For the third straight week, the Mississippi State Bulldogs remain as the consensus No. 1 team in both the AP and Amway Coaches Polls.
They are joined in the top five of both polls by the Florida State Seminoles, Auburn Tigers, Alabama Crimson Tide and Oregon Ducks.
With the East Carolina Pirates losing this week to the Temple Owls, there are no teams from the American Athletic Conference ranked this week.
There are no teams from the American in the AP Poll among the others receiving votes. The Cincinnati Bearcats and East Carolina both received two votes in the coaches poll.
We’ll have the only poll that matters, the College Football Playoff Committee Top 25, when they announce it again on Tuesday.
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | Mississippi State (45) | 8-0 | 1484 | 1 | Mississippi State (40) | 8-0 | 1526 |
| 2 | Florida State (15) | 8-0 | 1452 | 2 | Florida State (22) | 8-0 | 1501 |
| 3 | Auburn | 7-1 | 1345 | 3 | Auburn | 7-1 | 1355 |
| 4 | Alabama | 7-1 | 1281 | 4 | Alabama | 7-1 | 1349 |
| 5 | Oregon | 8-1 | 1275 | 5 | Oregon | 8-1 | 1289 |
| 6 | TCU | 7-1 | 1148 | 6 | Michigan State | 7-1 | 1241 |
| 7 | Michigan State | 7-1 | 1120 | 7 | TCU | 7-1 | 1150 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 7-1 | 1096 | 8 | Notre Dame | 7-1 | 1121 |
| 9 | Kansas State | 7-1 | 1049 | 9 | Kansas State | 7-1 | 1087 |
| 10 | Baylor | 7-1 | 961 | 10 | Baylor | 7-1 | 957 |
| 11 | Arizona State | 7-1 | 831 | 11 | Ohio State | 7-1 | 901 |
| 12 | Ole Miss | 7-2 | 828 | 12 | Arizona State | 7-1 | 854 |
| 13 | Ohio State | 7-1 | 780 | 13 | Ole Miss | 7-2 | 793 |
| 14 | LSU | 7-2 | 717 | 14 | Nebraska | 8-1 | 766 |
| 15 | Nebraska | 8-1 | 680 | 15 | LSU | 7-2 | 636 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 6-2 | 574 | 16 | Oklahoma | 6-2 | 601 |
| 17 | Georgia | 6-2 | 465 | 17 | Georgia | 6-2 | 508 |
| 18 | UCLA | 7-2 | 464 | 18 | UCLA | 7-2 | 438 |
| 19 | Clemson | 6-2 | 341 | 19 | Clemson | 6-2 | 394 |
| 20 | Utah | 6-2 | 327 | 20 | Duke | 7-1 | 320 |
| 21 | Arizona | 6-2 | 325 | 21 | Arizona | 6-2 | 307 |
| 22 | Duke | 7-1 | 288 | 22 | Utah | 6-2 | 253 |
| 23 | Marshall | 8-0 | 238 | 22 | Marshall | 8-0 | 253 |
| 24 | West Virginia | 6-3 | 159 | 24 | Wisconsin | 6-2 | 146 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 6-2 | 83 | 25 | West Virginia | 6-3 | 130 |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||
| East Carolina 21 | East Carolina 19 | ||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||
| Colorado State 67, USC 48, Missouri 42, Georgia Tech 15, Louisville 7, Stanford 4, North Dakota State 4, Florida 1, Texas A&M 1 | Missouri 82, Colorado State 81, Georgia Tech 32, USC 31, Minnesota 19, Iowa 12, Louisville 7, Boise State 5, East Carolina 2, Cincinnati 2, Miami (FL) 1 | ||||||
