Georgia drops to No. 6 in Stewart Mandel's 2026 post-spring college football rankings as Kirby Smart, Gunner Stockton face renewed questions.

Spring practice is wrapping up for college football teams across the country. It's time to revisit our too-early Top 25 rankings ahead of 2026 season.

Indiana takes top honors after spring football. Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; Photos: Robert Goddin / Imagn Images, Alex Slitz / Getty Images I may have overthought the top of my rankings four months ago, at the end of the season.

Indiana and Ohio State are both in Joel Klatt’s elite tier, but another Big Ten team sits at No. 1 in his post-spring top 25.

Football is a team sport, sure, but simultaneously, there's no more impactful position on the field than the quarterback.

Ranking every FBS team ahead of the 2026 college football season with spring practice now in the rearview mirror

In the age of the transfer portal, continuity can be the new market inefficiency.

Summer recruiting is already hot. We take a look at the teams that are winning, the recruitments who will be most interesting and more.

Without a second transfer portal window to fall back on, programs entered spring ball knowing whatever holes surfaced this offseason would largely have to be solved from within. Coaches overwhelmingly supported the move to a single-window cycle for 2026 to deter post-spring tampering,