Power Rankings 8/25/26

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Welcome Back!

While I'm positive every single one of you read and memorized all 15 of my college football previews of the individual teams (Parts I-XV), I thought it would be a good idea to present my top 138 all at once, just in case you missed some, or in case you didn't memorize the order.  But before that, I'm going to compare my top 25 to the AP top 25, just for fun!  So let's start there.


AP RankTeamMy Rank
1Ohio State6
2Oegon1
3Georgia4
4Notre Dame3
5Texas5
6Indiana2
7Miami, Fl7
8Texas A&M15
9Ole Miss10
10Oklahoma12
11LSU11
12Texas Tech8
13Alabama13
T14BYU16
T14USC14
16Michigan9
17Washington24
18Penn State21
19SMU22
20Tennessee19
21Utah25
22Iowa17
23Houston30
24Louisville20
25Missouri23
26Clemson18

My Power Poll bears a striking resemblance to the AP Preseason Poll.  We  agree on 24 of the top 25! I have Clemson at #18 and Houston at #30; the AP Poll has Houston at #23, and Clemson at #26, first among the "also receiving votes" category. We agree on the top 7 teams, but in a different order, with 5 and 7 being an exact agreement. Amazingly, we also agree on the teams from 8-16, but again with a different order, with 11, 13, and 14 in exact agreement. The biggest difference in the top 16 is 7 spots, with me having #8 Texas A&M at 15, and #16 Michigan ranking #9 in my poll. Except for the 2 teams mentioned above, the teams from 17-25 are the same, but none are an exact match. This may be the closest my Power Poll and the Preseason AP Poll have ever been!

At the end of the year, I will compare how my rankings stack up against the committee rankings.

Anyway, here are my rankings from 1 to 138:

1Oregon
2Indiana
3Notre Dame
4Georgia
5Texas
6Ohio State
7Miami, Fl
8Texas Tech
9Michigan
10Ole Miss
11LSU
12Oklahoma
13Alabama
14USC
15Texas A&M
16BYU
17Iowa
18Clemson
19Tennessee
20Louisville
21Penn State
22SMU
23Missouri
24Washington
25Utah
26South Carolina
27Auburn
28Boise State
29FSU
30Houston
31James Madison
32Florida
33TCU
34Virginia
35Minnesota
36Fresno State
37Arizona
38Nebraska
39Georgia Tech
40Pittsburgh
41Illinois
42Vanderbilt
43Duke
44Navy
45UTSA
46NC State
47Memphis
48Arizona State
49UNLV
50Kansas State
51North Texas
52Cincinnati
53Army
54Toledo
55East Carolina
56USF
57Tulane
58San Diego State
59Wake Forest
60Northwestern
61Baylor
62Wisconsin
63Texas State
64Iowa State
65Liberty
66UCLA
67WKU
68Arkansas
69Western Michigan
70New Mexico
71ODU
72West Virginia
73Miami, OH
74Virginia Tech
75Oklahoma State
76Kansas
77UCF
78Rutgers
79Troy
80UConn
81Hawai'i
82Air Force
83Ohio
84Maryland
85Kentucky
86Mississippi State
87Jacksonville State
88California
89Marshall
90Utah State
91Washington State
92North Carolina
93Louisiana
94Michigan State
95Colorado
96Kennesaw State
97Arkansas State
98North Dakota State
99Georgia Southern
100La Tech
101Central Michigan
102Syracuse
103Buffalo
104Appalachian State
105Delaware
106Coastal Carolina
107Boston College
108FAU
109FIU
110South Alabama
111Temple
112San Jose State
113Southern Miss
114Eastern Michigan
115Wyoming
116Tulsa
117Colorado State
118Purdue
119Bowling Green
120Stanford
121Northern Illinois
122New Mexico State
123Missouri State
124UAB
125Oregon State
126Sacramento State
127Middle Tenn
128Nevada
129Akron
130Rice
131UTEP
132Ball State
133Kent State
134ULM
135Georgia State
136Sam Houston
137Charlotte
138UMass

I will update these rankings each week throughout the season.

Feel free to leave a comment. Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends! 

Until next time, may you and your loved ones be blessed!   


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