College Football Rankings 2025-26 - CBS Sports Rankings

CBS Sports Rankings Updated Jan 23, 2025

Rank	Team	Trend	Next Game
1	Ohio State 14-2	5	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Texas
2	Notre Dame 14-2	1	Sun, Aug 31 @ 7:30 pm	@ Miami (Fla.)
3	Oregon 13-1	2	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Montana St.
4	Texas 13-3	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Ohio State
5	Penn State 13-3	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Nevada
6	Georgia 11-3	4	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Marshall
7	Arizona St. 11-3	4	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs N. Arizona
8	Indiana 11-2	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Old Dominion
9	Tennessee 10-3	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Syracuse
10	SMU 11-3	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs East Texas A&M
11	Ole Miss 10-3	3	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Georgia St.
12	BYU 11-2	5	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Portland St.
13	Clemson 10-4	3	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs LSU
14	Boise St. 12-2	5	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	@ South Florida
15	Illinois 10-3	6	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs W. Illinois
16	Iowa St. 11-3	2	Sat, Aug 23 - TBA	vs Kansas State
17	Miami (Fla.) 10-3	2	Sun, Aug 31 @ 7:30 pm	vs Notre Dame
18	South Carolina 9-4	5	Sun, Aug 31 - TBA	@ Virginia Tech
19	Alabama 9-4	7	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Florida State
20	Army 12-2	1	Fri, Aug 29 - TBA	vs Tarleton St.
21	Syracuse 10-3	2	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Tennessee
22	UNLV 11-3	—	Fri, Aug 29 - TBA	@ Sam Houston
23	Memphis 11-2	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Chattanooga
24	Colorado 9-4	4	Fri, Aug 29 - TBA	vs Georgia Tech
25	Missouri 10-3	—	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Cent. Ark.
26	Louisville 9-4	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs E. Kentucky
27	Kansas State 9-4	1	Sat, Aug 23 - TBA	@ Iowa St.
28	LSU 9-4	4	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Clemson
29	Duke 9-4	3	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Elon
30	Baylor 8-5	1	Fri, Aug 29 - TBA	vs Auburn
31	Tulane 9-5	2	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Northwestern
32	Michigan 8-5	8	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs New Mexico
33	Texas A&M 8-5	3	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs UTSA
34	TCU 9-4	2	Mon, Sep 1 @ 7:30 pm	@ North Carolina
35	Florida 8-5	2	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs LIU
36	Iowa 8-5	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Albany
37	Minnesota 8-5	2	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Buffalo
38	USC 7-6	8	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Missouri St.
39	Navy 10-3	6	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs VMI
40	Louisiana 10-4	6	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Rice
41	Georgia Tech 7-6	4	Fri, Aug 29 - TBA	@ Colorado
42	Marshall 10-3	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Georgia
43	Ohio 11-3	1	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	@ Rutgers
44	Texas Tech 8-5	6	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Ark.-Pine Bluff
45	James Madison 9-4	3	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Weber St.
46	Vanderbilt 7-6	9	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Charleston So.
47	Arkansas 7-6	5	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Alabama A&M
48	Pittsburgh 7-6	5	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Duquesne
49	Nebraska 7-6	7	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	@ Cincinnati
50	Boston College 7-6	3	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Fordham
51	Washington St. 8-5	7	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Idaho
52	Rutgers 7-6	3	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Ohio
53	Jacksonville St. 9-5	3	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	@ UCF
54	Kansas 5-7	1	Sat, Aug 23 - TBA	vs Fresno St.
55	Washington 6-7	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Colorado St.
56	Virginia Tech 6-7	5	Sun, Aug 31 - TBA	vs South Carolina
57	Sam Houston 10-3	1	Sat, Aug 23 - TBA	@ W. Kentucky
58	Oklahoma 6-7	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Illinois St.
59	Miami-OH 9-5	—	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	@ Wisconsin
60	UConn 9-4	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs CCSU
61	Texas St. 8-5	6	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs E. Michigan
62	North Carolina 6-7	1	Mon, Sep 1 @ 7:30 pm	vs TCU
63	NC State 6-7	1	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs East Carolina
64	Cincinnati 5-7	1	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Nebraska
65	West Virginia 6-7	3	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Robert Morris
66	Auburn 5-7	—	Fri, Aug 29 - TBA	@ Baylor
67	East Carolina 8-5	9	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	@ NC State
