USA Today has officially released the newest top 25 coaches poll after Week 5 of the 2026 college football season concluded on Saturday.

Saturday featured great games, including Alabama-Mississippi State, Minnesota-Michigan, Washington-USC, Notre Dame-North Carolina, Vanderbilt-Georgia and Ohio State-Iowa.

Some of these results helped shape the new coaches’ poll. Texas is No. 1, followed by Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami and Indiana.

Here’s a full look at the Week 5 coaches poll for the 2026 season.

2026 Coaches Poll Top 25 rankings – Week 5

NCAA Football: Texas at Tennessee

Sep 26, 2026; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; Texas quarterback Arch Manning (16) celebrates after a college football game between Tennessee and Texas at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. on Sept. 26, 2026. Mandatory Credit: Brianna Paciorka-USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images via Reuters Connect (Reuters)

  1. Texas
  2. Georgia
  3. Notre Dame
  4. Miami
  5. Indiana
  6. Ohio State
  7. Alabama
  8. BYU
  9. Texas Tech
  10. LSU
  11. Ole Miss
  12. Utah
  13. Oregon
  14. Tennessee
  15. Florida
  16. Missouri
  17. USC
  18. Iowa
  19. Houston
  20. Mississippi State
  21. SMU
  22. UCLA
  23. Duke
  24. Pittsburgh
  25. Kentucky

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 187; Boise State 161; Nebraska 117; Wake Forest 87; Northwestern 70; Wisconsin 47; James Madison 42; Minnesota 40; North Dakota State 29; Arizona 15; New Mexico 7; Baylor 3; Virginia Tech 1; Texas A&M 1; Kansas State 1

About the coaches poll

“The US LBM Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision schools,” USA Today writes. “The panel is chosen by random draw, conference by conference plus independents, from a pool of coaches who have indicated to the American Football Coaches Association their willingness to participate. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.”

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