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College football rankings, playoff picture and this week's games

Georgia is No. 1 in the AP Top 25, Week 7 at 6-0. If the season ended today, Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami and Ohio State would get the playoff's four byes. Below: the top 10, every ranked team's game this week, and the projected 12-team field.

AP top 10

Full Top 25
  1. 1

    Georgia(6-0)66 first-place

    vs Auburn, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on ESPN

    11,745 pts
  2. 2

    Notre Dame(6-0)1 first-place

    at No. 8 BYU, Sat, Oct 17, 7:30 PM ET on ABC

    11,630 pts
  3. 3

    Miami(5-0)2 first-place

    vs Florida State, Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 PM ET on ESPN

    11,594 pts
  4. 4

    Ohio State(5-1)

    at No. 5 Indiana, Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 PM ET on Fox

    11,508 pts
  5. 5

    Indiana(6-0)1 first-place

    vs No. 4 Ohio State, Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 PM ET on Fox

    21,461 pts
  6. 6

    Alabama(5-1)

    at No. 14 Tennessee, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on ABC

    1,372 pts
  7. 7

    Texas(4-1)

    vs Florida, Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 PM ET on ABC

    61,371 pts
  8. 8

    BYU(5-0)

    vs No. 2 Notre Dame, Sat, Oct 17, 7:30 PM ET on ABC

    1,237 pts
  9. 9

    Ole Miss(4-1)

    vs No. 13 Missouri, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on SEC Network

    1,135 pts
  10. 10

    Texas Tech(5-0)

    vs Arizona State, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on Fox

    11,132 pts

Source: AP Top 25, Week 7, via ESPN. Records are current.

The polls are released on Sunday afternoons after the weekend's games; this page and the Top 25 update within the hour, and scores refresh every ten minutes while ranked teams play.

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Ranked teams this week

16 games involving AP-ranked teams. Kickoffs are Eastern time.

  • No. 4Ohio State

    at No. 5 Indiana, Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 PM ET on Fox
  • No. 7Texas

    vs Florida, Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 PM ET on ABC
  • No. 16Mississippi State

    at No. 22 LSU, Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 PM ET on ESPN
  • No. 24SMU

    vs Virginia, Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 PM ET on CW
  • No. 25Northwestern

    at Michigan State, Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 PM ET on Peacock
  • No. 1Georgia

    vs Auburn, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on ESPN
  • No. 6Alabama

    at No. 14 Tennessee, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on ABC
  • No. 9Ole Miss

    vs No. 13 Missouri, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on SEC Network
  • No. 10Texas Tech

    vs Arizona State, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on Fox
  • No. 3Miami

    vs Florida State, Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 PM ET on ESPN
  • No. 2Notre Dame

    at No. 8 BYU, Sat, Oct 17, 7:30 PM ET on ABC
  • No. 12UCLA

    vs Wisconsin, Sat, Oct 17, 7:30 PM ET on NBC
  • No. 15Kentucky

    at Oklahoma, Sat, Oct 17, 7:30 PM ET on SEC Network
  • No. 18Oklahoma State

    at No. 20 Houston, Sat, Oct 17, 7:30 PM ET on Fox
  • No. 11Utah

    at Colorado, Sat, Oct 17, 10:15 PM ET on ESPN
  • No. 21Wake Forest

    at California, Sat, Oct 17, 10:30 PM ET on ESPN2

Playoff field if the season ended today

A projection from the AP Top 25, Week 7 and each conference's current leader, under the 2026-27 rules.

  1. 1Georgia
  2. 2Notre Dame
  3. 3Miami
  4. 4Ohio State
  5. 5Indiana
  6. 6Alabama
  7. 7Texas
  8. 8BYU
  9. 9Ole Miss
  10. 10Texas Tech
  11. 11Utah
  12. 12Boise State
Seeds, bubble and every contender's schedule

Teams we follow, by conference

By the Parlae deskRankings and scores updated Oct 17, 2026 at 10:59 AM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number