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?

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.
- Ohio State
- Georgia
- Texas
- Notre Dame
- Indiana
- Oregon
- Texas Tech
- Texas A&M
- Miami
- Oklahoma
You can view the entire Top 25 here.
