AP Top 25 Poll
Rankings
Released October 01
Rank
Team
Trend
This Week
Points
1
Georgia (5-0) Southeastern
-
vs. Kentucky
10/07 7:00 PM EDT
1501 (35)
2
Michigan (5-0) Big Ten
-
@ Minnesota
10/07 7:30 PM EDT
1436 (12)
3
Texas (5-0) Big 12
-
vs. Oklahoma
10/07 12:00 PM EDT
1426 (10)
4
Ohio State (4-0) Big Ten
-
vs. Maryland
10/07 12:00 PM EDT
1357 (1)
5
Florida State (4-0) Atlantic Coast
-
vs. Virginia Tech
10/07 3:30 PM EDT
1336 (4)
6
Penn State (5-0) Big Ten
-
vs. UMass
10/14 3:30 PM EDT
1227 (0)
7
Washington (5-0) Pac-12
-
vs. Oregon
10/14 3:30 PM EDT
1213 (0)
8
Oregon (5-0) Pac-12
1
@ Washington
10/14 3:30 PM EDT
1113 (0)
9
USC (5-0) Pac-12
-1
vs. Arizona
10/07 10:30 PM EDT
1077 (0)
10
Notre Dame (5-1) IA Independents
1
@ Louisville
10/07 7:30 PM EDT
975 (0)
11
Alabama (4-1) Southeastern
1
@ Texas A&M
10/07 3:30 PM EDT
921 (0)
12
Oklahoma (5-0) Big 12
2
@ Texas
10/07 12:00 PM EDT
840 (0)
13
Washington State (4-0) Pac-12
3
@ UCLA
10/07 3:00 PM EDT
765 (0)
14
North Carolina (4-0) Atlantic Coast
1
vs. Syracuse
10/07 3:30 PM EDT
726 (0)
15
Oregon State (4-1) Pac-12
4
@ California
10/07 10:00 PM EDT
633 (0)
16
Ole Miss (4-1) Southeastern
4
vs. Arkansas
10/07 7:30 PM EDT
616 (0)
17
Miami (FL) (4-0) Atlantic Coast
1
vs. Georgia Tech
10/07 8:00 PM EDT
589 (0)
18
Utah (4-1) Pac-12
-8
vs. California
10/14 3:00 PM EDT
454 (0)
19
Duke (4-1) Atlantic Coast
-2
vs. North Carolina State
10/14 8:00 PM EDT
384 (0)
20
Kentucky (5-0) Southeastern
-
@ Georgia
10/07 7:00 PM EDT
344 (0)
21
Missouri (5-0) Southeastern
2
vs. LSU
10/07 12:00 PM EDT
329 (0)
22
Tennessee (4-1) Southeastern
-1
vs. Texas A&M
10/14 3:30 PM EDT
306 (0)
23
LSU (3-2) Southeastern
-10
@ Missouri
10/07 12:00 PM EDT
149 (0)
24
Fresno State (5-0) Mountain West
1
@ Wyoming
10/07 8:00 PM EDT
130 (0)
25
Louisville (5-0) Atlantic Coast
-
vs. Notre Dame
10/07 7:30 PM EDT
90 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Maryland 81, Kansas St. 44, Texas A&M 31, UCLA 19, Tulane 8, Air Force 7, Wisconsin 6, Clemson 5, West Virginia 5, Kansas 3, James Madison 3, Colorado 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.
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