College football Top 25 after Week 7, 2026

Up six. Ohio State is the only team with two road wins over teams that have lost once or not at all, at Indiana, now 6-1, and at Iowa, 5-1, and its loss is by a point at Texas. Indiana outgained it 369-313 on Saturday but lost fumbles on two straight third-quarter possessions, missed two field goals and turned it over on downs at the Ohio State 27 with 1:02 left. Julian Sayin threw a 2-yard touchdown to Bo Jackson with seven seconds left in the half and a 38-yarder to Jeremiah Smith for a 19-7 lead with 12:46 to go. He also threw two interceptions, both to Amare Ferrell. Idle Saturday.

Up nine, with two wins over teams that have lost once, Notre Dame on Saturday and Arizona in September, both in Provo. Those are home wins, and that's why BYU sits behind Ohio State. Bear Bachmeier ran for two touchdowns and caught a 15-yard pass from Kyler Kasper for a third. Notre Dame went ahead 24-21 with 9:31 left, and Bachmeier threw an interception on the next drive. After Cannon DeVries returned a punt 23 yards, BYU drove 55 yards and Bachmeier hit Walker Lyons from 6 yards with 1:47 left. Notre Dame reached the BYU 8 and threw incomplete on the last play. Next: at UCF.

Up nine. UCLA is one of four unbeaten teams with a win over a ranked team, and its best one, 17-15 at Oregon, is better than anything Miami or Texas Tech has. All six wins are over FBS teams, three on the road. Wisconsin, 4-2, gained 214 yards and threw for 66, with Colton Joseph completing 6 of 16. UCLA held the ball for 37:02 and converted 13 of 20 third downs. Ty Dieffenbach went 22 of 33 for 264 yards, Wayne Knight scored from a yard out in the second quarter and Anthony Woods from 3 yards with 11:31 left. UCLA threw two interceptions, one of them by receiver Semaj Morgan. Michigan State visits Saturday.

Unchanged. UCLA moved past because its win at Oregon is better than Miami's best, 33-20 at Wake Forest; the Hurricanes also won at Clemson and Stanford. Florida State, 3-4, led 21-14 after three quarters. Darian Mensah's 3-yard pass to Elija Lofton made it 28-21 with 2:49 left, and Duce Robinson answered with a 75-yard catch on the next snap. Javian Mallory's 25-yard run matched Florida State in the first overtime. In the second, Mensah hit Malachi Toney from 3 yards, Toney threw the two-point conversion to Cooper Barkate, and after a Florida State touchdown was called back for holding, Bryce Fitzgerald intercepted Ashton Daniels in the end zone. Miami gained 583 yards. Pittsburgh visits Saturday.

Up three. The best win is still 28-26 over Houston, now 6-1, and the other that counts is 35-24 at Oregon State, which is 5-2 but hasn't beaten a team with a winning record. That puts Texas Tech behind three unbeaten teams with better wins and ahead of everyone with a loss. Saturday was 43-10 at halftime. Ben Roberts returned an interception 24 yards for the first score, J'Koby Williams ran 11 times for 165 yards and touchdowns of 62 and 38 yards, and Stone Harrington kicked four field goals. Arizona State ran for 35 yards. Next: at Cincinnati.

Down one after a second straight three-point loss. Texas still has the best pair of wins anyone has, Ohio State at home and Tennessee on the road, plus UTSA, which is 6-1. That keeps it ahead of Florida, which won in Austin but lost its other two games by 28 and 19. Head-to-head decides close résumés, and with losses that different these aren't close. Texas led 17-3 after Ryan Niblett's 63-yard punt return. Florida scored the next 24 points, Texas turned it over on downs at its own 45 trailing 20-17, and Arch Manning was sacked and fumbled with 1:58 left, down three. Texas went 2 of 10 on third down. Ole Miss visits Saturday.

New, a week after dropping out. Tennessee now has two wins over teams ranked here, Alabama on Saturday and Auburn, which won at Georgia, both at home, and its only loss is 20-17 at home to Texas. That loss is why it sits behind the Longhorns. Cooper Ranvier kicked three field goals in the first quarter and four in all, and DeSean Bishop carried 32 times for 159 yards and scored twice from 5 yards. Alabama gained 201 yards, went 2 of 13 on third down and turned it over four times, and Jeremiah Telander and Tyree Weathersby had two sacks each. Next: at South Carolina.

Up 12, the biggest rise of the week. Florida has three wins over teams ranked here, more than anyone: at Texas on Saturday, Ole Miss by 24 and at Auburn. The losses, 45-17 at Missouri and 38-19 at home to a 3-3 South Carolina, are the worst of any team in the top 10, and they're why the Gators sit behind Texas and Tennessee, whose losses are by three. Florida trailed 17-3 and scored the next 24 points. Tramell Jones Jr. threw touchdown passes of 7 and 8 yards to Lacota Dippre, Jadan Baugh ran 11 yards for a 27-17 lead with 6:22 left, and Florida held the ball for 38:11 without a turnover. Idle Saturday.

