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Grid DistributionWeek 2 AP Poll (Sep 8, 2026)
1Ohio State (46)
1-0Previous: 1
High: 1 - 46 Voters
Low: 6 - Kirk Bohls
Next: 9/12 @ Texas
1684
Points
2Georgia
1-0Previous: 3 ▲
High: 2 - 23 Voters
Low: 9 - 3 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs W Kentucky
1532
Points
3Notre Dame (4)
1-0Previous: 4 ▲
High: 1 - 4 Voters
Low: 8 - 3 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Rice
1512
Points
4Texas (2)
1-0Previous: 5 ▲
High: 1 - 2 Voters
Low: 9 - 4 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Ohio St
1462
Points
5Indiana (8)
1-0Previous: 6 ▲
High: 1 - 8 Voters
Low: 9 - 4 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Howard
1428
Points
6Oregon (3)
1-0Previous: 2 ▼
High: 1 - 3 Voters
Low: 10 - 2 Voters
Next: 9/12 @ Oklahoma St
1422
Points
7Miami (FL) (1)
1-0Previous: 7
High: 1 - Javon Edmonds
Low: NR - Brian Fonseca
Next: 9/10 vs Florida A&M
1405
Points
8LSU (5)
1-0Previous: 11 ▲
High: 1 - 5 Voters
Low: 16 - Dave Preston
Next: 9/12 vs La Tech
1315
Points
9Ole Miss
1-0Previous: 9
High: 4 - Stephen Means
Low: 14 - 2 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Charlotte
1154
Points
10Texas A&M
1-0Previous: 8 ▼
High: 8 - 7 Voters
Low: 17 - Ralph Russo
Next: 9/12 vs Arizona St
1079
Points
11Oklahoma
1-0Previous: 10 ▼
High: 7 - Chelsie Brown
Low: 16 - Randy Johnson
Next: 9/12 @ Michigan
1039
Points
12Alabama
1-0Previous: 13 ▲
High: 9 - 3 Voters
Low: 16 - Matt McGavic
Next: 9/12 @ Kentucky
910
Points
13Texas Tech
1-0Previous: 12 ▼
High: 8 - 2 Voters
Low: 20 - David Briggs
Next: 9/12 @ Oregon St
900
Points
14USC
2-0Previous: 14
High: 6 - Dylan Sinn
Low: 23 - Brett McMurphy
Next: 9/12 vs La
861
Points
15BYU
1-0Previous: 14 ▼
High: 10 - Kirk Bohls
Low: 18 - Chris Carter
Next: 9/12 vs Arizona
840
Points
16Penn State
1-0Previous: 18 ▲
High: 13 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - Andy Yamashita
Next: 9/12 @ Temple
621
Points
17SMU
0-0Previous: 19 ▲
High: 14 - Kirk Bohls
Low: 23 - 2 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs UC Davis
501
Points
18Tennessee
1-0Previous: 20 ▲
High: 15 - 4 Voters
Low: NR - 3 Voters
Next: 9/12 @ Georgia Tech
491
Points
19Washington
1-0Previous: 17 ▼
High: 14 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 5 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Utah St
489
Points
20Utah
1-0Previous: 21 ▲
High: 15 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 7 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Arkansas
381
Points
21Iowa
1-0Previous: 22 ▲
High: 15 - Stephen Means
Low: NR - 4 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Iowa St
369
Points
22Houston
1-0Previous: 23 ▲
High: 16 - Bob Asmussen
Low: NR - 12 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Southern
214
Points
23Missouri
1-0Previous: 25 ▲
High: 17 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 20 Voters
Next: 9/11 @ Kansas
182
Points
24Louisville
0-1Previous: 24
High: 14 - Ralph Russo
Low: NR - 22 Voters
Next: 9/11 vs Villanova
163
Points
25Virginia
1-0Previous: 46 ▲
High: 15 - Ralph Russo
Low: NR - 45 Voters
Next: 9/11 vs Norfolk St
89
Points

Others Receiving Votes

26Boise State
0-1Previous: 28 ▲
High: 17 - Jon Wilner
Low: NR - 42 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Memphis
86
Points
27Florida
1-0Previous: 27
High: 17 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 45 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Campbell
83
Points
28Michigan
1-0Previous: 16 ▼
High: 17 - Haley Sawyer
Low: NR - 46 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Oklahoma
69
Points
29Arizona
1-0Previous: 29
High: 19 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 59 Voters
Next: 9/12 @ BYU
33
Points
30Memphis
2-0Previous: 44 ▲
High: 22 - David Jablonski
Low: NR - 58 Voters
Next: 9/12 @ Boise St
23
Points
31South Carolina
1-0Previous: 31
High: 20 - Greg Luca
Low: NR - 62 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Towson
19
Points
32Western Michigan
0-1Previous: 46 ▲
High: 23 - David Briggs
Low: NR - 61 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Monmouth
12
Points
33Pittsburgh
1-0Previous: 36 ▲
High: 22 - Javon Edmonds
Low: NR - 64 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs UCF
11
Points
34Navy
1-0Previous: 31 ▼
High: 21 - Dave Preston
Low: NR - 64 Voters
Next: 9/12 @ Florida Atlantic
10
Points
35UCLA
1-0Previous: -
High: 21 - Dylan Sinn
Low: NR - 65 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs San Diego St
7
Points
36Illinois
1-0Previous: 33 ▼
High: 24 - 3 Voters
Low: NR - 65 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Duke
6
Points
Virginia Tech
1-0Previous: 37 ▲
High: 21 - Bob Ballou
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Old Dominion
6
Points
38James Madison
1-0Previous: 42 ▲
High: 24 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Wagner
4
Points
Minnesota
1-0Previous: 38
High: 23 - Ralph Russo
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Mississippi St
4
Points
40Colorado
1-0Previous: -
High: 23 - David Jablonski
Low: NR - 67 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Weber St
3
Points
41Arizona State
1-0Previous: -
High: 24 - Tom Murphy
Low: NR - 67 Voters
Next: 9/12 @ Texas A&M
2
Points
Auburn
1-0Previous: 42 ▲
High: 25 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 66 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Southern Miss
2
Points
Vanderbilt
1-0Previous: 34 ▼
High: 24 - Chelsie Brown
Low: NR - 67 Voters
Next: 9/12 vs Delaware
2
Points

Talk about this week's Poll

Highest Rated Ballots

Bob Ballou (12)CBS Austin (Austin, TX)
Greg Luca (11)San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX)
Koki Riley (10)The (Baton Rouge) Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Lowest Rated Ballots

Dylan Sinn (-1470)The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN)
Haley Sawyer (-66)Southern California News Group (Los Angeles, CA)
Brian Fonseca (-63)NJ Advance Media / Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)

Most Extreme Ballots

Dylan SinnThe Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN)
Ralph RussoThe Athletic (Brooklyn, NY)
Mike GriffithAJC.com (Atlanta, GA)

Least Extreme Ballots

Julian MininsohnWKRN-TV (Nashville, TN)
Michael KatzNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal (Tupelo, MS)
Matt MurschelOrlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)