| 2026 | Polls | 2025 | |||||
| Team | Final Rank | Fans | WCGA | CGN | Final Rank | ||
| Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| LSU | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Florida | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Minnesota | 4 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 | ||
| UCLA | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Georgia | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 19 | ||
| Arkansas | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Stanford | 8 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 18 | ||
| Alabama | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Utah | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Missouri | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Michigan State | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Michigan | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | ||
| Clemson | 14 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 29 | ||
| California | 15 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 9 | ||
| Ohio State | 16 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 23 | ||
| Iowa | 17 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 26 | ||
| Kentucky | 18 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Penn State | 19 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 25 | ||
| North Carolina | 20 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | ||
| Oregon State | 21 | 28 | 17 | 20 | 14 | ||
| BYU | 22 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Denver | 23 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 13 | ||
| North Carolina State | 24 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 20 | ||
| Auburn | 25 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Rutgers | 26 | 38 | 36 | 37 | 36 | ||
| Utah State | 27 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 34 | ||
| Arizona State | 28 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 27 | ||
| Maryland | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 22 | ||
| Southern Utah | 30 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 21 | ||
| Washington | 31 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 38 | ||
| Nebraska | 32 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 28 | ||
| Central Michigan | 33 | 42 | 38 | 40 | |||
| San Jose State | 34 | 49 | |||||
| Arizona | 35 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 16 | ||
| Air Force | 36 | 38 | 54 | ||||
