TCU Not in 2026 Preseason Associated Press Top 25 Football Poll; Frogs 30th

Here is the 2026 Preseason Associated Press (AP) Top 25 Division 1 College Football Poll (first-place votes in parentheses): 

1. Ohio State (40)
2. Oregon(14)
3. Georgia
4. Notre Dame (6)
5. Texas
6. Indiana (8)
7. Miami (1)
8. Texas A&M
9. Ole Miss
10. Oklahoma
11. LSU
12. Texas Tech
13. Alabama
14. BYU
15. Southern Cal
16. Michigan
17. Washington
18. Penn State
19. SMU
20. Tennessee
21. Utah
22. Iowa
23. Houston
24. Louisville
25. Missouri

Others receiving votes: Clemson 112, Florida 51, Boise State 43, Arizona 32, TCU 11, South Carolina 10, Navy 10, Illinois 9, Vanderbilt 8, Oklahoma State 8, Pittsburgh 7, Virginia Tech 6, Minnesota 5, UNLV 4, Louisiana 4, New Mexico 4, Georgia Tech 4, James Madison 3, Auburn 3, Memphis 2, California 2, Western Michigan 1, Tulane 1, Liberty 1, Virginia 1.

Gone from last poll: This is the 15th time since the preseason poll debuted in 1950 that at least seven teams in the previous season’s final AP poll did not appear in the preseason poll. Those teams are Vanderbilt, Virginia, Tulane, James Madison, Navy, North Texas and TCU.

Who decides the rankings: AP Top 25 voters are writers and broadcasters who cover college football for Associated Press (AP) members and other select outlets. AP employees do not vote, but they do choose the voters. The goal is to have every state with a Football Bowl Subdivision school represented by at least one voter, and the total of number of voters from each state tends to increase with the number of FBS teams. There are also spots reserved for national voters. This year, 69 voters from around the country will be relied on for weekly poll submissions