The old BCS formula is back in the conversation, and its first simulated rankings of the 2026 season make one thing immediately clear: Georgia and Notre Dame are in a class by themselves.
BCSKnowHow’s latest projection put Georgia at No. 1 with a .9858 score, while Notre Dame followed at .9425. From there, the picture gets crowded in a hurry, with Miami, Indiana, and Ohio State forming the next cluster in the top five before the field starts to stretch out.
Georgia’s rise was fueled by its road win over Alabama, a result that also pushed the Bulldogs to the top of the actual AP Top 25. It was Georgia’s first win in that venue since 2007, and it knocked Texas out of the No. 1 spot after the Longhorns lost to Oklahoma 27-24 in the Red River Rivalry. The Bulldogs picked up 66 of 70 first-place votes in the AP poll and are now 6-0.
That BCS score makes sense under the old system, which blended human polls and computer rankings. Georgia has the résumé and the computer backing to match.
Notre Dame is right there with them after a 58-7 demolition of Stanford. The Irish are also 6-0 and hold the No. 2 spot in the AP poll, so the BCS result lines up neatly with what the voters are seeing.
Indiana’s place in the top tier stands out too. The Hoosiers improved to 6-0 with a narrow win at Nebraska, and that was enough to keep them undefeated and moving up. Miami comes in at 5-0, while Ohio State sits just behind at 5-1.
Alabama and Texas follow at Nos. 6 and 7, even after both took losses. That’s one of the telltale signs of the BCS setup: it still gave real weight to the strength of a team’s opposition and what it had already done before a setback.
The rest of the top 12 is filled out by BYU, Texas Tech, Ole Miss, Utah, and UCLA. The Bruins made the biggest jump in that group after upsetting Oregon, climbing nine spots in the AP poll to No. 12, and the computers responded in kind.
Then comes a noticeable drop. Missouri checks in at .4668, with Iowa, Tennessee, and the rest of the pack trailing further behind.
Of course, this is all a throwback. The College Football Playoff is now decided by a 12-team selection committee, not the old mix of polls and computer formulas. But this simulated BCS snapshot still says plenty about where the sport’s top teams stand right now: Georgia and Notre Dame are separated from everyone else, and the gap beneath them is already starting to show.
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