2026 season · Week 10 · Updated Nov 5, 2026

College football rankings

Our model, the human polls, and what Vegas thinks — on one board. Where they agree, that's consensus. Where they don't, that's a story.

CFB Zeitgeist Score — live
AP + Coaches — week 10
Committee — week 10
Vegas — title odds live; win totals as of Oct 19
Through week 10, our model and the major sportsbooks diverge on 3 teams. The biggest gap: Arkansas — we have them #106, Vegas has them #39.
How this is computed →
Divergence watch 3 biggest model vs. Vegas gaps among teams with a title price · title odds as of Nov 5
Vegas is in · we're skeptical
Arkansas SEC
#106 Our model
#39 Vegas
#1#25+
Our model #106 and Vegas #39 are past #25, drawn as a hollow dot at the right end
Our model has them #106 — 67 spots lower.
Vegas is in · we're skeptical
Old Dominion Sun Belt
#124 Our model
#62 Vegas
#1#25+
Our model #124 and Vegas #62 are past #25, drawn as a hollow dot at the right end
Our model has them #124 — 62 spots lower.
Vegas is in · we're skeptical
California ACC
#116 Our model
#58 Vegas
#1#25+
Our model #116 and Vegas #58 are past #25, drawn as a hollow dot at the right end
Our model has them #116 — 58 spots lower.
Polls & our model Live
Bettors Live
Belief Live
Level: FBS Show: All Top 25 Gaps only
Team
Our model
Human polls
Bettors
Gap track (rank 1 → 25)
Team CFB Zeitgeist Score▲ AP Coaches Committee Win total us vegas
1 Notre Dame FBS Independents
115.5
4▲1
6
11
—
+500
#1#25
2 Ohio State Big Ten
215.1
11▼9
10
12
—
+1000
#1#25
3 Georgia SEC
313.9
2▲1
2
2
—
+340
#1#25
4 Indiana Big Ten
413.8
6▼2
3
4
10.5 W
+1000
#1#25
5 Miami ACC
513.0
1
1
1
11.5 W
+700
#1#25
6 Texas SEC
612.6
10▲1
11
7
9.5 W
+1100
#1#25
7 LSU SEC
712.5
15
15
14
8.5 W
+800
#1#25
8 Alabama SEC
811.9
9▲1
9
5
9.5 W
+1100
#1#25
9 Ole Miss SEC
911.7
12
12
10
8.5 W
+1800
#1#25
10 Northwestern Big Ten
1011.3
NR
23
NR
7.5 W
+17664
#1#25
11 Oregon Big Ten
1111.1
NR
NR
23
8.5 W
+30000
#1Vegas #31#25+
12 Texas Tech Big 12
1210.8
13
13
15
10.5 W
+8000
#1#25
― On the bubble
13 Boise State Pac-12
1310.7
20
21
25
9.5 W
+25000
#1Vegas #29#25+
14 Utah Big 12
1410.5
3▲3
4
3
10.5 W
+3000
#1#25
15 Arizona Big 12
1510.0
24▼2
22
22
8.5 W
+30000
#1Vegas #32#25+
16 Iowa Big Ten
169.6
21
20
19
8.5 W
+15000
#1#25
17 Wake Forest ACC
179.4
14
14
16
9.5 W
+8000
#1#25
18 Baylor Big 12
189.1
NR
NR
NR
7.0 W
+100000
#1Vegas #52#25+
19 UCLA Big Ten
199.0
5▲2
5
8
10.5 W
+5000
#1#25
20 BYU Big 12
209.0
7▲1
8
9
10.5 W
+8000
#1#25
21 Houston Big 12
218.8
17▲1
18
17
9.5 W
+20000
#1Vegas #26#25+
22 Tennessee SEC
228.8
16
16
13
—
+6000
#1#25
23 Florida SEC
238.8
25▼8
NR
24
7.5 W
+8000
#1#25
24 South Carolina SEC
248.5
23
NR
21
5.5 W
+20000
#1Vegas #28#25+
25 Nebraska Big Ten
258.4
NR
NR
NR
8.5 W
+60000
#1Vegas #36#25+
CFB Zeitgeist Score — composite model: power rating + schedule strength + cross-division context. AP / Coaches — official human polls; week 10 live. Committee — live — week 10. Bettors — consensus win total + CFP futures across major sportsbooks.
