The national college football rankings for October 18, 2026, were released, featuring the AP Top 25 and the US LBM Coaches Top 25. The rankings reflect the standings for various teams across the country.
In the AP Top 25, Miami (Fla.) held the number one spot with a 6-0 record and 1697 points. BYU followed in second place with a 6-0 record and 1675 points, while Ohio State was ranked third with a 6-1 record and 1649 points. Notre Dame and Georgia occupied the fourth and fifth positions, respectively, both holding 6-1 records. Indiana was ranked sixth with a 6-1 record and 1370 points. Ole Miss ranked seventh with a 5-1 record and 1360 points, while Texas Tech was eighth with a 6-0 record and 1336 points. UCLA was ninth with a 6-0 record, and Utah was ranked tenth with a 6-0 record and 1153 points.
The US LBM Coaches Top 25 rankings for October 18, 2026, saw Miami (Fla.) at number one with 1791 points. Ohio State was ranked second with 1725 points, and BYU was third with 1698 points. Georgia was ranked fourth with 1469 points, followed by Texas Tech in fifth with 1414 points. Indiana held the sixth spot with 1378 points, Ole Miss was seventh with 1371 points, and Notre Dame was eighth with 1332 points. Utah was ranked ninth in this poll with 1222 points, and UCLA was tenth with 1206 points.
Other teams receiving votes in the AP Top 25 included Oklahoma State, Oregon, Auburn, James Madison, Mississippi State, New Mexico, and Oregon State. In the US LBM Coaches Top 25, Oregon was ranked 25th with 189 points, while Northwestern and Florida were previously not ranked.
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2026 season included several members, such as Tim Albin of Charlotte, Blake Anderson of Southern Mississippi, Dave Aranda of Baylor, David Braun of Northwestern, Jeff Brohm of Louisville, Fran Brown of Syracuse, Neal Brown of North Texas, Troy Calhoun of Air Force, Jamey Chadwell of Liberty, Curt Cignetti of Indiana, Sonny Cumbie of Louisiana Tech, Spencer Danielson of Boise State, Ryan Day of Ohio State, Kalen DeBoer of Alabama, Manny Diaz of Duke, Jake Dickert of Wake Forest, Eliah Drinkwitz of Missouri, Sonny Dykes of TCU, Jason Eck of New Mexico, Mike Elko of Texas A&M, Tony Elliott of Virginia, Matt Entz of Fresno State, Jedd Fisch of Washington, James Franklin of Virginia Tech, Willie Fritz of Houston, Scott Frost of Central Florida, Tony Gibson of Marshall, Alex Golesh of Auburn, Will Hall of Tulane, Blake Harrell of East Carolina, John Hauser of Ohio, Clay Helton of Georgia Southern, Tyson Helton of Western Kentucky, Charles Huff of Memphis, Butch Jones of Arkansas State, KC Keeler of Temple, Charles Kelly of Jacksonville State, Brent Key of Georgia Tech, Zach Kittley of Florida Atlantic, Collin Klein of Kansas State, Tre Lamb of Tulsa, Rhett Lashlee of SMU, Clark Lea of Vanderbilt, Lance Leipold of Kansas, Pete Lembo of Buffalo, Sean Lewis of San Diego State, Dowell Loggains of Appalachian State, Joey McGuire of Texas Tech, Jeff Monken of Army, Kirby Moore of Washington State, Eric Morris of Oklahoma State, Dan Mullen of UNLV, Billy Napier of James Madison, Pat Narduzzi of Pittsburgh, Brian Newberry of Navy, Ken Niumatalolo of San Jose State, Barry Odom of Purdue, Tim Polasek of North Dakota State, Tavita Pritchard of Stanford, Ricky Rahne of Old Dominion, Matt Rhule of Nebraska, Rich Rodriguez of West Virginia, Morgan Scalley of Utah, JaMarcus Shephard of Oregon State, Kirby Smart of Georgia, Will Stein of Kentucky, Jon Sumrall of Florida, Lance Taylor of Western Michigan, Jeff Traylor of Texas-San Antonio, Scotty Walden of Texas-El Paso, and Kyle Whittingham of Michigan.
