the fifth week of the 2026 college football season

the rankings

1. miami (5-0, +199)
2. georgia (5-0, +190)
3. indiana (5-0, +167)
4. james madison (5-0, +158)
5. nebraska (5-0, +147, 218 pf)
6. notre dame (5-0, +147, 206 pf)
7. alabama (5-0, +144)
8. pittsburgh (5-0, +125)
9. north dakota state (5-0, +119)
10. texas tech (5-0, +93)
11. usc (5-1, +71)
12. utah (4-0, +132)
13. ucla (4-0, +104)
14. duke (4-0, +101)
15. byu (4-0, +92)
16. texas (4-0, +80)
17. new mexico (4-1, +164)
18. ohio state (4-1, +148)
19. lsu (4-1, +142)
20. tennessee (4-1, +108)
21. virginia tech (4-1, +107)
22. houston (4-1, +106)
23. baylor (4-1, +103)
24. georgia state (4-1, +102)
25. florida (4-1, +95)
26. missouri (4-1, +88)
27. toledo (4-1, +84)
28. iowa (4-1, +82)
29. memphis (4-1, +81)
30. arizona (4-1, +79)
31. wisconsin (4-1, +75)
32. minnesota (4-1, +70, 160 pf)
33. umass (4-1, +70, 159 pf)
34. boise state (4-1, +69)
35. wake forest (4-1, +68)
36. liberty (4-1, +63)
37. south florida (4-1, +60)
38. smu (4-1, +58)
39. fresno state (4-1, +57)
40. mississippi state (4-1, +55)
41. florida atlantic (4-1, +53, 186 pf)
42. cincinnati (4-1, +53, 169 pf)
43. louisiana (4-1, +49)
44. kentucky (4-1, +39)
45. utsa (4-1, +26)
46. kansas state (3-1, +101)
47. oregon (3-1, +97)
48. oklahoma state (3-1, +70)
49. northwestern (3-1, +65)
50. appalachian state (3-1, +50)
51. air force (3-1, +36)
52. ole miss (3-1, +19)
53. penn state (3-2, +80)
54. virginia (3-2, +79)
55. ucf (3-2, +74)
56. oregon state (3-2, +67)
57. texas a&m (3-2, +66)
58. iowa state (3-2, +62)
59. florida state (3-2, +58)
60. nc state (3-2, +56)
61. west virginia (3-2, +43)
62. washington (3-2, +41)
63. north texas (3-2, +38)
64. michigan (3-2, +36)
65. tulsa (3-2, +33)
66. jacksonville state (3-2, +28)
67. auburn (3-2, +27)
68. south alabama (3-2, +19, 177 pf)
69. western michigan (3-2, +19, 116 pf)
70. unlv (3-2, +7)
71. uab (3-2, +3)
72. vanderbilt (3-2, +2)
73. ohio (3-2, E)
74. san jose state (3-2, -12)
75. clemson (3-2, -32)
76. central michigan (3-2, -39)
77. marshall (3-2, -64)
78. eastern michigan (3-3, -17)
79. kansas (2-2, +76)
80. army (2-2, +54)
81. syracuse (2-2, +47)
82. louisiana tech (2-2, +28)
83. oklahoma (2-2, +24)
84. north carolina (2-2, +18)
85. florida international (2-2, +14)
86. arizona state (2-2, +6)
87. troy (2-2, -1)
88. east carolina (2-2, -5)
89. tulane (2-2, -18)
90. tcu (2-3, +60)
91. south carolina (2-3, +54)
92. uconn (2-3, +49)
93. louisville (2-3, +47)
94. illinois (2-3, +23)
95. texas state (2-3, +8)
96. new mexico state (2-3, +7)
97. temple (2-3, +5, 129 pf)
98. georgia southern (2-3, +5, 124 pf)
99. arkansas state (2-3, +3)
100. california (2-3, +2)
101. maryland (2-3, +1)
102. colorado state (2-3, -6)
103. miami ohio (2-3, -12)
104. san diego state (2-3, -21, 123 pf)
105. delaware (2-3, -21, 107 pf)
106. boston college (2-3, -22)
107. purdue (2-3, -23)
108. michigan state (2-3, -25)
109. colorado (2-3, -34)
110. middle tennessee (2-3, -36)
111. wyoming (2-3, -39)
112. arkansas (2-3, -43)
113. buffalo (2-3, -51)
114. kent state (2-3, -82)
115. stanford (2-3, -104)
116. sam houston (1-3, +15)
117. nevada (1-3, +12)
118. navy (1-3, +10)
119. georgia tech (1-3, +4)
120. kennesaw state (1-3, -3)
121. southern miss (1-3, -20)
122. missouri state (1-3, -32)
123. coastal carolina (1-4, -1)
124. rutgers (1-4, -11)
125. washington state (1-4, -30)
126. hawaii (1-4, -36)
127. rice (1-4, -47)
128. sacramento state (1-4, -55, 88 pf)
129. utah state (1-4, -55, 70 pf)
130. old dominion (1-4, -63)
131. akron (1-4, -73)
132. ball state (1-4, -93)
133. western kentucky (1-4, -99)
134. bowling green (1-4, -108)
135. utep (1-4, -125)
136. northern illinois (0-4, -90)
137. louisiana monroe (0-5, -103)
138. charlotte (0-5, -117)

the belt

notre dame retains the belt. they defend next week against stanford, the team they won it from last year.