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Season V FBS Rankings
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FBS Season V
Season V Bowl Games
Preseason #1: Kentucky
End of Season Champions: USC
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Season V FBS Rankings[edit | edit source]

One human poll and a committee's selections comprise the Season V National Fake Collegiate Athletic Association (NFCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football rankings. There is one main weekly poll that begins in the preseason, which is the Coaches' Poll. One additional poll, the College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking, is usually released starting midway through the season. The CFP rankings determine who makes the eight-team playoff that decides the College Football Playoff National Champion.

Legend[edit | edit source]

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Selected for College Football Playoff
(#–#)   Win–loss record
(Italics)   Number of first place votes
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Coaches' Poll[edit | edit source]

Preseason/Week 1: 12/2/2020 Week 2: 12/16/2020 Week 3: 12/30/2020 Week 4: 1/13/2021 Week 5: 1/27/2021 Week 6: 2/10/2021 Week 7: 2/24/2021 Week 8: 3/10/2021 Week 9: 3/24/2021 Week 10: 4/7/2021 Week 11: 4/21/2021 Week 12: 5/5/2021 Week 13: 5/19/2021
1. Kentucky (13) (0-0) Houston (5) (1-0) Houston (10) (2-0) Akron (2) (3-0) Akron (11) (4-0) Houston (11) (5-0) Houston (11) (6-0) Washington (13) (7-0) Akron (9) (7-1) Akron (7) (8-1) Akron (8) (9-1) UCLA (3) (9-2) UCLA (12) (10-2) 1.
2. UCF (3) (0-0) Kentucky (11) (1-0) Akron (1) (2-0) Charlotte (5) (3-0) Houston (10) (4-0) Maryland (5) (5-0) Colorado State (9) (6-0) Colorado State (6) (7-0) Colorado State (2) (7-1) UCLA (10) (8-1) UCLA (6) (9-1) Wyoming (6) (9-2) Akron (1) (10-2) 2.
3. Charlotte (0-0) Oregon (2) (1-0) Wake Forest (2-0) Houston (6) (3-0) Stanford (1) (4-0) Colorado State (5-0) Washington (2) (6-0) Akron (6-1) Washington (4) (7-1) New Mexico (8-1) Washington (8-2) Wisconsin (1) (9-2) Washington (1) (9-3) 3.
4. Louisiana Tech (0-0) Charlotte (1) (1-0) Utah (2-0) Wyoming (6) (3-0) Washington (4-0) Washington (1) (5-0) Wyoming (5-1) Iowa (6-1) UCLA (1) (7-1) Colorado State (7-2) Colorado State (8-2) Akron (3) (9-2) Wisconsin (1) (10-2) 4.
5. Akron (0-0) Utah State (6) (1-0) Old Dominion (3) (2-0) Kansas (3-0) UCLA (4-0) Wyoming (4-1) Akron (5-1) Houston (6-1) USC (1) (6-2) Washington (7-2) Wisconsin (8-2) USC (1) (7-4) USC (1) (8-4) 5.
6. Rice (0-0) Akron (1-0) Charlotte (3) (2-0) Wake Forest (1) (3-0) Kansas (1) (4-0) Kansas (5-0) Iowa (5-1) UCLA (6-1) New Mexico (7-1) Iowa (7-2) Wyoming (8-2) Washington (8-3) Central Michigan (9-3) 6.
7. Oregon (0-0) Arkansas (1-0) Utah State (4) (2-0) Washington State (3-0) Colorado State (4-0) Michigan State (4-1) Maryland (5-1) Michigan State (5-2) Houston (7-1) Wyoming (7-2) Utah State (8-2) Utah (7-4) Wyoming (9-3) 7.
8. Utah State (1) (0-0) Georgia Tech (1-0) Oregon (1) (2-0) Stanford (1) (3-0) Iowa (4-0) Akron (4-1) UCLA (5-1) USC (5-2) Wyoming (6-2) USC (6-3) Michigan State (7-3) Colorado State (8-3) Colorado State (9-3) 8.
