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
- Texas
- Georgia
- Notre Dame
- Miami
- Indiana
- Ohio State
- Alabama
- BYU
- Texas Tech
- LSU
- Ole Miss
- Utah
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Florida
- Missouri
- USC
- Iowa
- Houston
- Mississippi State
- SMU
- UCLA
- Duke
- Pittsburgh
- 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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