FBR vs AP · 2026 (AP of Oct 18 vs FBR of Oct 18)
Where the machine and the voters disagree. Positive delta means the FBR ranks a team higher than the humans do. Share card PNG ↓
Machine likes them more
| Team | AP | FBR | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | #9 | #1 | +8 |
| Wake Forest | #17 | #9 | +8 |
| Kentucky | #12 | #6 | +6 |
| LSU | #18 | #12 | +6 |
| Houston | #14 | #10 | +4 |
| Texas Tech | #8 | #5 | +3 |
| Tennessee | #11 | #8 | +3 |
| Florida | #20 | #18 | +2 |
The FBR sees something the voters do not.
Machine likes them less
| Team | AP | FBR | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame | #4 | #14 | -10 |
| Indiana | #6 | #16 | -10 |
| SMU | #23 | #33 | -10 |
| USC | #16 | #25 | -9 |
| Georgia | #5 | #11 | -6 |
| Boise State | #21 | #27 | -6 |
| Iowa | #15 | #19 | -4 |
| Texas | #19 | #23 | -4 |
The voters are buying; the FBR is not.
Sleepers
| FBR | Team |
|---|---|
| #17 | James Madison |
| #20 | Oklahoma State |
| #21 | Auburn |
In the FBR top 25, missing from the AP entirely.
The full AP 25
| AP | Team | FBR | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Miami | #3 | -2 |
| #2 | BYU | #2 | +0 |
| #3 | Ohio State | #4 | -1 |
| #4 | Notre Dame | #14 | -10 |
| #5 | Georgia | #11 | -6 |
| #6 | Indiana | #16 | -10 |
| #7 | Ole Miss | #7 | +0 |
| #8 | Texas Tech | #5 | +3 |
| #9 | UCLA | #1 | +8 |
| #10 | Utah | #13 | -3 |
| #11 | Tennessee | #8 | +3 |
| #12 | Kentucky | #6 | +6 |
| #13 | Alabama | #15 | -2 |
| #14 | Houston | #10 | +4 |
| #15 | Iowa | #19 | -4 |
| #16 | USC | #25 | -9 |
| #17 | Wake Forest | #9 | +8 |
| #18 | LSU | #12 | +6 |
| #19 | Texas | #23 | -4 |
| #20 | Florida | #18 | +2 |
| #21 | Boise State | #27 | -6 |
| #22 | Missouri | #26 | -4 |
| #23 | SMU | #33 | -10 |
| #24 | Northwestern | #22 | +2 |
| #25 | Arizona | #24 | +1 |