9. Boston College (0-0) Florida (1-0) SMU (2-0) Utah State (1) (3-0) Maryland (4-0) Stanford (4-1) Utah (4-2) Kansas (6-1) Michigan State (6-2) Utah (6-3) Central Michigan (7-3) Wake Forest (9-2) New Mexico (9-3) 9.
10. USC (0-0) Troy (1-0) Kansas (2-0) UCLA (3-0) Michigan (4-0) UTEP (5-0) Michigan State (4-2) Illinois (5-2) Iowa (6-2) Texas A&M (7-2) USC (6-4) Central Michigan (8-3) Maryland (9-3) 10.
11. Houston (1) (0-0) Wake Forest (1-0) Florida (2-0) Maryland (3-0) Clemson (1) (4-0) Clemson (5-0) Central Michigan (4-2) SMU (5-2) SMU (6-2) Utah State (7-2) Utah (6-4) Texas A&M (8-3) Oregon (8-4) 11.
12. Georgia Tech (0-0) Virginia Tech (1-0) UCLA (2-0) Arizona State (3-0) Michigan State (3-1) Iowa (4-1) New Mexico (5-1) Boston College (5-2) Boston College (6-2) Wake Forest (7-2) Iowa (7-3) Oregon (7-4) SMU (9-3) 12.
13. Appalachian State (0-0) Pittsburgh (1-0) Wyoming (2-0) Clemson (5) (3-0) Wyoming (3-1) UCLA (4-1) USC (4-2) Wyoming (5-2) Michigan (6-2) SMU (7-2) Wake Forest (8-2) Maryland (8-3) Illinois (9-3) 13.
14. Virginia (1) (0-0) Central Michigan (1-0) Colorado State (2-0) Washington (3-0) UConn (4-0) Illinois (4-1) UTEP (5-1) Oregon (5-2) Central Michigan (5-3) т Central Michigan (6-3) New Mexico (8-2) Maryland (8-3) Utah (7-5) 14.
15. Central Michigan (0-0) UCF (0-1) Iowa (2-0) Colorado State (3-0) UTEP (4-0) Wake Forest (4-1) Stanford (4-2) New Mexico (6-1) Duke (6-2) т Wisconsin (7-2) Arizona (6-4) Illinois (8-3) Memphis (9-3) 15.
16. Florida (0-0) Old Dominion (1-0) Washington State (2-0) Iowa (3-0) SMU (3-1) Oregon (4-1) Washington State (4-2) Maryland (5-2) Utah (6-2) Toledo (7-2) Texas A&M (7-3) Arizona (7-4) Michigan State (8-4) 16.
17. Alabama (2) (0-0) SMU (1-0) Miami (OH) (2-0) Michigan (3-0) Washington State (3-1) Arizona State (4-1) UCF (4-2) UCF (5-2) Georgia State (6-2) FAU (7-2) Illinois (7-3) т Miami (OH) (8-3) Wake Forest (9-3) 17.
18. Western Kentucky (0-0) Miami (OH) (1-0) Stanford (2-0) Utah (2-1) Wake Forest (3-1) Michigan (4-1) Toledo (5-1) UTEP (6-1) Wake Forest (6-2) Michigan State (6-3) Oregon (6-4) т Utah State (8-3) Alabama (8-4) 18.
19. Virginia Tech (0-0) Baylor (1-0) Arizona State (2-0) UConn (3-0) Ole Miss (3-1) Arkansas (4-1) Arizona State (4-2) Wisconsin (5-2) FAU (6-2) Houston (7-2) FAU (8-2) тт New Mexico (8-3) Texas A&M (8-4) 19.
20. Iowa State (0-0) Kansas (1-0) Texas Tech (2-0) SMU (2-1) Charlotte (3-1) Ole Miss (3-2) Kansas (5-1) Utah State (5-2) Texas A&M (6-2) Maryland (7-2) SMU (7-3) тт Memphis (8-3) Iowa (8-4) 20.