Down seven after losing on the last play. The case is still the 20-17 win at Alabama, but that's Georgia's only win over a team with a winning record, and Florida, which won at the Auburn team that just beat Georgia, has more good wins. Georgia led 14-0 in the first quarter, then Auburn scored 24 straight. Gunner Stockton tied it with a 4-yard pass to London Humphreys with 2:58 left, finishing a 94-yard drive. With 58 seconds left Stockton lost a fumble in Auburn territory, and Alex McPherson kicked a 34-yard field goal as time ran out. Georgia turned it over three times. Idle Saturday.

Down seven after a second straight loss. Alabama still has two road wins over teams with winning records, 45-17 at Kentucky, now 6-1, and 56-23 at Mississippi State, and both losses are to teams ranked above it, which keeps it ahead of the Wildcats. It's behind Florida, whose wins are better. In Knoxville the offense gained 201 yards and turned it over four times. Keelon Russell went 19 of 29 for 147 yards with two interceptions and a lost fumble, and his 19-yard run was the only touchdown. Alabama was 2 of 13 on third down and didn't score after halftime. Texas A&M visits Saturday.

Down one after a road win, with BYU, UCLA, Tennessee and Florida moving past. Kentucky has three road wins over SEC teams, at Oklahoma, Texas A&M and South Carolina, plus LSU at home, but the 45-17 home loss to Alabama keeps it a place behind the Tide. Oklahoma led 13-7 going into the fourth quarter. Kenny Minchey's 12-yard pass to Willie Rodriguez put Kentucky ahead with 12:53 left, Jordan Castell returned an interception 41 yards for a touchdown with 1:17 to go, and Ty Bryant's interception ended it. Kentucky picked off four passes, two each by Castell and Bryant, and gained 230 yards. Vanderbilt visits Saturday.

Up nine. Ole Miss has beaten two teams that were ranked here last week, LSU by 8 and Missouri by 28, both in Oxford, and its only loss is 52-28 at Florida, which keeps it behind the Gators. Kentucky also beat LSU and has three SEC road wins to go with it, which is why it's a place ahead. Saturday was 21-3 at halftime. Trinidad Chambliss threw touchdown passes of 10, 21 and 17 yards and ran for another, and Ole Miss ran for 257 yards, 122 by Kewan Lacy and 101 by Makhi Frazier. Jamal Roberts, who ran for 222 yards the week before, had 39 on 20 carries. Next: at Texas.

Up two. Oregon has three wins over teams with winning records, two of them ranked here, 41-27 at USC and 34-27 over Boise State, plus Saturday's win over Nebraska, 5-2. The losses are by two to UCLA and by eight at Oklahoma State, which is 24th rather than ahead of the Ducks because it also lost at Tulsa and its next-best win is at West Virginia. Nebraska led 14-6 after three quarters. Gage Hurych kicked three field goals, and Oregon drove 82 yards in 20 plays, converting two fourth downs, before Dylan Raiola hit Jamari Johnson from 4 yards and found Hudson Lewis for two with 28 seconds left. Next: at Illinois.

Up four, ahead of Indiana and Notre Dame because it has what neither has, a win over a ranked team, and its loss is the closest of the three, 28-26 at Texas Tech. It also won by 19 at Kansas State. Oklahoma State cut a 28-17 lead to 28-25 on Caleb Hawkins' 66-yard catch early in the fourth quarter. Conner Weigman answered with a 48-yard touchdown to Koby Young, Oklahoma State drove 96 yards to make it 35-32 with 4:54 left, and Houston ran out the clock. Weigman went 24 of 33 for 343 yards and five touchdowns. Next: at Utah, which is 6-0.

Down 14. The first loss ends the champion rule, and on its résumé Indiana lands here. The best wins are 20-17 at Nebraska and 29-23 over Northwestern, and neither team is ranked; Houston, a place ahead, has a ranked win and lost by two on the road. Indiana outgained Ohio State 369-313 but lost fumbles on two straight third-quarter possessions, one on a Josh Hoover sack. Nico Radicic missed two field goals, and the last drive ended on a fourth-down incompletion at the Ohio State 27 with 1:02 left. Charlie Becker caught nine passes for 165 yards. Next: at Michigan.

Down 10 after a four-point loss at BYU, now second. The best wins, 41-13 over Wisconsin at Lambeau Field and 37-26 at North Carolina, are over teams that are 4-2, which puts Notre Dame behind Indiana, with three wins over teams with winning records, and Houston, with a ranked win. Notre Dame took a 24-21 lead on Jonaz Walton's 3-yard run and two-point conversion with 9:31 left and lost it on BYU's 6-yard touchdown with 1:47 to go. The last drive reached the BYU 8. CJ Carr went 27 of 49 for 261 yards and lost a fumble, and Spencer Porath kicked three field goals. Idle Saturday.

