Miami No. 1 in First College Football Playoff Rankings

Miami is number on in the first College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings, which were released by the selection committee on Tuesday, November 3. Twelve teams ultimately will be named for the playoff by the selection committee.

The rankings: 

1	Miami	ACC	8-0
2	Georgia	SEC	7-1
3	Utah	Big 12	8-0
4	Indiana	Big Ten	8-1
5	Alabama	SEC	6-2
6	Kentucky	SEC	7-1
7	Texas	SEC	6-2
8	UCLA	Big Ten	8-0
9	BYU	Big 12	7-1
10	Ole Miss	SEC	6-2
11	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	7-1
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-2
13	Tennessee	SEC	6-2
14	LSU	SEC	6-2
15	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-1
16	Wake Forest	ACC	7-1
17	Houston	Big 12	6-2
18	Missouri	SEC	6-2
19	Iowa	Big Ten	6-2
20	USC	Big Ten	7-2
21	South Carolina	SEC	5-3
22	Arizona	Big 12	6-2
23	Oregon	Big Ten	5-3
24	Florida	SEC	5-3
25	Boise State	Pac-12	7-1

TCU Football not Included in Coaches Top 25 Poll After Week 9 Action; Miami No. 1

Here is the 2026 college football US LBM Coaches Poll after Week 9 action (first-place votes are in parenthesis, followed by won-loss record and total poll votes): 

1	Miami(68)	8-0	1818
2	Georgia(4)	7-1	1719
3	Indiana	8-1	1597
4	Utah	8-0	1590
5	UCLA	8-0	1501
6	Notre Dame	7-1	1498
7	Kentucky(1)	7-1	1344
8	BYU	7-1	1278
9	Alabama	6-2	1131
10	Ohio State	6-2	1101
11	Texas	6-2	1057
12	Ole Miss	6-2	1034
13	Texas Tech	7-1	962
14	Wake Forest	7-1	897
15	LSU	6-2	886
16	Tennessee	6-2	761
17	USC	7-2	570
18	Houston	6-2	556
19	Missouri	6-2	488
20	Iowa	6-2	448
21	Boise State	7-1	445
22	Arizona	6-2	174
23	Northwestern	6-2	150
24	SMU	6-2	146
25	New Mexico	7-1	119

Others receiving votes: South Carolina 91, Florida 81, UTSA 76, Duke 76, Virginia Tech 53, Oregon 41, Minnesota 10, Oklahoma State 9, Liberty 6, North Texas 4, Wisconsin 3, Memphis 2, North Dakota State 1, Cincinnati 1, Nebraska 1.