Week 8 of the 2026 college football season is in the books, and it’s time to evaluate all of those results and rank all 138 teams in the nation. Ohio State remained No. 1 following Saturday’s action, with Miami, Georgia, Indiana and Utah rounding out the top five. BYU dropped to No. 6 after its loss at UCF, while Ole Miss fell to No. 11 following a defeat at Texas.

LSU jumped to No. 12 after a blowout win at Auburn, with Cincinnati (No. 40), Toledo (No. 56) and Boston College (No. 66) joining the Bayou Bengals as teams on the rise.

Texas Tech (No. 15), Oregon (No. 43) and Georgia Tech (No. 88) are among the teams on the decline in the rankings following Week 8 losses.

Boise State, New Mexico, Oregon State, Western Michigan, Toledo, UTSA, North Texas and Memphis headline the highest-ranked Group of 6 teams after Week 8.

Agree or disagree with our NCAA Football team rankings? Share your opinion in the comments section! These rankings will change significantly throughout the season as we get more results to evaluate teams. Check out the rankings for the top 100 college football teams and beyond below.

Ranking All 138 College Football Teams After Week 8

RankTeam
1Ohio State
2Miami
3Georgia
4Indiana
5Utah
6BYU
7Notre Dame
8UCLA
9Kentucky
10Texas
11Ole Miss
12LSU
13Tennessee
14Alabama
15Texas Tech
16Houston
17Missouri
18Florida
19Wake Forest
20Oklahoma State
21Boise State
22Northwestern
23Arizona
24SMU
25Wisconsin
26Minnesota
27Iowa
28Mississippi State
29South Carolina
30Virginia Tech
31USC
32Nebraska
33Michigan
34Oklahoma
35New Mexico
36Louisville
37Auburn
38Oregon State
39West Virginia
40Cincinnati
41UCF
42Duke
43Oregon
44James Madison
45Texas A&M
46Florida State
47Clemson
48North Carolina
49Pitt
50UTSA
51Iowa State
52Memphis
53North Texas
54Washington
55Virginia
56Toledo
57Western Michigan
58Baylor
59Arizona State
60Kansas State
61Penn State
62Purdue
63Illinois
64North Dakota State
65TCU
66Boston College
67Kansas
68Arkansas
69Liberty
70South Florida
71Army
72Wyoming
73Air Force
74UNLV
75Syracuse
76Vanderbilt
77Florida Atlantic
78Stanford
79California
80Fresno State
81Texas State
82Louisiana Tech
83Tulsa
84NC State
85Appalachian State
86Miami (Ohio)
87Colorado
88Georgia Tech
89Tulane
90Michigan State
91Ohio
92Jacksonville State
93UConn
94Rutgers
95Maryland
96Colorado State
97San Diego State
98Louisiana
99UAB
100East Carolina
101Buffalo
102Georgia Southern
103Navy
104Marshall
105South Alabama
106Arkansas State
107Georgia State
108Delaware
109Middle Tennessee
110Nevada
111FIU
112San Jose State
113Temple
114UMass
115Eastern Michigan
116Central Michigan
117Hawaii
118Coastal Carolina
119Western Kentucky
120Utah State
121Troy
122Washington State
123New Mexico State
124Old Dominion
125Kent State
126Ball State
127Southern Miss
128Missouri State
129Rice
130Kennesaw State
131Bowling Green
132Sam Houston
133Akron
134UTEP
135ULM
136Charlotte
137Northern Illinois
138Sacramento State

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