After a little scare against the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday, the Mississippi State Bulldogs remain the consensus No. 1 team in the country on Sunday.
Mississippi State is followed by the Florida State Seminoles, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers and Oregon Ducks in the AP Poll. In the Amway Coaches Poll, the top four is the same with the Michigan State Spartans are fifth.
The only ranked team from the American Athletic Conference is the East Carolina Pirates who come in at 21/19 which is a drop off from last week. There are no teams among the others receiving votes from the American.
The real poll comes out on Tuesday when the College Football Playoff Committee will release their first poll of the 2014 college football season.
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | Mississippi State (46) | 7-0 | 1486 | 1 | Mississippi State (41) | 7-0 | 1528 |
| 2 | Florida State (14) | 7-0 | 1453 | 2 | Florida State (21) | 7-0 | 1508 |
| 3 | Alabama | 7-1 | 1290 | 3 | Alabama | 7-1 | 1351 |
| 4 | Auburn | 6-1 | 1267 | 4 | Auburn | 6-1 | 1276 |
| 5 | Oregon | 7-1 | 1199 | 5 | Michigan State | 7-1 | 1269 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 6-1 | 1161 | 6 | Oregon | 7-1 | 1217 |
| 7 | Ole Miss | 7-1 | 1095 | 7 | Notre Dame | 6-1 | 1170 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 7-1 | 1086 | 8 | Georgia | 6-1 | 1069 |
| 9 | Georgia | 6-1 | 1074 | 9 | Ole Miss | 7-1 | 1067 |
| 10 | TCU | 6-1 | 1030 | 10 | TCU | 6-1 | 1057 |
| 11 | Kansas State | 6-1 | 930 | 11 | Kansas State | 6-1 | 979 |
| 12 | Baylor | 6-1 | 839 | 12 | Baylor | 6-1 | 848 |
| 13 | Ohio State | 6-1 | 676 | 13 | Ohio State | 6-1 | 817 |
| 14 | Arizona | 6-1 | 669 | 14 | Arizona State | 6-1 | 712 |
| 15 | Arizona State | 6-1 | 667 | 15 | Arizona | 6-1 | 652 |
| 16 | LSU | 7-2 | 574 | 16 | Nebraska | 7-1 | 623 |
| 17 | Nebraska | 7-1 | 535 | 17 | LSU | 7-2 | 455 |
| 18 | Utah | 6-1 | 524 | 18 | Utah | 6-1 | 454 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 5-2 | 430 | 19 | East Carolina | 6-1 | 448 |
| 20 | West Virginia | 6-2 | 379 | 20 | Oklahoma | 5-2 | 444 |
| 21 | East Carolina | 6-1 | 366 | 21 | Clemson | 6-2 | 304 |
| 22 | Clemson | 6-2 | 265 | 22 | West Virginia | 6-2 | 290 |
| 23 | Marshall | 8-0 | 184 | 23 | Marshall | 8-0 | 217 |
| 24 | Duke | 6-1 | 121 | 24 | Duke | 6-1 | 134 |
| 25 | UCLA | 6-2 | 106 | 25 | UCLA | 6-2 | 107 |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||
| USC 20 | USC 21, Minnesota 24 | ||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||
| Colorado State 29, USC 22, Wisconsin 14, Stanford 9, Louisville 8, Missouri 7, North Dakota State 3, Oklahoma State 2 | Wisconsin 44, Colorado State 35, Missouri 22, Minnesota 14, Georgia Tech 13, Stanford 10, USC 8, Boise State 4, Louisville 3, Texas A&M 1 | ||||||
