Tennessee football remained in the same position in the US LBM Coaches Poll after a 56-9 win over Furman in Week 1 of the 2026 season.

After moving up two spots in the AP Poll, the Vols are ranked No. 18 in both the Coaches and AP Poll. Both sets of rankings were released on Sept. 8.

Tennessee (1-0) plays Georgia Tech (0-1) on Sept. 12 (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atltanta.

Here are the updated college football Top 25 polls.

College football rankings after Week 1

US LBM Coaches Poll

  1. Ohio State (1-0)
  2. Georgia (1-0)
  3. Texas (1-0)
  4. Notre Dame (1-0)
  5. Indiana (1-0)
  6. Oregon (1-0)
  7. Miami (FL) (1-0)
  8. LSU (1-0)
  9. Texas A&M (1-0)
  10. Oklahoma (1-0)
  11. Ole Miss (1-0)
  12. Alabama (1-0)
  13. Texas Tech (1-0)
  14. Southern Cal (1-0)
  15. BYU (1-0)
  16. Penn State (1-0)
  17. SMU (1-0)
  18. Tennessee (1-0)
  19. Washington (1-0)
  20. Utah (1-0)
  21. Iowa (1-0)
  22. Houston (1-0)
  23. Missouri (1-0)
  24. Michigan (1-0)
  25. Virginia (1-0), Florida (1-0)

Schools dropped out: No. 23 Clemson

Others receiving votes: Louisville 125; Illinois 45; Boise State 43; Arizona 42; South Carolina 36; Memphis 24; Auburn 19; Vanderbilt 17; Pittsburgh 14; Virginia Tech 11; Nebraska 11; Arizona State 11; Minnesota 9; Western Michigan 7; New Mexico 7; North Dakota State 6; Kansas State 6; Navy 5; UCLA 4; Duke 4; UNLV 3; Clemson 3; San Diego State 2; North Carolina 2; Colorado 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.

AP Top 25 poll

  1. Ohio State (1-0)
  2. Georgia (1-0)
  3. Notre Dame (1-0)
  4. Texas (1-0)
  5. Indiana (1-0)
  6. Oregon (1-0)
  7. Miami (FL) (1-0)
  8. LSU (1-0)
  9. Ole Miss (1-0)
  10. Texas A&M (1-0)
  11. Oklahoma (1-0)
  12. Alabama (1-0)
  13. Texas Tech (1-0)
  14. Southern Cal (1-0)
  15. BYU (1-0)
  16. Penn State (1-0)
  17. SMU (1-0)
  18. Tennessee (1-0)
  19. Washington (1-0)
  20. Utah (1-0)
  21. Iowa (1-0)
  22. Houston (1-0)
  23. Missouri (1-0)
  24. Louisville (1-0)
  25. Virginia (1-0)

Schools dropped out: No. 16 Michigan

Others receiving votes: Boise State 86, Florida 83, Michigan 69, Arizona 33, Memphis 23, South Carolina 19, Western Michigan 12, Pittsburgh 11, Navy 10, UCLA 7, Virginia Tech 6, Illinois 6, James Madison 4, Minnesota 4, Colorado 3, Auburn 2, Arizona State 2, Vanderbilt 2

Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Email adam.sparks@knoxnews.com. X, formerly known as Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing atknoxnews.com/subscribe.

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