21. Pittsburgh (0-0) North Texas (1-0) New Mexico (2-0) Ole Miss (2-1) Utah State (3-1) Utah (3-2) Baylor (5-1) Ole Miss (4-3) Kansas (6-2) Michigan (6-2) Michigan (7-3) Michigan State (7-4) Missouri (9-3) 21.
22. FIU (0-0) Notre Dame (1-0) Purdue (2-0) UTEP (3-0) Oregon (3-1) San Jose State (3-2) SMU (4-2) Utah (4-3) Maryland (6-2) Kansas (7-2) Miami (OH) (7-3) FAU (8-3) Baylor (9-3) 22.
23. Penn State (0-0) FAU (1-0) Michigan (2-0) Oregon (2-1) Arizona State (3-1) Nebraska (4-1) т Clemson (5-1) Central Michigan (4-3) Wisconsin (6-2) Georgia State (7-2) Maryland (7-3) Iowa (7-4) Stanford (7-5) 23.
24. Northern Illinois (1) (0-0) Texas A&M (1-0) Missouri (2-0) UMass (2-1) Coastal Carolina (3-1) Toledo (4-1) т Illinois (4-2) Duke (5-2) Toledo (6-2) Duke (7-2) Stanford (5-5) Alabama (7-4) т Arizona State (7-5) 24.
25. Ball State (0-0) Louisiana Tech (0-1) UTEP (2-0) Michigan State (2-1) Florida (3-1) Baylor (4-1) Boston College (4-2) Wake Forest (5-2) UCF (6-2) Illinois (6-3) Western Michigan (6-4) Stanford (6-5) т Arizona (7-5) т 25.
26. Utah State (8-4) т 26.
Preseason/Week 1: 12/2/2020 Week 2: 12/16/2020 Week 3: 12/30/2020 Week 4: 1/13/2021 Week 5: 1/27/2021 Week 6: 2/10/2021 Week 7: 2/24/2021 Week 8: 3/10/2021 Week 9: 3/24/2021 Week 10: 4/7/2021 Week 11: 4/21/2021 Week 12: 5/5/2021 Week 13: 5/19/2021
Dropped:
Rice
Boston College
USC
Appalachian State
Virginia
Alabama
Western kentucky
Iowa State
FIU
Penn State
Northern Illinois
Ball State
Dropped:
Kentucky
Arkansas
Georgia Tech
Troy
Virginia Tech
Pittsburgh
Central Michigan
UCF
Baylor
North Texas
Notre Dame
FAU
Texas A&M
Louisiana Tech
Dropped:
Old Dominion
Florida
Miami (OH)
New Mexico
Purdue
Missouri
Dropped:
Utah
UMass
Dropped:
UConn
SMU
Washington State
Charlotte
Utah State
Coastal Carolina
Florida
Dropped:
Wake Forest
Oregon
Michigan
Arkansas
Ole Miss
San Jose State
Nebraska
Dropped:
Stanford
Washington State
Toledo
Arizona State
Baylor
Clemson
Dropped:
Illinois
Oregon
UTEP
Utah State
Ole Miss
Dropped:
Boston College
UCF
Dropped:
Toledo
Houston
Kansas
Georgia State
Duke
Dropped:
Michigan
Western Michigan
Dropped:
Miami (OH)
FAU

CFP Committee Rankings[edit | edit source]

Week 7: 02/24/2021 Week 9: 03/28/2021 Week 10: 04/11/2021 Week 11: 04/25/2021 Week 12: 05/08/2021 Week 13: 05/22/2021 Week 14: 06/06/2021
