FPC Top 25 College Football Rankings: Miami Hurricanes Are Number 1

Week 8 of the College Football season is in the books, and while it wasn’t like the previous two weekends, some big upsets still hit the AP Top 25, including the BYU Cougars, Ole Miss Rebels, and Texas Tech Red Raiders. Other teams ranked in the AP Top 25 also fell, including the Tennessee Volunteers, Iowa Hawkeyes, USC Trojans, and Houston Cougars, in a battle of Top 25 teams against the Utah Utes.

It feels like who is No. 2 in the nation has been going down recently. That is back-to-back weeks that the No. 2 team has fallen. However, the No. 1 team in the nation, the Miami Hurricanes, looked like the number one team in College Football.

Each week is unpredictable, as teams coming off emotional wins can’t follow it up the next week and get caught by their next opponent. It will be interesting to see whether this trend can continue, especially with some of the top teams off.

Welcome to the third edition of Full Press Coverage’s College Football Top 25 rankings. Is it any surprise that the Miami Hurricanes are No. 1 in our power rankings, matching the AP Top 25? With BYU going down and the Hurricanes dominating Pittsburgh on Saturday, this was an easy choice.

But that doesn’t mean BYU fell far from the top after a close loss to UCF. Could there be surprises people didn’t see coming, since Full Press Coverage has its own guidelines for ranking teams? Do you agree with these Power Rankings?

FULL PRESS COVERAGE · College Football

College Football Power Rankings

Week 9 · 2026

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25NEW

Arizona Wildcats

6-1

AVG 25.0BEST 25WORST 25WEEKS 1

24NEW

Wisconsin Badgers

5-2

AVG 24.0BEST 24WORST 24WEEKS 2

23▼ 9

Iowa Hawkeyes

5-2

AVG 17.7BEST 14WORST 23WEEKS 3

22▼ 2

Boise State Broncos

6-1

AVG 21.3BEST 20WORST 22WEEKS 3

21▼ 2

Florida Gators

5-2

AVG 20.0BEST 19WORST 21WEEKS 2

20▲ 3

Missouri Tigers

5-2

AVG 18.7BEST 13WORST 23WEEKS 3

19▲ 3

Northwestern Wildcats

6-1

AVG 20.5BEST 19WORST 22WEEKS 2

18▼ 1

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

6-1

AVG 18.7BEST 17WORST 21WEEKS 3

17▲ 4

SMU Mustangs

6-1

AVG 20.3BEST 17WORST 23WEEKS 3

16▲ 2

LSU Tigers

6-2

AVG 17.0BEST 16WORST 18WEEKS 2

15▲ 9

Texas Longhorns

5-2

AVG 15.3BEST 7WORST 24WEEKS 3

14▼ 8

Ole Miss Rebels

5-2

AVG 9.7BEST 6WORST 14WEEKS 3

13▼ 1

Tennessee Volunteers

6-2

AVG 13.0BEST 12WORST 14WEEKS 3

12▲ 4

Alabama Crimson Tide

6-2

AVG 11.3BEST 6WORST 16WEEKS 3

11—

Houston Cougars

6-2

AVG 14.0BEST 11WORST 20WEEKS 3

10▼ 2

Texas Tech Red Raiders

6-1

AVG 9.3BEST 8WORST 10WEEKS 3

9▲ 4

Kentucky Wildcats

7-1

AVG 13.0BEST 9WORST 17WEEKS 3

8▲ 2

Utah Utes

7-0

AVG 9.7BEST 8WORST 11WEEKS 3

7▲ 2

UCLA Bruins

7-0

AVG 9.3BEST 7WORST 12WEEKS 3

6▲ 1

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

6-1

AVG 5.3BEST 3WORST 7WEEKS 3

5—

Indiana Hoosiers

7-1

AVG 5.0BEST 5WORST 5WEEKS 3

4▼ 3

BYU Cougars

6-1

AVG 4.3BEST 1WORST 8WEEKS 3

3▲ 1

Georgia Bulldogs

6-1

AVG 2.7BEST 1WORST 4WEEKS 3

2▲ 1

Ohio State Buckeyes

6-1

AVG 3.0BEST 2WORST 4WEEKS 3

1▲ 1

Miami Hurricanes

7-0

AVG 1.7BEST 1WORST 2WEEKS 3

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