Blue = our model rank Gold = Vegas rank (by win total) Orange shading = high human poll rank (1 – 5)
AP Top 25 — others receiving votes: Washington 172; Florida 83; Boise State 57; Oklahoma State 36; Western Michigan 35; Tulsa 18; Mississippi State 17; South Carolina 15; Virginia Tech 11; UCLA 9; James Madison 6; Arizona 5; North Dakota State 3; Kansas State 1; Pittsburgh 1
Coaches Poll — others receiving votes: Louisville 153; Florida 147; TCU 63; Illinois 62; Arizona 50; South Carolina 50; Virginia 40; Vanderbilt 37; Auburn 29; Georgia Tech 26; Boise State 24; Oklahoma State 22; UNLV 17; Florida State 13; NC State 13; Nebraska 12; Virginia Tech 12; Memphis 9; Arizona State 8; Duke 6; James Madison 6; New Mexico 4; Pittsburgh 4; Navy 3; Western Michigan 3; San Diego State 2; California 1; Hawai'i 1; Jacksonville State 1; Kansas State 1
Biggest gap, Vegas above us
Arkansas
+67 spots
Biggest gap, us above Vegas
UTSA
+55 spots
Books sampled
3 – 5
consensus median · de-vigged title %
Win totals — what Vegas expects
Consensus line across major sportsbooks. The over/under on season wins before a snap is played.
Team
Projected wins
Line
Title %
Miami
11.5
12.5%
LSU
8.5
11.1%
Indiana
10.5
9.1%
Texas
9.5
8.3%
Alabama
9.5
8.3%
Ole Miss
8.5
5.3%
Texas A&M
5.5
3.8%
Utah
10.5
3.2%
UCLA
10.5
2.0%
USC
8.5
1.6%
Kentucky
7.5
1.3%
Texas Tech
10.5
1.2%
BYU
10.5
1.2%
Wake Forest
9.5
1.2%
Florida
7.5
1.2%
Missouri
7.5
1.0%
Iowa
8.5
0.7%
Northwestern
7.5
0.6%
Houston
9.5
0.5%
SMU
8.5
0.5%
South Carolina
5.5
0.5%
Boise State
9.5
0.4%
Vanderbilt
4.5
0.4%
Oregon
8.5
0.3%
Arizona
8.5
0.3%
Source: consensus median across major sportsbooks · de-vigged CFP championship futures
Model rank vs. Vegas rank
Gold dot = where Vegas ranks the team by win total. Blue dot = CFB Zeitgeist Score rank. Vegas rank = championship odds first, then each team's season win total, which is a line set before the season; a team with no title price ranks below every priced team.
Vegas rank (win total)
CFB Zeitgeist Score rank
Notre Dame
V#2 · #1
Ohio State
V#6 · #2
Georgia
V#1 · #3
Indiana
V#5 · #4
Miami
V#3 · #5
Texas
V#7 · #6
LSU
V#4 · #7
Alabama
V#8 · #8
#1#6#11#16#21
Source: CFB Zeitgeist model · consensus median across major sportsbooks
Fan heat index — how each fanbase is running right now. Drawn from Reddit discussion volume, sentiment, and tone across the past seven days. Thin readings: treat direction (▲▼) as more reliable than absolute rank.
