Recent Ranking Records

Updated Nov. 10, 2026

Every ranking record we post, with the games, scores and ranks that back it up.

Indiana fell 5 spots in the CFP rankings without playing. No team in CFP history had dropped more than 3 on a bye week

From the Nov. 10 CFP ranking

Source: CFP rankings since 2014, plus CollegeFootballData game results · Nov. 10, 2026

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Indiana (8-1) was #4 in the committee's ranking on Nov. 3 and #9 on Nov. 10, 2026.
Indiana didn't play in between. Its last game was a 23 to 16 win over Minnesota on Oct. 31.
Before tonight, no team that didn't play between two CFP rankings had fallen more than 3 spots.
Penn State fell from #8 to #11 in 2022 and Nebraska from #13 to #16 in 2014, both on a bye.
Checked against the CFP rankings from 2014 to 2025, using each team's game dates.

The biggest drops in the CFP rankings for a team that didn't play that week

Season	Team	Before	After	Spots
2026	Indiana	#4	#9	5
2022	Penn State	#8	#11	3
2014	Nebraska	#13	#16	3
2021	Oklahoma	#14	#16	2
2020	USC	#18	#20	2
2016	Houston	#24	Unranked	2

Unranked counts as #26.

Where do you put Indiana?

Notre Dame jumped from #11 to #5 in the CFP rankings for beating #1 Miami. Nobody who beat the CFP's #1 had ever moved up more than 4 spots

From the Nov. 10 CFP ranking

Source: CFP rankings since 2014, plus CollegeFootballData game results · Nov. 10, 2026

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Notre Dame (8-1) beat #1 Miami 31 to 24 on Nov. 7 and went from #11 to #5 in the committee's ranking.
Seven teams had beaten the committee's #1 before tonight. None moved up more than 4 spots.
Alabama did it in 2014 and 2023, and Auburn did it twice in 2017.
It's also the biggest one-week jump into the top 5 since the CFP rankings began in 2014. The old high was 4 spots.

Every team that beat the committee's #1, and how far it moved

Season	Team	Beat	Before	After
2026	Notre Dame	Miami	#11	#5
2014	Alabama	Mississippi State	#5	#1
2017	Auburn	Georgia	#10	#6
2017	Auburn	Alabama	#6	#2
2023	Alabama	Georgia	#8	#4
2021	Alabama	Georgia	#3	#1
2022	Georgia	Tennessee	#3	#1
2025	Indiana	Ohio State	#2	#1

Where do you put Notre Dame?

Miami fell from #1 to #7, tying the biggest drop ever for a CFP #1. Georgia fell the same 6 spots in 2017

From the Nov. 10 CFP ranking

Source: CFP rankings since 2014, plus CollegeFootballData game results · Nov. 10, 2026

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Miami was #1 at 8-0 on Nov. 3 and #7 at 8-1 on Nov. 10, 2026, after losing 31 to 24 at Notre Dame on Nov. 7.
Georgia also fell from #1 to #7 in 2017, after losing 40 to 17 at Auburn.
No other CFP #1 had fallen more than 5 spots in the next ranking.
Checked against the CFP rankings from 2014 to 2025, plus tonight's.

Every time the CFP's #1 fell in the next ranking

Season	Team	Next rank	Record then	Spots
2026	Miami	#7	8-1	6
2017	Georgia	#7	9-1	6
2023	Georgia	#6	12-1	5
2022	Tennessee	#5	8-1	4
2017	Alabama	#5	11-1	4
2014	Mississippi State	#4	9-1	3
2021	Georgia	#3	12-1	2
2025	Ohio State	#2	12-1	1
2023	Ohio State	#2	10-0	1
2019	Ohio State	#2	9-0	1
2019	LSU	#2	11-0	1
2019	Ohio State	#2	13-0	1

Where do you put Miami?

Six Big 12 teams are in the CFP top 25, the most from the Big 12 in any CFP ranking

From the Nov. 10 CFP ranking

Source: CFP rankings since 2014, plus each season's conference members · Nov. 10, 2026

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Utah, BYU, Texas Tech, Houston, Arizona and Oklahoma State are all in the committee's top 25 on Nov. 10, 2026.
The Big 12 had never had more than 5 teams in a CFP top 25.
Each season is counted with that season's Big 12 members.

CFP rankings with the most Big 12 teams in the top 25

Where do you put the Big 12 teams?