2026 US LBM Coaches Top 25
Sept. 27, 2026
| Rank |
Team (First-Place Votes) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 |
Texas (45) |
1779 |
1 |
| 2 |
Georgia (17) |
1735 |
2 |
| 3 |
Notre Dame (3) |
1641 |
3 |
| 4 |
Miami (Fla.) |
1569 |
5 |
| 5 |
Indiana (8) |
1554 |
4 |
| 6 |
Ohio State |
1463 |
7 |
| 7 |
Alabama |
1399 |
8 |
| 8 |
Florida |
1214 |
22 |
| 9 |
BYU |
1166 |
9 |
| 10 |
Texas Tech |
1108 |
10 |
| 11 |
LSU |
1097 |
11 |
| 12 |
Ole Miss |
1021 |
6 |
| 13 |
Utah |
917 |
15 |
| 14 |
Iowa |
887 |
17 |
| 15 |
Oregon |
866 |
16 |
| 16 |
Mississippi State |
658 |
NR |
| 17 |
Tennessee |
648 |
13 |
| 18 |
USC |
511 |
12 |
| 19 |
SMU |
327 |
25 |
| 20 |
Houston |
301 |
NR |
| 21 |
Duke |
230 |
NR |
| 22 |
Penn State |
207 |
14 |
| 23 |
UCLA |
183 |
NR |
| 24 |
Michigan |
166 |
18 |
| 25 |
Missouri |
152 |
21 |
Others Receiving Votes
Oklahoma State 126; Kentucky 123; Boise State 112; Pittsburgh 97; Virginia Tech 84; Nebraska 67; Wake Forest 48; Louisville 42; Wisconsin 39; Cincinnati 35; Auburn 22; Washington 20; James Madison 17; Virginia 15; Texas A&M 14; Northwestern 12; North Dakota State 11; Massachusetts 9; New Mexico 7; Minnesota 7; Oklahoma 6; Clemson 5; Arizona 3; Western Michigan 2; UTSA 2; West Virginia 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.
