2026 Preseason Top 25 Poll Released Monday

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2026 Preseason Top 25 Poll Released Monday

The 2025-26 College Football Playoff national title game is taking place on Monday night, with No. 1 Indiana taking on No. 10 Miami.

But it's never too early to look ahead to next season.

Who will be battling at the top of the sport in 2026-27? The 2026 college football regular season will be here before you know it. There's already been a lot of movement in the colleg football transfer portal and the coaching market.

But who should start the 2026-27 season ranked at the top?

Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Julian Sayin (10) prepares to put the ball in play during the game against the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 in Madison, Wisconsin.

On3's college football experts released their way-too-early preseason Top 25 poll for the 2026 college football season.

2026 preseason Top 25 poll

"On3’s college football’s experts: Chris Low, Brett McMurphy, Pete Nakos, JD PicKell, Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman (not a slight, Ari, just listed alphabetically) each provided their Way-Too-Early Top 25 ballots. And just like that: On3’s official 2026 Way-Too-Early Top 25," On3 wrote.

  1. Ohio State
  2. Georgia
  3. Texas
  4. Notre Dame
  5. Indiana
  6. Oregon
  7. Texas Tech
  8. Texas A&M
  9. Miami
  10. Oklahoma

You can view the entire Top 25 here.

This story was originally published by The Spun on Jan 19, 2026, where it first appeared in the College Football section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

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