1. Colorado State (6-0) Colorado State (7-1) UCLA (8-1) UCLA (9-1) UCLA (9-2) UCLA (10-2) USC (9-4) 1.
2. Washington (6-0) USC (6-2) Colorado State (7-2) Colorado State (8-2) USC (7-4) USC (8-4) Central Michigan (10-3) 2.
3. Houston (6-0) Washington (7-1) Iowa (7-2) Akron (9-1) Wyoming (9-2) Wisconsin (10-2) UCLA (10-2) 3.
4. Wyoming (5-1) UCLA (7-1) Akron (8-1) Washington (8-2) Colorado State (8-3) Maryland (9-3) Wyoming (10-3) 4.
5. Iowa (5-1) Akron (7-1) USC (6-3) Wisconsin (8-2) Utah (7-4) Washington (9-3) Colorado State (9-3) 5.
6. Akron (5-1) Wyoming (6-2) New Mexico (8-1) Wyoming (8-2) Wisconsin (9-2) Colorado State (9-3) Maryland (9-3) 6.
7. Michigan State (4-2) Iowa (6-2) Wyoming (7-2) Iowa (7-3) Maryland (8-3) Akron (10-2) Akron (10-3) 7.
8. USC (4-2) New Mexico (7-1) Utah (6-3) Central Michigan (7-3) Oregon (7-4) Oregon (8-4) Wisconsin (10-3) 8.
9. Utah (4-2) Michigan State (6-2) Washington (7-2) Michigan State (7-3) Washington (8-3) Wyoming (9-3) New Mexico (9-3) 9.
10. Maryland (5-1) SMU (6-2) Utah State (7-2) Utah State (8-2) Wake Forest (9-2) Central Michigan (9-3) Oregon (8-5) 10.
11. Houston (7-1) Central Michigan (6-3) USC (6-4) Arizona (7-4) New Mexico (9-3) Washington (9-3) 11.
12. Central Michigan (5-3) Wake Forest (7-2) Michigan (7-3) Illinois (8-3) Illinois (9-3) Memphis (10-3) 12.
13. Utah (5-3) Michigan State (6-3) New Mexico (8-2) Texas A&M (8-3) Michigan State (8-4) Missouri (10-3) 13.
14. Wake Forest (6-2) Wisconsin (7-2) Wake Forest (8-2) Akron (9-2) Iowa (8-4) Illinois (9-3) 14.
15. Boston College (6-2) Texas A&M (7-2) Utah (6-4) Iowa (7-4) Utah (7-5) Duke (9-4) 15.
16. Michigan (6-2) Michigan (6-3) Texas A&M (7-3) Michigan State (7-4) Missouri (9-3) Iowa (8-4) 16.
17. Georgia State (6-2) Illinois (6-3) Arizona (6-4) Central Michigan (8-3) Wake Forest (9-3) Michigan State (8-4) 17.
18. Illinois (5-3) Maryland (7-2) Illinois (7-3) Michigan (7-4) Texas A&M (8-4) Texas (10-3) 18.
19. Duke (6-2) SMU (7-2) Maryland (7-3) SMU (8-3) SMU (9-3) SMU (9-3) 19.
20. Texas A&M (6-2) Georgia State (7-2) FAU (8-2) Miami (OH) (8-3) Memphis (9-3) Utah (7-5) 20.
21. Maryland (6-2) Duke (7-2) Oregon (6-4) New Mexico (8-3) Arizona State (7-5) FAU (9-4) 21.
22. Wisconsin (6-2) Toledo (7-2) Miami (OH) (7-3) Memphis (8-3) Stanford (7-5) Texas A&M (8-5) 22.
23. Oregon (5-3) FAU (7-2) Georgia State (7-3) Alabama (7-4) Alabama (8-4) Wake Forest (9-4) 23.
24. Bowling Green (5-3) Arizona (5-4) Western Michigan (6-4) Utah State (8-3) Miami (OH) (8-4) Ohio State (7-6) 24.
25. FAU (6-2) Arizona State (5-4) Duke (7-3) FAU (8-3) San Diego State (8-4) Alabama (8-4) 25.
Week 7: 02/24/2021 Week 9: 03/28/2021 Week 10: 04/11/2021 Week 11: 04/25/2021 Week 12: 05/08/2021 Week 13: 05/22/2021 Week 14: 06/06/2021
Dropped:
None
Dropped:
Houston
Boston College
Oregon
Bowling Green
Dropped:
SMU
Toledo
Arizona State
Dropped:
Georgia State
Western Michigan
Duke
Dropped:
Arizona
Michigan
Utah State
FAU
Dropped:
Arizona State
Stanford
Miami (OH)
San Diego State