June 14, 2026

College football rankings: Alabama closes gap on Cincinnati for No. 2, Ohio State rises in CBS Sports 130

CBS Sports graphic While a pair of top-10 teams losing in Week 8 — one of them in historic fashion — sparked some of the notable changes in this week’s college football rankings, there’s an interesting storyline developing in the voting points for the CBS Sports 130, our comprehensive ranking of all 130 FBS teams. Our CBS Sports and 247Sports experts still have Cincinnati as the No. 2 team in the country behind Georgia, but there is growing momentum behind Alabama, which already started ahead of Oklahoma and Ohio State heading into the weekend and now has closed the gap with Cincinnati for that No. 2 spot. Both Alabama and Cincinnati were caught in close and competitive games early on Saturday, but the difference was the Crimson Tide pulled away from Tennessee for a 52-24 win while the Bearcats held on late for a 27-20 victory against Navy.  Another minor…

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