BC-FBC–T25-AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 11, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Pv | |
| 1. Mississippi St. (45) | 6-0 | 1,480 | 3 |
| 2. Florida St. (12) | 6-0 | 1,415 | 1 |
| 3. Mississippi (3) | 6-0 | 1,413 | 3 |
| 4. Baylor | 6-0 | 1,317 | 5 |
| 5. Notre Dame | 6-0 | 1,228 | 6 |
| 6. Auburn | 5-1 | 1,144 | 2 |
| 7. Alabama | 5-1 | 1,068 | 7 |
| 8. Michigan St. | 5-1 | 1,015 | 8 |
| 9. Oregon | 5-1 | 1,014 | 12 |
| 10. Georgia | 5-1 | 981 | 13 |
| 11. Oklahoma | 5-1 | 935 | 11 |
| 12. TCU | 4-1 | 917 | 9 |
| 13. Ohio St. | 4-1 | 648 | 15 |
| 14. Kansas St. | 4-1 | 626 | 17 |
| 15. Oklahoma St. | 5-1 | 620 | 16 |
| 16. Arizona | 5-1 | 590 | 10 |
| 17. Arizona St. | 4-1 | 459 | 20 |
| 18. East Carolina | 5-1 | 449 | 19 |
| 19. Nebraska | 5-1 | 402 | 21 |
| 20. Utah | 4-1 | 305 | 24 |
| 21. Texas A&M | 5-2 | 264 | 14 |
| 22. Southern Cal | 4-2 | 258 | NR |
| 23. Stanford | 4-2 | 223 | 25 |
| 24. Clemson | 4-2 | 188 | NR |
| 25. Marshall | 6-0 | 148 | NR |
Others receiving votes: UCLA 110, LSU 67, Duke 45, Kentucky 36, Minnesota 36, West Virginia 27, Washington 22, Georgia Tech 11, Arkansas 10, Louisville 7, Rutgers 7, Iowa 6, Colorado St. 3, N. Dakota St. 3, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1, Wisconsin 1.
