2026 AP Top 25
Sept. 13, 2026
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LSU tight end Trey'Dez Green caught six passes for 104 yards and 1 TD against Louisiana Tech.
2026 US LBM Coaches Top 25
Sept. 13, 2026
| Rank | Team (First-Place Votes) | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Texas (42) | 1804 | 3 |
| 2 | Georgia (15) | 1732 | 2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame (4) | 1639 | 4 |
| 4 | Indiana (10) | 1611 | 5 |
| 5 | Miami (Fla.) (2) | 1549 | 7 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 1480 | 1 |
| 7 | LSU (1) | 1405 | 8 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 1311 | 9 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | 1228 | 11 |
| 10 | Alabama | 1206 | 12 |
| 11 | USC | 1023 | 14 |
| 12 | Texas Tech | 977 | 13 |
| 13 | BYU | 975 | 15 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 679 | 18 |
| 15 | Penn State | 676 | 16 |
| 16 | SMU | 605 | 17 |
| 17 | Utah | 590 | 20 |
| 18 | Oregon | 564 | 6 |
| 19 | Michigan | 426 | 24 |
| 20 | Iowa | 423 | 21 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | 395 | 10 |
| 22 | Missouri | 340 | 23 |
| 23 | Houston | 290 | 22 |
| 24 | Washington | 268 | 19 |
| 25 | Virginia | 249 | t-25 |
Others Receiving Votes
Florida 183; Louisville 160; Boise State 44; Kansas State 24; South Carolina 23; Mississippi State 20; Vanderbilt 19; Duke 19; Nebraska 18; Pittsburgh 16; Oklahoma State 16; Auburn 15; Western Michigan 10; Virginia Tech 9; UCLA 8; Tulsa 7; North Dakota State 5; New Mexico 4; Clemson 3; Wake Forest 1; Arizona 1.
List Of Voters
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2026 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Blake Anderson, Southern Mississippi; Dave Aranda, Baylor; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Neal Brown, North Texas; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Jake Dickert, Wake Forest; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Tony Elliott, Virginia; Matt Entz, Fresno State; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Virginia Tech; Willie Fritz, Houston; Scott Frost, Central Florida; Tony Gibson, Marshall; Alex Golesh, Auburn; Will Hall, Tulane; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; John Hauser, Ohio; Clay Helton, Georgia Southern; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Memphis; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; KC Keeler, Temple; Charles Kelly, Jacksonville State; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Collin Klein, Kansas State; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Dowell Loggains, Appalachian State; Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Jeff Monken, Army; Kirby Moore, Washington State; Eric Morris, Oklahoma State; Dan Mullen, UNLV; Billy Napier, James Madison; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Barry Odom, Purdue; Tim Polasek, North Dakota State; Tavita Pritchard, Stanford; Ricky Rahne, Old Dominion; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Morgan Scalley, Utah; JaMarcus Shephard, Oregon State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Will Stein, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Florida; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso; Kyle Whittingham, Michigan; Casey Woods, Missouri State.