PROVO, Utah — BYU (7-2) received a No. 10 ranking in the second release of the 2026 College Football Playoff rankings revealed by the CFP selection committee on Tuesday.
The Big 12 has six teams in the CFP rankings this week with Oklahoma State entering the top 25. Three Big 12 schools are in the top 12. Utah moved up one spot to No. 2, while BYU fell one place to No. 10 following the top-10 rivalry matchup on Saturday. Texas Tech and Houston moved up three rankings apiece to No. 12 and No. 14, respectively, while Arizona slipped one spot to No. 23 and Oklahoma State landed at No. 25. BYU has a 2-1 record against teams in the CFP rankings this season, with wins over No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 23 Arizona with a loss on the road to No. 2 Utah.
The Cougars have been ranked in the top 10 of the early CFP assessments three straight seasons. Last year the Cougars were included in all six of the CFP rankings, receiving rankings of No. 7, No. 12, No. 11, No. 11, No. 11 and No. 12. In 2024, the Cougars were also ranked in all six CFP releases at No. 9, No. 6, No. 14, No. 19, No. 18 and No. 17.
Five teams in last week's top 12 suffered defeat this past weekend with No. 1 Miami, No. 6 Kentucky, No. 9 BYU, No. 10 Ole Miss and No. 12 Ohio State all losing. The previously top-ranked Hurricanes fell at No. 11 Notre Dame, the Wildcats were blown out by No. 13 Tennessee, the Cougars were edged on the road at rival No. 3 Utah, the Rebels suffered a blowout loss at home vs. No. 2 Georgia, and the Buckeyes fell by two scores in Columbus vs. No. 23 Oregon.
Georgia (8-1) of the SEC is the new No. 1 this week, followed by No. 2 Utah (9-0) of the Big 12, No. 3 Alabama (7-2) of the SEC, No. 4 UCLA (9-0) of the Big Ten and and No. 5 Notre Dame (8-1), whose lone loss as an independent is to BYU, moving up six spots after defeating Miami. The rest of the top 12 include No. 6 Texas (7-2) from the SEC, No. 7 Miami (8-1) from the ACC, No. 8 Tennessee (7-2) of the SEC, No. 9 Indiana (8-1) of the Big Ten, No. 10 BYU from the Big 12, No. 11 Kentucky (7-2) of the SEC and No. 12 Texas Tech (8-1) of the Big 12.
The rest of the CFP rankings include No. 13 Wake Forest (8-1), No. 14 Houston (7-2), No. 15 Iowa (7-2), No. 16 Oregon (6-3), No. 17 South Carolina (6-3), No. 18 USC (7-2), No. 19 Ole Miss (6-3), No. 20 Ohio State (6-3), No. 21 LSU (6-3), No. 22 Missouri (6-3), No. 23 Arizona (7-2), No. 24 Boise State (8-1) and No. 25 Oklahoma State (6-3).
The SEC has nine teams in the CFP rankings, including five in the top 12. The Big 12 and Big Ten both have six teams in the rankings with the Big 12 having three teams in the the top 12 and the Big Ten with two. The ACC has two teams in the top 25, including one in the top 12, while Notre Dame represents independents in the top five and the Pac-12 has one selection in No. 24 Boise State.