68	Liberty 8-4	5	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Maine
69	Ga. Southern 8-5	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Fresno St.
70	UCLA 5-7	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Utah
71	Wisconsin 5-7	—	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Miami-OH
72	California 6-7	3	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Oregon State
73	N. Illinois 8-5	12	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Holy Cross
74	Toledo 8-5	12	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Kentucky
75	Virginia 5-7	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs C. Carolina
76	Colorado St. 8-5	4	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Washington
77	San Jose St. 7-6	4	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs C. Michigan
78	Bowling Green 7-6	3	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Lafayette
79	South Florida 7-6	2	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Boise St.
80	Michigan St. 5-7	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs W. Michigan
81	W. Kentucky 8-6	3	Sat, Aug 23 - TBA	vs Sam Houston
82	Buffalo 9-4	1	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	@ Minnesota
83	South Alabama 7-6	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Morgan St.
84	Utah 5-7	4	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ UCLA
85	Houston 4-8	1	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs S.F. Austin
86	UTSA 7-6	5	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Texas A&M
87	Fresno St. 6-7	—	Sat, Aug 23 - TBA	@ Kansas
88	Maryland 4-8	2	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs FAU
89	UCF 4-8	1	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Jacksonville St.
90	Kentucky 4-8	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Toledo
91	Arkansas St. 8-5	5	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs SE Missouri St.
92	C. Carolina 6-7	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Virginia
93	Northwestern 4-8	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Tulane
94	Arizona 4-8	17	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Hawaii
95	North Texas 6-7	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Lamar
96	App. St. 5-6	1	Fri, Aug 29 - TBA	@ Charlotte
97	Oregon State 5-7	2	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs California
98	Old Dominion 5-7	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Indiana
99	Wake Forest 4-8	—	Fri, Aug 29 - TBA	vs Kennesaw St.
100	W. Michigan 6-7	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Michigan St.
101	UL-Monroe 5-7	—	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs St. Fran.-Pa.
102	Stanford 3-9	—	Sat, Aug 23 - TBA	@ Hawaii
103	Hawaii 5-7	—	Sat, Aug 23 - TBA	vs Stanford
104	New Mexico 5-7	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Michigan
105	Oklahoma State 3-9	—	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs UT Martin
106	Air Force 5-7	1	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Bucknell
107	Charlotte 5-7	1	Fri, Aug 29 - TBA	vs App. St.
108	Louisiana Tech 5-8	2	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs SE Louisiana
109	Miss. State 2-10	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ So. Miss
110	Troy 4-8	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Nicholls St.
111	Rice 4-8	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Louisiana
112	Utah St. 4-8	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs UTEP
113	E. Michigan 5-7	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Texas St.
114	Georgia St. 3-9	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Ole Miss
115	Florida State 2-10	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Alabama
116	FIU 4-8	1	Fri, Aug 29 - TBA	vs Bethune-Cook.
117	C. Michigan 4-8	1	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	@ San Jose St.
118	Akron 4-8	—	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Wyoming
119	Nevada 3-10	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Penn State
120	UAB 3-9	—	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Alabama St.
121	Wyoming 3-9	—	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	@ Akron
122	San Diego St. 3-9	—	Thu, Aug 28 - TBA	vs Stony Brook
123	Purdue 1-11	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Ball St.
124	Ball St. 3-9	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Purdue
125	FAU 3-9	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Maryland
126	Temple 3-9	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ UMass
127	UTEP 3-9	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	@ Utah St.
128	UMass 2-10	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Temple
129	New Mexico St. 3-9	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Bryant
130	Tulsa 3-9	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Abil Christian
131	Middle Tenn. 3-9	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Austin Peay
132	So. Miss 1-11	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Miss. State
133	Kennesaw St. 2-10	—	Fri, Aug 29 - TBA	@ Wake Forest
134	Kent St. 0-12	—	Sat, Aug 30 - TBA	vs Merrimack