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Weekly AP Poll Insights

The votes, teams, and results that stand out this week.

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Weekly Highlights

2026 Week 3 · A quick look at this week’s standout votes and moves.

Notable Ballot Omissions

Highly ranked teams left off ballots, and teams nearly everyone included.

Top 10 omissions, plus AP-ranked teams included by at least 95% of voters and left out by one to three. Highest AP rank first. Onlycomplete ballots count.

Biggest Poll Changes

Week 2 to Week 3 · AP positions and voter support.

Biggest Rises

LouisvilleACC
#23 → #16Up 7 Spots
Ole MissSEC
#8 → #4Up 4 Spots
AlabamaSEC
#10 → #8Up 2 Spots
BYUBig 12
#11 → #9Up 2 Spots
Texas TechBig 12
#13 → #11Up 2 Spots
UtahBig 12
#17 → #15Up 2 Spots

Biggest Falls

Texas A&MSEC
#9 → #23Down 14 Spots
SMUACC
#16 → #22Down 6 Spots
HoustonBig 12
#22 → #25Down 3 Spots
LSUSEC
#7 → #10Down 3 Spots

New to the Top 25

FloridaSEC
NR → #21
Mississippi StateSEC
NR → #24

Out of the Top 25

OklahomaSEC
#24 → NR
VirginiaACC
#25 → NR
View All Poll and Support Changes
TeamPrevious APCurrent APPreviously Ranked ByCurrently Ranked BySupport Change
AlabamaSEC
#10#868/6869/690.0 pp
ArizonaBig 12
NRNR2/682/69-0.0 pp
Boise StatePac-12
NRNR18/6813/69-7.6 pp
BYUBig 12
#11#968/6868/69-1.4 pp
DukeACC
NRNR0/684/69+5.8 pp
FloridaSEC
NR#2118/6855/69+53.2 pp
GeorgiaSEC
#2#268/6869/690.0 pp
HoustonBig 12
#22#2557/6829/69-41.8 pp
IndianaBig Ten
#4#568/6869/690.0 pp
IowaBig Ten
#18#1763/6865/69+1.6 pp
James MadisonSun Belt
NRNR2/682/69-0.0 pp
Kansas StateBig 12
NRNR1/682/69+1.4 pp
KentuckySEC
NRNR0/6821/69+30.4 pp
LouisvilleACC
#23#1657/6869/69+16.2 pp
LSUSEC
#7#1068/6869/690.0 pp
MiamiACC
#5#668/6869/690.0 pp
MichiganBig Ten
#19#1862/6862/69-1.3 pp
Mississippi StateSEC
NR#246/6840/69+49.1 pp
MissouriSEC
#20#1960/6857/69-5.6 pp
NebraskaBig Ten
NRNR0/681/69+1.4 pp
North Dakota StateMountain West
NRNR1/683/69+2.9 pp
Notre DameFBS Independents
#3#368/6869/690.0 pp
Ohio StateBig Ten
#6#768/6869/690.0 pp
OklahomaSEC
#24NR52/6823/69-43.1 pp
Oklahoma StateBig 12
NRNR9/6811/69+2.7 pp
Ole MissSEC
#8#468/6869/690.0 pp
OregonBig Ten
#21#2048/6855/69+9.1 pp
Penn StateBig Ten
#14#1367/6869/69+1.5 pp
PittsburghACC
NRNR1/684/69+4.3 pp
SMUACC
#16#2267/6846/69-31.9 pp
South CarolinaSEC
NRNR3/680/69-4.4 pp
TennesseeSEC
#15#1467/6868/69+0.0 pp
TexasSEC
#1#168/6869/690.0 pp
Texas A&MSEC
#9#2368/6844/69-36.2 pp
Texas TechBig 12
#13#1168/6869/690.0 pp
TulsaAmerican
NRNR4/686/69+2.8 pp
UCLABig Ten
NRNR1/683/69+2.9 pp
USCBig Ten
#12#1268/6869/690.0 pp
UtahBig 12
#17#1564/6869/69+5.9 pp
VirginiaACC
#25NR41/680/69-60.3 pp
Virginia TechACC
NRNR3/6813/69+14.4 pp
WashingtonBig Ten
NRNR34/6826/69-12.3 pp
West VirginiaBig 12
NRNR0/6828/69+40.6 pp
Western MichiganMAC
NRNR8/688/69-0.2 pp

Numeric moves compare teams ranked in both polls. NR has no numbered position. Support changes use each week’s own voters; pp means percentage points.

Louisville: #23 to #16

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Biggest Disagreement on Ranking

Compare the AP result, numbered votes, and ballots that left each team out.

