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Cincinnati
Best finish
No. 2
Seasons ranked
23 / 26
Best finish
No. 2 (2021-2022)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball
Polls
Media · Coaches · Playoff
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportSeason-final ranking by sport · 2000-2001 – 2021-2022
FootballMen's BasketballWomen's Basketball
Each point is Cincinnati's rank in that sport's final poll of the season. Lower is better; a gap is a season that sport didn't finish ranked.
A year is lit when Cincinnati was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.
2020s5 ranked
2010s9 ranked
2000s9 ranked
Recent Season
Media Top 25 · 2025-2026Ranking by week
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
2025-2026 Schedule
7–6Opponent ranks are their Media Top 25 position that week. Ranked wins are highlighted.
| Wk | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | vs |  Nebraska · neutral |
L 17–20 |
| Wk 2 | vs |  Bowling Green |
W 34–20 |
| Wk 3 | vs | Northwestern State | W 70–0 |
| Wk 5 | at |  Kansas |
W 37–34 |
| Wk 6 | vs | 14 Iowa State |
W 38–30 |
| Wk 7 | vs |  UCF |
W 20–11 |
| Wk 8 | at |  Oklahoma State |
W 49–17 |
| Wk 9 | vs |  Baylor |
W 41–20 |
| Wk 10 | at | 24 Utah |
L 14–45 |
| Wk 12 | vs |  Arizona |
L 24–30 |
| Wk 13 | vs | 11 BYU |
L 14–26 |
| Wk 14 | at |  TCU |
L 23–45 |
| Bowl | vs | 22 Navy · neutral |
L 13–35 |