Rising this week
Eastern Illinois
▲69.8
100 pts
North Carolina A&T
▲69.5
100 pts
South Dakota State
▲63.2
100 pts
Falling this week
Clarion
▼59.8
5 pts
Georgetown
▼54.0
8 pts
Gardner-Webb
▼51.0
16 pts
# Team Belief score This week Zone vs. market
1South Dakota State100▲63.2——
2Charleston Southern100▲37.5——
3Yale100▲34.0——
4Eastern Illinois100▲69.8——
5North Carolina A&T100▲69.5——
6Washington and Lee99▲24.3——
7Kent State80▲24.8——
8Butler80▲5.0——
9Linfield80▲28.4——
10Cal Poly80▲57.8——
11East Carolina78▲1.5——
12Missouri State78▲17.8——
13UTEP77▲12.8——
14Louisiana75▲3.6——
15Jackson State75▲10.5——
16Furman75▲22.5——
17Chicago75▼5.0——
18San José State75▲8.0——
19North Dakota State73▲20.9——
20William & Mary73▲26.0——
21Troy73▲8.2——
22UL Monroe72▲2.6——
23Memphis70▲3.3——
24App State70▲2.3——
25Thomas More69▼11.2——
26Utah State68▲14.1——
27Stanford68▲11.6——
28Bowling Green68▲3.7——
29Arizona68▲15.7——
30Northern Illinois66▼2.7——
31Marshall66▲10.7——
32Western Kentucky65▲1.4——
33Dartmouth65▲49.5——
34Campbell65▲33.9——
35Willamette65▼33.8——
36Tarleton State65▲15.3——
37Georgia Southern64▲5.6——
38Florida Atlantic64▲3.0——
39Louisiana Tech64▲2.0——
40Syracuse64▲9.2——
41Tulsa63▼3.0——
42Liberty63▲4.4——
43Coastal Carolina63▼9.3——
44Georgia State63▲3.4——
45New Mexico State63▲4.9——
46Mercer62▲4.9——
47Harvard62▲5.3——
48Toledo62▲16.0——
49Wyoming62▲6.1——
50Southern Miss62▲5.6——
51Kennesaw State62▲8.9——
52Houston62▼0.2——
53Fresno State62▲15.0——
54Sacramento State61▲17.1——
55Oklahoma State61▲14.3——
56Sam Houston61▲4.4——
57Purdue61▲6.4——
58New Mexico61▲4.7——
59Middle Tennessee61▲6.4——
60Ball State61▲8.6——
61Mississippi State61▲14.1——
62Iowa State60▲3.7——
63Rice60▲1.5——
64Arizona State60▲7.6——
65Virginia Tech59▲4.0UNEASY—
66Florida International59▲2.8——
67South Alabama59▼1.4——
68Jacksonville State58▲8.7——
69Massachusetts58▼3.8——
70Nevada57▲4.6——
71Kentucky57▲3.7UNEASY—
72Ole Miss57▲7.9——
73Western Michigan57▲3.9——
74Charlotte56▲6.7——
75Georgia Tech56▲14.3——
76Pittsburgh56▲9.4——
77Tennessee56▲6.1——
78Miami (OH)56▲4.5——
79Army56▲1.1——
80South Carolina56▲3.4UNEASY—
81North Texas56▼2.7——
82Texas A&M56▲7.2——
83Hawai'i55▲14.3——
84Wake Forest55▼2.1——
85Trinity (CT)55▲0.1——
86Minnesota State55▲19.7——
87Eastern Washington55▼20.0——
88Indiana State55▼16.1——
89Newberry55▲25.0——
90Oberlin55▲23.6——
91Towson55▼15.0——
92Pacific (OR)55▼2.0——
93UNLV55▲2.1——
94Texas State55▲7.1——
95Vanderbilt55▼1.7——
96UCF55▲4.7——
97Maryland55▲5.3UNEASY—
98Washington54▲4.0UNEASY—
99UTSA54▲4.6——
100Illinois54▲1.3UNEASY—
