Miami Reaches No. 1 In AP Top 25 After Week Of Upsets

Anchorage, AK, October 18, 2026 —

Miami has moved to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time since 2002, following a week in which five of the poll’s top seven teams lost.

Brigham Young University is ranked No. 2, its highest position since the 1984 season, when BYU won the national championship. The two teams now occupy the top spots in a poll reshaped by the losses among highly ranked teams.

The results mark a notable shift near the top of the rankings. Five defeats among the top seven teams represent the central change described in the latest poll movement, with Miami rising to No. 1 and BYU holding the No. 2 position.

Miami’s return to the top spot ends a stretch dating to 2002 without a No. 1 ranking in the AP poll. BYU’s current standing is its highest in more than four decades, reaching back to its championship season in 1984.

The available information does not identify the teams that lost, provide the margin or circumstances of those games, or specify how individual poll voters assessed the results. It also does not include the date of the poll or details about the teams’ upcoming schedules. The reported rankings and historical comparisons establish the scale of the change: Miami is back at No. 1 for the first time since 2002, while BYU has reached its highest position since its national title season.

Story summarized from the original created by Eric Olson, Associated Press on www.adn.com, see more information here.

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