Despite a week of rest, the Mississippi State Bulldogs remain as the consensus No. 1 team after another exciting weekend of college football.
They are followed by the Florida State Seminoles, Ole Miss Rebels, Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers in the AP Poll. The top four is the same in the coaches poll with the Michigan State Spartans the fifth team.
UConn’s next opponent, the East Carolina Pirates, remain the only team from the American Athletic Conference ranked this week coming in at 18/17. For the third straight week, there are no teams from the American among the others receiving votes.
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | Mississippi State (43) | 6-0 | 1480 | 1 | Mississippi State (36) | 6-0 | 1520 |
| 2 | Florida State (14) | 7-0 | 1433 | 2 | Florida State (22) | 7-0 | 1493 |
| 3 | Ole Miss (3) | 7-0 | 1404 | 3 | Ole Miss (4) | 7-0 | 1447 |
| 4 | Alabama | 6-1 | 1235 | 4 | Alabama | 6-1 | 1293 |
| 5 | Auburn | 5-1 | 1231 | 5 | Michigan State | 6-1 | 1243 |
| 6 | Oregon | 6-1 | 1142 | 6 | Auburn | 5-1 | 1210 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 6-1 | 1133 | 7 | Oregon | 6-1 | 1133 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 6-1 | 1066 | 8 | Notre Dame | 6-1 | 1117 |
| 9 | Georgia | 6-1 | 1055 | 9 | Georgia | 6-1 | 1096 |
| 10 | TCU | 5-1 | 962 | 10 | TCU | 5-1 | 996 |
| 11 | Kansas State | 5-1 | 905 | 11 | Kansas State | 5-1 | 909 |
| 12 | Baylor | 6-1 | 858 | 12 | Ohio State | 5-1 | 856 |
| 13 | Ohio State | 5-1 | 753 | 13 | Baylor | 6-1 | 853 |
| 14 | Arizona State | 5-1 | 643 | 14 | Arizona State | 5-1 | 654 |
| 15 | Arizona | 5-1 | 639 | 15 | Arizona | 5-1 | 612 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 6-1 | 537 | 16 | Nebraska | 6-1 | 588 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 5-2 | 461 | 17 | East Carolina | 5-1 | 578 |
| 18 | East Carolina | 5-1 | 445 | 18 | Oklahoma | 5-2 | 482 |
| 19 | Utah | 5-1 | 437 | 19 | Utah | 5-1 | 371 |
| 20 | USC | 5-2 | 356 | 20 | Clemson | 5-2 | 320 |
| 21 | Clemson | 5-2 | 283 | 21 | USC | 5-2 | 258 |
| 22 | West Virginia | 5-2 | 272 | 22 | Marshall | 7-0 | 247 |
| 23 | Marshall | 7-0 | 184 | 23 | LSU | 6-2 | 155 |
| 24 | LSU | 6-2 | 177 | 24 | Minnesota | 6-1 | 147 |
| 25 | UCLA | 5-2 | 118 | 25 | West Virginia | 5-2 | 143 |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||
| Oklahoma State 15, Texas A&M 21, Stanford 23 | Oklahoma State 15, Stanford 20 | ||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||
| Duke 108, Oklahoma State 91, Minnesota 61, Colorado State 12, Louisville 4, Missouri 4, Stanford 4, North Dakota State 3, Maryland 3, Texas A&M 1 | Oklahoma State 141, Duke 116, UCLA 107, Missouri 23, Colorado State 18, Wisconsin 17, Washington 5, Stanford 2 | ||||||