New. Auburn won at Georgia on the last play, the best road win of any team ranked below 10th. It also beat Baylor, 4-2, by a point in Atlanta, and the losses are 44-39 at home to Florida and 24-14 at Tennessee, both ranked above it. Two losses and a thin list of other wins are why it starts here. Georgia led 14-0, and Auburn scored the next 24 on Christian Neptune's 24-yard pass to Keshaun Singleton, Byrum Brown's 9-yard pass to Chas Nimrod, a 49-yard field goal and Brown's 5-yard run. After Georgia tied it, Gunner Stockton fumbled, and Alex McPherson kicked a 34-yarder as time ran out. LSU visits Saturday.

Up four after shutting out Mississippi State, which was ninth last week. LSU has four wins over teams with winning records, Clemson, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi State and Texas A&M, all at home and all by 29 points or more. The losses are by eight at Ole Miss and by one in overtime at Kentucky, which keeps it behind both, and Auburn, a place ahead, has the better single win. Sam Leavitt went 31 of 38 for 289 yards and four touchdowns, two to Jackson Harris, and LSU led 21-0 at halftime. Mississippi State, with Parker Puckett at quarterback, went 0 for 5 on fourth down. Next: at Auburn.

Down three while idle, with six teams moving past. Boise still has three wins over teams with winning records, Memphis at home and Western Michigan and Fresno State on the road, and the loss is by seven at Oregon. Two of those wins lost value Saturday: Memphis lost 31-17 at Tulane and is 5-2, and Fresno State lost 26-23 at San Diego State and is 4-3. Western Michigan won 21-14 at Central Michigan and is 5-2. The Oregon loss keeps Boise behind the Ducks, and the road wins keep it ahead of USC, which lost to Oregon at home by 14. Next: at Washington State.

Down one while idle. USC has four wins over teams with winning records, Louisiana, San José State, Fresno State and Washington, but all four came at home and none of those teams is ranked. The road wins are at Penn State and Rutgers, both losing teams. The loss is 41-27 at home to Oregon, and Boise State lost to the same team by seven on the road, which keeps the Broncos a place ahead. Saturday helped a little: Washington won 38-26 at Purdue and Louisiana beat Troy 33-6. Penn State lost again, 21-18 at Michigan. Jayden Maiava has 2,045 passing yards and 18 touchdowns. Next: at Wisconsin.

Up four while idle, mostly because of teams falling past it. Iowa has two road wins over teams with winning records, 20-19 at Michigan and 41-24 at Washington, and both helped Saturday: Michigan beat Penn State 21-18 to get to 4-2, and Washington won 38-26 at Purdue. The other win of note is 16-13 over Iowa State, 3-3. The loss is 31-14 at home to Ohio State, now first. Iowa beat Washington by 17 on the road and USC beat the Huskies by four at home, but USC's four wins over winning teams keep it a place ahead. Next: at Minnesota.

Up one while idle. The best win is 34-7 over Cincinnati, which lost 45-42 at West Virginia on Saturday and is 4-2, and the next is 52-31 at West Virginia, now 4-3. The loss is 28-17 at BYU, which beat Notre Dame and is second. Arizona has no win over a ranked team, and its two good wins came against teams that are 4-2 and 4-3, like Iowa's, but only one of them on the road, which is why it sits a place behind the Hawkeyes. Noah Fifita has 16 touchdown passes and four interceptions in six games. Iowa State visits Saturday.

Up one. Wake Forest has four road wins over power-conference teams, Saturday's 41-7 at California the latest, and its loss is 33-20 at home to Miami. The best of those wins is 30-27 at Louisville, 4-3, and none of the others is over a team with a winning record, which keeps it in the 20s. It was 34-0 at halftime in Berkeley. Gio Lopez went 16 of 23 for 267 yards and four touchdowns, three to Dominick Barry, who caught four passes for 102 yards. Wake ran for 220 yards and didn't turn it over. Idle Saturday.

Down 10 after a three-point loss at Houston. The case is the 39-31 win over Oregon, which is 13th. The other wins are at West Virginia and over UCF, and the 24-10 loss at Tulsa, 4-3, is why the Cowboys sit well behind the Ducks despite beating them. On Saturday they got within three twice in the fourth quarter, the second time on Drew Mestemaker's 8-yard pass to Justin Bowick with 4:54 left, and never got the ball back. Mestemaker went 22 of 34 for 365 yards and three touchdowns, with an interception and a lost fumble, and Caleb Hawkins caught seven passes for 125 yards. Colorado visits Saturday.

New. James Madison is the only FBS team at 7-0, and Saturday's 49-22 win over Georgia State, now 4-2, gave it a second win over a team with a winning record, with 20-13 over Liberty, 5-1. Neither Georgia State nor Liberty has beaten a team with a winning record, which is why the Dukes start last, behind teams with harder schedules and one loss. It was 35-10 at halftime. Camden Coleman went 13 of 19 for 185 yards and two touchdowns, George Pettaway ran 14 times for 119 yards, and JMU gained 515. Next: at App State on Thursday.