2026 US LBM Coaches Top 25
Sept. 8, 2026
| Rank |
Team (First-Place Votes) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 |
Ohio State (50) |
1801 |
1 |
| 2 |
Georgia (7) |
1672 |
3 |
| 3 |
Texas (1) |
1600 |
4 |
| 4 |
Notre Dame (4) |
1558 |
5 |
| 5 |
Indiana (11) |
1537 |
6 |
| 6 |
Oregon (1) |
1524 |
2 |
| 7 |
Miami (Fla.) |
1477 |
7 |
| 8 |
LSU |
1279 |
13 |
| 9 |
Texas A&M |
1204 |
8 |
| 10 |
Oklahoma |
1184 |
9 |
| 11 |
Ole Miss |
1141 |
10 |
| 12 |
Alabama |
1059 |
11 |
| 13 |
Texas Tech |
955 |
12 |
| 14 |
USC |
919 |
14 |
| 15 |
BYU |
838 |
15 |
| 16 |
Penn State |
612 |
17 |
| 17 |
SMU |
517 |
20 |
| 18 |
Tennessee |
513 |
18 |
| 19 |
Washington |
432 |
19 |
| 20 |
Utah |
415 |
21 |
| 21 |
Iowa |
411 |
22 |
| 22 |
Houston |
236 |
24 |
| 23 |
Missouri |
231 |
25 |
| 24 |
Michigan |
164 |
16 |
| t-25 |
Virginia |
157 |
NR |
| t-25 |
Florida |
157 |
NR |
Others Receiving Votes
Louisville 125; Illinois 45; Boise State 43; Arizona 42; South Carolina 36; Memphis 24; Auburn 19; Vanderbilt 17; Pittsburgh 14; Virginia Tech 11; Nebraska 11; Arizona State 11; Minnesota 9; Western Michigan 7; New Mexico 7; North Dakota State 6; Kansas State 6; Navy 5; UCLA 4; Duke 4; UNLV 3; Clemson 3; San Diego State 2; North Carolina 2; Colorado 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.
