The NCAA college football rankings are out for week three and the Florida State Seminoles remain the number one team in the land early on in the season.
The Seminoles are followed by the Oregon Ducks, Alabama Crimson Tide, Oklahoma Sooners and Auburn Tigers in the AP Poll. In the Coaches Poll, they are followed by Alabama, Oklahoma, Oregon and Auburn.
As you might expect, there are no teams ranked from the American Athletic Conference.
Despite the fact that the Cincinnati Bearcats haven’t played a game yet (weird I know right?), they are the only team from the AAC among the others receiving votes in both polls. They are joined by the Memphis Tigers among the others receiving votes in the Coaches Poll.
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | Florida State (38) | 2-0 | 1463 | 1 | Florida State (51) | 2-0 | 1529 |
| 2 | Oregon (16) | 2-0 | 1415 | 2 | Alabama (1) | 2-0 | 1435 |
| 3 | Alabama (1) | 2-0 | 1334 | 3 | Oklahoma (3) | 2-0 | 1408 |
| 4 | Oklahoma (2) | 2-0 | 1303 | 4 | Oregon (6) | 2-0 | 1407 |
| 5 | Auburn | 2-0 | 1236 | 5 | Auburn | 2-0 | 1312 |
| 6 | Georgia (1) | 1-0 | 1201 | 6 | Georgia (1) | 1-0 | 1209 |
| 7 | Texas A&M (2) | 2-0 | 1101 | 7 | Baylor | 2-0 | 1135 |
| 8 | Baylor | 2-0 | 1043 | 8 | Texas A&M | 2-0 | 1090 |
| 9 | USC | 2-0 | 1039 | 9 | LSU | 2-0 | 1034 |
| 10 | LSU | 2-0 | 1029 | 10 | USC | 2-0 | 999 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 2-0 | 815 | 11 | Notre Dame | 2-0 | 858 |
| 12 | UCLA | 2-0 | 779 | 12 | UCLA | 2-0 | 812 |
| 13 | Michigan State | 1-1 | 751 | 13 | Michigan State | 1-1 | 716 |
| 14 | Ole Miss | 2-0 | 703 | 14 | Arizona State | 2-0 | 646 |
| 15 | Stanford | 1-1 | 592 | 15 | Ole Miss | 2-0 | 609 |
| 16 | Arizona State | 2-0 | 570 | 16 | Stanford | 1-1 | 585 |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | 2-0 | 532 | 17 | Wisconsin | 1-1 | 409 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 1-1 | 391 | 18 | Ohio State | 1-1 | 402 |
| 19 | Kansas State | 2-0 | 285 | 19 | Virginia Tech | 2-0 | 349 |
| 20 | Missouri | 2-0 | 237 | 20 | Kansas State | 2-0 | 333 |
| 21 | Louisville | 2-0 | 234 | 21 | Nebraska | 2-0 | 310 |
| 22 | Ohio State | 1-1 | 222 | 22 | Missouri | 2-0 | 281 |
| 23 | Clemson | 1-1 | 206 | 23 | South Carolina | 1-1 | 232 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 1-1 | 199 | 24 | Clemson | 1-1 | 212 |
| 25 | BYU | 2-0 | 179 | 25 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 129 |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||
| Nebraska 19, North Carolina 21 | Texas 25 | ||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||
| Nebraska 153, North Carolina 118, Oklahoma State 92, Florida 70, Duke 43, Penn State 35, TCU 31, Mississippi State 29, Marshall 18, Tennessee 14, Iowa 10, West Virginia 6, Cincinnati 6, Washington 4, North Dakota State 3, Texas Tech 3, Pittsburgh 3, Utah 2, Arizona 1 | Louisville 128, BYU 124, Florida 107, Mississippi State 84, Oklahoma State 81, Duke 55, Washington 22, TCU 19, Minnesota 17, Marshall 14, Iowa 9, Cincinnati 8, Arizona 7, West Virginia 6, Oregon State 6, Pittsburgh 5, Northern Illinois 5, Memphis 4, Rutgers 4, Michigan 2, Boise State 1, Texas Tech 1 | ||||||
