The Oklahoma Sooners have cracked the top ten for the first time this season in the AP Poll behind a second win over a top twenty-five opponent. Moving up the ladder, the rest of the Big 12 elite followed suit as Baylor and TCU leap frog Michigan State. With the meat of the schedule waiting in November for the Sooners, can they continue the trend and possibly land themselves in the college football playoff?
| AP | |
| 1 | Ohio State (38) |
| 2 | TCU (5) |
| 3 | Baylor (10) |
| 4 | Michigan State |
| 5 | Utah (7) |
| 6 | Clemson |
| 7 | LSU |
| 8 | Alabama |
| 9 | Texas A&M (1) |
| 10 | Oklahoma |
| 11 | Florida |
| 12 | Florida State |
| 13 | Northwestern |
| 14 | Ole Miss |
| 15 | Notre Dame |
| 16 | Stanford |
| 17 | USC |
| 18 | Michigan |
| 19 | Georgia |
| 20 | UCLA |
| 21 | Oklahoma State |
| 22 | Iowa |
| 23 | Cal |
| 24 | Toledo |
| 25 | Boise State |