The NCAA football rankings are out and the Alabama Crimson Tide find themselves as the No. 1 team in both polls this week despite the Florida State Seminoles being undefeated.
Alabama is followed by Florida State, the Oregon Ducks, TCU Horned Frogs and Baylor Bears in the top five of both polls.
As we’ve come to expect, there are no teams from the American Athletic Conference ranked this week. However, the Central Florida Knights, Cincinnati Bearcats and Memphis Tigers are among the others receiving votes in both polls.
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | Alabama (25) | 11-1 | 1426 | 1 | Alabama (28) | 11-1 | 1507 |
| 2 | Florida State (29) | 12-0 | 1423 | 2 | Florida State (28) | 12-0 | 1489 |
| 3 | Oregon (5) | 11-1 | 1391 | 3 | Oregon (6) | 11-1 | 1458 |
| 4 | TCU | 10-1 | 1274 | 4 | TCU | 10-1 | 1339 |
| 5 | Baylor | 10-1 | 1243 | 5 | Baylor | 10-1 | 1300 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 11-1 | 1192 | 6 | Ohio State | 11-1 | 1269 |
| 7 | Michigan State | 10-2 | 1048 | 7 | Michigan State | 10-2 | 1136 |
| 8 | Arizona | 10-2 | 1027 | 8 | Arizona | 10-2 | 1050 |
| 9 | Kansas State | 9-2 | 995 | 9 | Kansas State | 9-2 | 1037 |
| 10 | Mississippi State | 10-2 | 944 | 10 | Mississippi State | 10-2 | 979 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 10-2 | 910 | 11 | Wisconsin | 10-2 | 955 |
| 12 | Georgia Tech | 10-2 | 823 | 12 | Georgia Tech | 10-2 | 867 |
| 13 | Ole Miss | 9-3 | 753 | 13 | Missouri | 10-2 | 820 |
| 14 | Missouri | 10-2 | 740 | 14 | Ole Miss | 9-3 | 709 |
| 15 | Georgia | 9-3 | 606 | 15 | Georgia | 9-3 | 590 |
| 16 | UCLA | 9-3 | 512 | 16 | Oklahoma | 8-3 | 582 |
| 17 | Arizona State | 9-3 | 495 | 17 | UCLA | 9-3 | 517 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 8-3 | 485 | 18 | Arizona State | 9-3 | 486 |
| 19 | Clemson | 9-3 | 418 | 19 | Clemson | 9-3 | 439 |
| 20 | Auburn | 8-4 | 358 | 20 | Louisville | 9-3 | 395 |
| 21 | Louisville | 9-3 | 346 | 21 | Auburn | 8-4 | 361 |
| 22 | Boise State | 10-2 | 265 | 22 | Boise State | 10-2 | 253 |
| 23 | LSU | 8-4 | 145 | 23 | Nebraska | 9-3 | 166 |
| 24 | Utah | 8-4 | 79 | 24 | LSU | 8-4 | 87 |
| 25 | Nebraska | 9-3 | 64 | 25 | Minnesota | 8-4 | 86 |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||
| Marshall 19, Colorado State 21, Minnesota 22 | Marshall 20, Colorado State 21 | ||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||
| USC 61, Minnesota 47, Duke 22, Marshall 22, Memphis 21, Colorado State 18, Air Force 7, West Virginia 4, Stanford 4, Northern Illinois 3, UCF 3, Cincinnati 1 | Utah 59, USC 52, Duke 50, Marshall 22, Colorado State 21, Cincinnati 18, Northern Illinois 15, Memphis 10, Stanford 9, Air Force 7, Louisiana Tech 5, UCF 3, Arkansas 2 | ||||||