Select a Team to Explore Its Votes

Teams ordered by ranking spread, with AP result, vote range and unranked ballots
RankTeamConferenceAP RankRankedUnrankedHighest–Lowest
1SEC#2155 / 6914 / 69#13–#253.18
2Big Ten#1862 / 697 / 69#13–#253.08
3Big Ten#2055 / 6914 / 69#11–#253.04
4Big 12#2529 / 6940 / 69#15–#252.91
5Pac-12NR13 / 6956 / 69#17–#252.84
FloridaSEC
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Highest Vote
#13
AP Result
#21
Lowest Ranked Vote
#25
Unranked Votes
14 / 69
20% of Ballots
Where the Ranked Votes Landed
Ballot Position · #1 to #25
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Florida votes at every position
PositionVotes
#10
#20
#30
#40
#50
#60
#70
#80
#90
#100
#110
#120
#131
#142
#151
#162
#171
#183
#198
#202
#217
#224
#239
#247
#258
Unranked (NR)14

Key Takeaways

55 of 69 voters ranked Florida; 14 left the team unranked.

Average numbered vote: #21.11.

: 3.18. This poll’s median is 2.29 among teams with at least 10 ranked votes.

Previously AP NR, ranked by 18/68 voters.

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Game & Poll Context · Final
44
39
FloridaEntered the Top 25
Before Kickoff
AP NRWeek 2
Following Poll
AP #21Week 3

Ballots Ranking Florida: 18/68 → 55/69

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Where Voters Ranked Florida

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Where Voters Ranked Florida

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At least 10 ranked votes required. Top five plus ties. A team can qualify with an AP result of NR.

Biggest Individual Vote Differences

The largest gaps between one voter’s numbered ranking and the final AP poll.

RankVoterTeamVoter’s RankAP RankDifference
1Stephen Means →
AlabamaSEC
#19#811 Spots Lower
2Jon Wilner →
HoustonBig 12
#15#2510 Spots Higher
2Ralph Russo →
Mississippi StateSEC
#14#2410 Spots Higher
4Jon Wilner →
TennesseeSEC
#23#149 Spots Lower
4Bob Asmussen →
OregonBig Ten
#11#209 Spots Higher
4Dylan Sinn →
HoustonBig 12
#16#259 Spots Higher
4Murray Evans →
USCBig Ten
#21#129 Spots Lower
4Andy Kendeigh →
Texas A&MSEC
#14#239 Spots Higher

Biggest individual gap first. Both voter and AP must rank the team. All cutoff ties are included. Whole-ballot averages are separate below.

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Closest In/Out Splits

Which teams come closest to half the voters ranking them and half leaving them out?

Smallest Ranked–Unranked Gap First · Equal Gaps Share a Rank

RankTeamAP RankRankedUnrankedVoter Gap
1
HoustonBig 12
#2529 / 6940 / 6911
1
Mississippi StateSEC
#2440 / 6929 / 6911
3
West VirginiaBig 12
NR28 / 6941 / 6913
4
WashingtonBig Ten
NR26 / 6943 / 6917
5
Texas A&MSEC
#2344 / 6925 / 6919

Who’s In, Who’s Out

How often voters include or omit teams compared with the AP Top 25.

AP Teams Left Out Most

HoustonBig 12
40 / 69Unranked · AP #25
Mississippi StateSEC
29 / 69Unranked · AP #24
Texas A&MSEC
25 / 69Unranked · AP #23
SMUACC
23 / 69Unranked · AP #22
FloridaSEC
14 / 69Unranked · AP #21
OregonBig Ten
14 / 69Unranked · AP #20

Not Ranked by AP, Included by Voters

West VirginiaBig 12
28 / 69Ranked · AP NR
WashingtonBig Ten
26 / 69Ranked · AP NR
OklahomaSEC
23 / 69Ranked · AP NR
KentuckySEC
21 / 69Ranked · AP NR
Boise StatePac-12
13 / 69Ranked · AP NR
Virginia TechACC
13 / 69Ranked · AP NR

Largest count first, including ties at fifth. All 69 complete ballots count. NR is not a numbered rank.

Games & Poll Movement

Final game results alongside the AP poll before kickoff and the following poll.

Final scores alongside the next AP poll. Top 25 entries and exits come first, followed by the biggest numbered rank changes. Ballot counts show how voter support changed between those polls.

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Results provide context. They do not establish why a voter changed a ballot, and rankings are not game predictions.

Advanced Analytics

Whole-ballot comparisons, sample sizes, and the numbers behind the highlights.

Overall Ballot Differences

Ordered by average absolute gap (), using every team ranked by both the voter and AP. A single unusual vote does not necessarily produce the most unusual whole ballot.

RankVoterTeams ComparedAddedOmitted
1Koki Riley →3.232233
2Ralph Russo →3.182233
3Bob Ballou →2.912322
4Stephen Means →2.862233
5Dylan Sinn →2.791966
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