Top 25 Polls

Pre-Season (Aug 1 - Sep 2)

First Place Votes in Parentheses
Records include games against Division I opponents only.
AP Poll
Rank Team Record Pts Prev
1
Georgia   (46)
2-0 1532 4
2
Ohio State   (15)
2-0 1490 10
3
Oregon   (1)
2-0 1403 6
4
Texas
2-0 1386 3
5
Alabama
2-0 1260 5
6
Ole Miss
2-0 1189 9
7
Notre Dame
1-1 1122 14
8
Penn State
2-0 1060 13
9
Michigan
1-1 995 1
10
Florida State
0-2 971 6
11
Missouri
2-0 927 8
12
Utah
2-0 887 32
13
LSU
1-1 804 12
14
Clemson
1-1 689 20
15
Tennessee
2-0 629 17
16
Oklahoma
2-0 566 15
17
Oklahoma State
2-0 538 16
18
Kansas State
3-0 526 18
19
Miami (FL)
2-0 492 NR
20
Texas A&M
1-1 292 NR
21
Arizona
2-1 237 11
22
Kansas
1-2 231 23
23
USC
2-0 172 30
24
North Carolina State
1-1 171 21
25
Iowa
1-1 140 24
Rank Team Record Pts Prev
26
Louisville
2-0 111 19
27
Virginia Tech
1-1 77 NR
28
Boise State
1-1 47 NR
29
SMU
2-1 33 22
29
Iowa State
2-0 33 NR
31
Liberty
2-0 32 25
32
Washington
2-0 23 2
33
West Virginia
1-1 17 27
34
Memphis
2-0 16 31
34
Nebraska
2-0 16 NR
36
Wisconsin
2-0 15 NR
37
UTSA
1-1 6 40
38
Tulane
1-1 5 28
39
Appalachian State
1-1 4 NR
40
Kentucky
1-1 3 37
41
Auburn
1-1 2 NR
42
Colorado
1-1 1 NR
Coaches Poll
Rank Team Record Pts Prev
1
Georgia   (46)
2-0 1364 3
2
Ohio State   (7)
2-0 1302 10
3
Oregon
2-0 1228 7
4
Texas   (1)
2-0 1223 4
5
Alabama
2-0 1077 5
6
Ole Miss
2-0 1019 9
7
Notre Dame
1-1 969 14
8
Michigan   (1)
1-1 944 1
9
Penn State
2-0 889 13
10
Florida State
0-2 867 6
11
Missouri
2-0 808 8
12
LSU
1-1 742 12
13
Utah
2-0 665 NR
14
Clemson
1-1 657 20
15
Tennessee
2-0 621 17
16
Oklahoma
2-0 609 15
17
Kansas State
3-0 416 19
18
Oklahoma State
2-0 359 16
19
Miami (FL)
2-0 292 NR
20
Texas A&M
1-1 273 NR
21
Arizona
2-1 230 11
22
North Carolina State
1-1 216 21
23
USC
2-0 199 33
24
Kansas
1-2 186 23
25
Iowa
1-1 148 22
Rank Team Record Pts Prev
26
Washington
2-0 123 2
27
Louisville
2-0 95 18
28
Virginia Tech
1-1 64 NR
29
SMU
2-1 47 24
30
Memphis
2-0 44 30
31
Boise State
1-1 30 36
32
Auburn
1-1 25 NR
33
West Virginia
1-1 22 25
34
Wisconsin
2-0 17 NR
35
Liberty
2-0 15 26
35
Iowa State
2-0 15 NR
37
Kentucky
1-1 12 NR
38
Florida
1-1 11 NR
39
South Carolina
2-0 10 NR
40
North Carolina
2-0 6 31
41
Maryland
1-1 5 NR
41
UNLV
3-0 5 39
43
UCF
2-0 4 NR
43
Texas Tech
1-1 4 NR
45
UTSA
1-1 3 35
46
Tulane
1-1 2 28
46
Texas State
2-1 2 NR
46
Nebraska
2-0 2 NR
46
Colorado
1-1 2 NR
46
Appalachian State
1-1 2 NR
51
Troy
0-2 1 31
51
Syracuse
2-0 1 NR
51
Miami (OH)
0-1 1 NR
51
James Madison
2-0 1 29
51
Air Force
1-1 1 34