Below is the 2026 preseason college football US LBM Coaches Poll (record is followed by total poll points and first-place votes).
The US LBM Coaches Poll will conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools. The panel will be 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 will submit a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
|
1 |
|
0-0 |
1741 |
38 |
|
2 |
|
0-0 |
1637 |
6 |
|
3 |
|
0-0 |
1591 |
7 |
|
4 |
|
0-0 |
1544 |
2 |
|
5 |
|
0-0 |
1524 |
5 |
|
6 |
|
0-0 |
1522 |
14 |
|
7 |
|
0-0 |
1409 |
0 |
|
8 |
|
0-0 |
1174 |
0 |
|
9 |
|
0-0 |
1104 |
0 |
|
10 |
|
0-0 |
1096 |
0 |
|
11 |
|
0-0 |
1050 |
0 |
|
12 |
|
0-0 |
1034 |
0 |
|
13 |
|
0-0 |
951 |
0 |
|
14 |
|
0-0 |
838 |
0 |
|
15 |
|
0-0 |
781 |
0 |
|
16 |
|
0-0 |
719 |
0 |
|
17 |
|
0-0 |
463 |
0 |
|
18 |
|
0-0 |
428 |
0 |
|
19 |
|
0-0 |
406 |
0 |
|
20 |
|
0-0 |
378 |
0 |
|
21 |
|
0-0 |
313 |
0 |
|
22 |
|
0-0 |
291 |
0 |
|
23 |
|
0-0 |
235 |
0 |
|
24 |
|
0-0 |
194 |
0 |
|
25 |
|
0-0 |
158 |
0 |
Others Receiving Votes
Louisville 153; Florida 147; TCU 63; Illinois 62; South Carolina 50; Arizona 50; Virginia 40; Vanderbilt 37; Auburn 29; Georgia Tech 26; Boise State 24; Oklahoma State 22; UNLV 17; North Carolina State 13; Florida State 13; Virginia Tech 12; Nebraska 12; Memphis 9; Arizona State 8; James Madison 6; Duke 6; Pittsburgh 4; New Mexico 4; Western Michigan 3; Navy 3; San Diego State 2; Kansas State 1; Jacksonville State 1; Hawaii 1; California 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.
