The AP poll for college football is typically released weekly on Sundays at around 2 p.m. Eastern time during the season. For the early weeks of the 2025 college football season, the AP poll release has been on Tuesdays, with a recent example being the Week 2 AP poll released on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time. After that, the weekly releases generally occur on Sundays in the afternoon. For example, the latest AP poll was released on Sunday, September 14, 2025. Thus, going forward, the AP poll is expected to be released every Sunday afternoon around 2 p.m. Eastern time during the season.