Over the weekend, surviving 1,113 days without suffering a conference loss, Florida State's ACC winning streak came to an end. On the other side of the country, Utah fell to USC in the Coliseum leaving twelve unbeaten teams in the Top 25. Without any further ado, the weekly polls have arrived and there more than a few discrepancies.
| Coaches | AP | Massey | |
| 1 | Ohio State (49) | Ohio State (39) | Clemson |
| 2 | Baylor (10) | Baylor (7) | Ohio State |
| 3 | TCU (2) | Clemson (6) | Alabama |
| 4 | LSU (1) | LSU (5) | LSU |
| 5 | Michigan State | TCU (3) | Baylor |
| 6 | Clemson (1) | Michigan State | TCU |
| 7 | Alabama | Alabama (1) | Notre Dame |
| 8 | Stanford | Stanford | Iowa |
| 9 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Oklahoma |
| 10 | Oklahoma State | Iowa | Stanford |
| 11 | Iowa | Florida | Michigan State |
| 12 | Florida | Oklahoma State | Utah |
| 13 | Oklahoma | Utah | Florida |
| 14 | Utah | Oklahoma | Michigan |
| 15 | Florida State | Michigan | Memphis |
| 16 | Memphis | Memphis | Oklahoma State |
| 17 | Michigan | Florida State | Florida State |
| 18 | Duke | Houston | Ole Miss |
| 19 | Houston | Ole Miss | USC |
| 20 | Toledo | Toledo | UCLA |
| 21 | Ole Miss | Temple | Texas A&M |
| 22 | Temple | Duke | Mississippi State |
| 23 | Georgia | Pitt | Houston |
| 24 | Pitt | UCLA | Toledo |
| 25 | UCLA | Mississippi State | Temple The Oklahoma Sooners continue to rise in the ranking leading to a single question. |