Media Poll in CFB 26
I am keeping track of the media poll for all 136 teams in the game. I do not have all the teams, but the list is as follows:
1. Texas
2. Penn State
3. Ohio State
4. Georgia
5. Notre Dame
6. Oregon
7. Clemson
8. LSU
9. Alabama
10. Illinois
11. Florida
12. South Carolina
13. Miami FL
14. BYU
15. Arizona State
16. Michigan
17. Kansas State
18. Iowa State
19. Ole Miss
20. SMU
21. Texas A&M
22. Tennessee
23. Oklahoma
24. Louisville
25. Texas Tech
26. Auburn*
27. Indiana*
28. Missouri
29. USC
30. Georgia Tech
31. TCU*
32. Nebraska*
33. Baylor*
34. Boise State
35. Colorado*
36. Memphis*
37. Iowa
38.
39.
40. Rutgers
41.
42.
43. Tulane
44.
45. Michigan State
46.
47.
48. Washington
49.
50.
51.
52. Kansas
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63. Arizona
64.
65. Houston
66. Kentucky
67.
68. UCLA
69. Boston College
70. Stanford
71. Virginia Tech
72. Cincinnati
73. Northwestern
74. Virginia
75. Mississippi State
76. Maryland
77.
78.
79.
80. Purdue
81. Louisiana
82. Wyoming
83.
84. Wake Forest
85. James Madison
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91. San Diego State
92. South Alabama
93. UTEP
94.
95.
96. Old Dominion
97.
98.
99. Buffalo
100.
101. Rice
102. Air Force
103.
104. Temple
105.
106.
107. New Mexico
108.
109.
110.
111.
112. Coastal Carolina
113. Nevada
114. Akron
115.
116. Arkansas State
117.
118.
119.
120. North Texas
121.
122. Appalachian State
123. UAB
124. Charlotte
125. Southern Miss
126. Eastern Michigan
127. Massachusetts
128. Bowling Green
129. Ball State
130. Georgia State
131. Louisiana Tech
132.
133. Kent State
134.
135. Deleware
136. Missouri State
Teams Missing
ACC: California, Duke, Florida State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse.
American: Army, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Navy, South Florida, Tulsa, and UTSA
Big 12: Oklahoma State, UCF, Utah, and West Virginia
Big 10: Minnesota and Wisconsin
Conference USA: Florida International, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Liberty, MTSU, New Mexico State, Sam Houston, WKU
Independent: Connecticut
MAC: Central Michigan, Miami OH, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, and Western Michigan
Mountain West: Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, San Jose State, UNLV, and Utah State
PAC-2: Oregon State and Washington State
SEC: Arkansas and Vanderbilt
Sun Belt: Georgia Southern, Marshall, Texas State, Troy, and ULM
*-Ranking disputed but not confirmed
Ranks as of July 7th 2025
Please reply if you have any of these teams in one of these missing spots and/or if you can confirm the ranks of the teams I have with a star.
Update Liberty is number 88