2026 US LBM Coaches Top 25
Oct. 25, 2026
| Rank | Team (First-Place Votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Miami (Fla.) (67) | 7-0 | 1839 | 1 |
| 2 | Ohio State (6) | 6-1 | 1767 | 2 |
| 3 | Georgia | 6-1 | 1646 | 4 |
| 4 | Indiana | 7-1 | 1578 | 6 |
| 5 | Utah | 7-0 | 1459 | 9 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 6-1 | 1452 | 8 |
| 7 | UCLA (1) | 7-0 | 1446 | 10 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 7-1 | 1318 | 12 |
| 9 | BYU | 6-1 | 1244 | 3 |
| 10 | Alabama | 6-2 | 1092 | 13 |
| 11 | Texas | 5-2 | 1002 | 18 |
| 12 | Ole Miss | 5-2 | 941 | 7 |
| 13 | LSU | 6-2 | 895 | 17 |
| 14 | Texas Tech | 6-1 | 864 | 5 |
| 15 | Wake Forest | 6-1 | 749 | 19 |
| 16 | SMU | 6-1 | 690 | 20 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 6-2 | 650 | 11 |
| 18 | Northwestern | 6-1 | 545 | 23 |
| 19 | Houston | 6-2 | 435 | 16 |
| 20 | Florida | 5-2 | 417 | 24 |
| 21 | Arizona | 6-1 | 399 | NR |
| 22 | Boise State | 6-1 | 396 | 22 |
| 23 | Missouri | 5-2 | 376 | 21 |
| 24 | Iowa | 5-2 | 225 | 14 |
| 25 | USC | 6-2 | 132 | 15 |
Others Receiving Votes
Oklahoma State 120; Wisconsin 114; Cincinnati 49; New Mexico 43; Minnesota 35; UTSA 34; Nebraska 27; Virginia Tech 16; Oregon State 15; South Carolina 12; Duke 12; Oregon 5; Auburn 4; North Texas 2; Michigan 2; UCF 1; Oklahoma 1; James Madison 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.