College Football Playoff Rankings: Georgia Takes No. 1, and Texas Rises to No. 6 in the Second Top 25
The selection committee's second rankings of 2026, released Tuesday night, put Georgia on top, kept Utah and UCLA unbeaten in the bye line, and moved Texas up one place to No. 6 — inside the projected field with four weeks left to play.
AUSTIN — There is a new No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings. The committee's second top 25 of the season, released Tuesday night, moved Georgia (8-1) to the top spot, with unbeaten Utah (9-0) at No. 2, Alabama (7-2) at No. 3 and unbeaten UCLA (9-0) at No. 4 — the four teams that would earn first-round byes if the field were set today.
Texas (7-2) rose one place from the first list, from No. 7 to No. 6, behind No. 5 Notre Dame (8-1). The rest of the top 12: No. 7 Miami (8-1), No. 8 Tennessee (7-2), No. 9 Indiana (8-1), No. 10 BYU (7-2), No. 11 Kentucky (7-2) and No. 12 Texas Tech (8-1). Boise State (8-1), at No. 24 in the rankings, would take the No. 12 seed as the lone Group of Six representative and a first-round meeting with Notre Dame, according to FOX Sports' bracket accounting of the reveal.
The full second top 25: 1. Georgia, 2. Utah, 3. Alabama, 4. UCLA, 5. Notre Dame, 6. Texas, 7. Miami, 8. Tennessee, 9. Indiana, 10. BYU, 11. Kentucky, 12. Texas Tech, 13. Wake Forest (8-1), 14. Houston (7-2), 15. Iowa (7-2), 16. Oregon (6-3), 17. South Carolina (6-3), 18. USC (7-2), 19. Ole Miss (6-3), 20. Ohio State (6-3), 21. LSU (6-3), 22. Missouri (6-3), 23. Arizona (7-2), 24. Boise State, 25. Oklahoma State (6-3).
The shake-up a week after the first reveal was sharp: four teams fell out of the top 12, and Ohio State and LSU — both 6-3 — fell out of the playoff picture entirely, FOX Sports reported. With four weeks remaining in the regular season, the margins around the field are thinner, and Texas's No. 6 position is a place to defend, not a finish.