101Missouri54▲3.8——
102Cincinnati54▲5.9——
103Clemson54▲5.7——
104Colorado State53▲2.5——
105Oregon53▲4.1UNEASYFans +60
106James Madison53▲8.1——
107Boston College53▼0.1——
108Air Force53▼1.7——
109Oregon State53▲8.4——
110Alabama53▲0.8UNEASYFans +40
111Navy53▲8.4——
112West Virginia52▲2.6——
113South Florida52▼0.2——
114UConn52▲5.7——
115Virginia52▲9.3——
116Akron52▼10.1——
117Baylor52▼2.7UNEASY—
118Boise State52▲2.2——
119LSU51▲3.8UNEASY—
120NC State51▼4.6——
121Lehigh51▼3.0——
122Texas51▲0.3UNEASY—
123Temple51▼0.7——
124Penn State51▲6.3——
125UCLA51▲0.6UNEASY—
126Louisville50▲4.5——
127Florida50▼0.5UNEASY—
128TCU50▲0.8——
129USC50▲3.3——
130Holy Cross50▼34.7——
131Colorado50▲0.1——
132BYU50▲6.1UNEASY—
133SMU50▼0.8——
134Minnesota50▼3.3UNEASY—
135Eastern Michigan49▲13.0——
136Central Michigan49▲0.7——
137Buffalo49▼13.4——
138Indiana49▼2.8UNEASY—
139UAB49▲1.6——
140Northwestern49▼1.0——
141North Carolina48▼1.1UNEASY—
142Utah48▼1.4UNEASY—
143Tulane48▲0.6——
144Lafayette48▲4.9——
145Washington State47▲4.7——
146Kansas State47▼0.9——
147Florida State47▲9.1UNEASY—
148Arkansas47▼2.9UNEASY—
149Brown47▲14.0——
150Arkansas State47▼1.8——
151Ohio State46▼5.3UNEASY—
152Michigan46▲2.5UNEASYFans +20
153Notre Dame46▼0.5UNEASYMkt +50
154Stony Brook46▼14.6——
155Kansas46▲2.6UNEASY—
156Rutgers46▼1.3——
157Miami46▼3.6UNEASYMkt +60
158UC Davis46▲8.0——
159Carnegie Mellon45▼17.4——
160Ohio45▼2.7——
161Delaware45▲1.5——
162Michigan State45▲1.4UNEASY—
163Wisconsin44▲3.1UNEASY—
164Clark Atlanta44▼5.1——
165Auburn44▲2.4UNEASY—
166Georgia44▼4.0UNEASYMkt +90
167Iowa43▼2.6UNEASY—
168Duke43▼2.5——
169Oklahoma42▼1.4UNEASY—
170California42▼2.2——
171Texas Tech42▼6.1UNEASY—
172Sewanee41▲4.3——
173Nebraska40▼9.2UNEASY—
174Old Dominion40▼1.1——
175Brockport40▼40.0——
176Cornell40▼1.5——
177San Diego State40▼10.9——
178Illinois State40▼23.8——
179Montana State39▼8.7——
180Youngstown State38▼16.9——
181Wofford37▼18.5——
182Western Oregon36▲20.2——
183Princeton35▼4.1——
184Westminster (MO)30———
185Duquesne30▼12.9——
186Idaho30▼27.7——
187Chattanooga30▼43.8——
188Austin24▼2.4——
189Gardner-Webb16▼51.0——
190Columbia15▼21.9——
191North Alabama10▼26.1——
192Centre8▼39.1——
193Georgetown8▼54.0——
194Richmond7▼1.2——
195West Florida6▼33.9——
196Northern Iowa6▼28.7——
197East Texas A&M6▼49.4——
198Prairie View A&M6▼46.0——
199Tennessee State5▼8.5——
200Clarion5▼59.8——
~ = low-signal (167 of 200 programs — thin readings are directional, not definitive). vs. Market shows fan belief percentile minus Vegas percentile where available.