Excel H Sports College Football OVERALL rankings November 8 2026

This year will be the same as always; we start the year off with the Top 25 and then after each week add teams to our BELOW THE 25 and remove teams.

Our rankings throughout the year will be based on strength of schedule.

We have our own in-house method of determining strength of schedule.

Steven Stremming is a member of the Football Writers Association of America

Rank	Name	Record	Last Week	Schedule
1	Georgia	8,1	2	N 14 Missouri
2	Utah	9,0	4	N 14 @ Arizona
3	UCLA	9,0	3	N 13 Illinois
4	Notre Dame	8,1	5	N 14 Boston College
5	Texas	7,2	9	N 14 @ Louisiana State
6	Miami of Florida	8,1	1	N 14 Duke
7	Alabama	7,2	12	N 14 @ Vanderbilt
8	Tennessee	7,2	15	N 14 @ Texas A & M
9	Indiana	8,1	6	N 14 Southern California
10	Texas Tech	8,1	16	N 14 @ Oklahoma State
11	Brigham Young	7,2	7	N 14 Baylor
12	Iowa	8,2	21	N 14 Purdue
13	Southern California	7,2	20	N 14 @ Indiana
14	South Carolina	6,3	22	N 14 @ Arkansas
15	Houston	7,2	17	N 13 @ Colorado
16	Kentucky	7,2	8	N 14 Florida
17	Oregon	6,3	NR	N 14 Michigan
18	Wake Forest	8,1	13	N 14 @ Southern Methodist
19	Mississippi	6,3	11	N 14 @ Oklaoma
20	Missouri	6,3	19	N 14 @ Georgia
21	Arizona	7,2	23	N 14 Utah
22	Ohio State	6,3	10	N 14 Northwestern
23	Louisiana State	6,3	14	N 14 Texas
24	Southern Methodist	7,2	NR	N 14 Wake Forest
25	Duke	7-2	NR	N 14 @ Miami of Florida
25	Oklahoma State	6,3	NR	N 14 Texas Tech

BELOW THE 25 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER): Northwestern 6-3, Minnesota 5-4, Clemson 6-3, Arizona State 5-4, Baylor 6-3, Illinois 6-3, Auburn 5-4, Wisconsin6-3, Louisville 6-3, Central Florida 5-4, New Mexico 8-1, West Virginia 5-4, Pittsburgh 6-3, Virginia Tech 6-3, North Carolina 5-4