #25 · Range 5 · Consensus avg 23.2
25
24
22
20
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25
23
25
Houston
Big 12
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▼3
9.1
19±625
High #19 · Low #25 · Range 6 · Consensus avg 22.0
22
19COACHES has them 6 spots above consensus
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