2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings | |
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Season | 2013 |
Bowl season | 2013–14 bowl games |
Preseason No. 1 | |
End of season champions | Florida State |
Conference with most teams in final AP poll | SEC (7) |
Three human polls and one formula ranking made up the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. Two additional polls were released midway through the season; the Harris Interactive Poll was released after the sixth week of the season, and the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings were released after the seventh week. The Harris Poll and Coaches Poll were factors in the BCS standings. At the end of the season, on Sunday, December 1, 2013, the BCS standings determined who played in the BCS bowl games as well as the 2014 BCS National Championship Game on January 6, 2014, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
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(#–#) | Win–loss record | |
(Italics) | Number of first place votes | |
т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
Preseason Aug 17 [1] | Week 1 Sep 3 [3] | Week 2 Sep 8 [4] | Week 3 Sep 15 [5] | Week 4 Sep 22 [6] | Week 5 Sep 29 [7] | Week 6 Oct 6 [8] | Week 7 Oct 13 [9] | Week 8 Oct 20 [10] | Week 9 Oct 27 [11] | Week 10 Nov 3 [12] | Week 11 Nov 10 [13] | Week 12 Nov 17 [14] | Week 13 Nov 24 [15] | Week 14 Dec 1 [16] | Week 15 Dec 8 [17] | Week 16 (Final) Jan 7 [18] | ||
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1. | Alabama (58) | Alabama (1–0) (58) | Alabama (1–0) (57) | Alabama (2–0) (59) | Alabama (3–0) (56) | Alabama (4–0) (55) | Alabama (5–0) (55) | Alabama (6–0) (55) | Alabama (7–0) (55) | Alabama (8–0) (55) | Alabama (8–0) (52) | Alabama (9–0) (56) | Alabama (10–0) (55) | Alabama (11–0) (56) | Florida State (12–0) (58) | Florida State (13–0) (56) | Florida State (14–0) (60) | 1. |
2. | Ohio State (1) | Oregon (1–0) | Oregon (2–0) (1) | Oregon (3–0) (1) | Oregon (3–0) (4) | Oregon (4–0) (5) | Oregon (5–0) (5) | Oregon (6–0) (5) | Oregon (7–0) (3) | Oregon (8–0) (3) | Oregon (8–0) (2) | Florida State (9–0) (3) | Florida State (10–0) (5) | Florida State (11–0) (4) | Ohio State (12–0) | Auburn (12–1) (4) | Auburn (12–2) | 2. |
3. | Oregon | Ohio State (1–0) (1) | Clemson (2–0) (1) | Clemson (2–0) | Clemson (3–0) | Clemson (4–0) | Clemson (5–0) | Clemson (6–0) | Florida State (6–0) (2) | Florida State (7–0) (2) | Florida State (8–0) (6) | Ohio State (9–0) | Baylor (9–0) | Ohio State (11–0) | Auburn (11–1) (2) | Alabama (11–1) | Michigan State (13–1) | 3. |
4. | Stanford | Clemson (1–0) (1) | Ohio State (2–0) (1) | Ohio State (3–0) | Ohio State (4–0) | Ohio State (5–0) | Ohio State (6–0) | Ohio State (6–0) | Ohio State (7–0) | Ohio State (8–0) | Ohio State (9–0) | Baylor (8–0) | Ohio State (10–0) | Auburn (10–1) | Alabama (11–1) | Michigan State (12–1) | South Carolina (11–2) | 4. |
5. | Georgia (1) | Stanford (0–0) | Stanford (1–0) | Stanford (2–0) | Stanford (3–0) | Stanford (4–0) | Stanford (5–0) | Florida State (5–0) | Missouri (7–0) | Baylor (7–0) | Baylor (7–0) | Stanford (8–1) | Oregon (9–1) | Missouri (10–1) | Missouri (11–1) | Stanford (11–2) | Missouri (12–2) | 5. |
6. | South Carolina | South Carolina (1–0) | Texas A&M (2–0) | LSU (3–0) | LSU (4–0) | Georgia (3–1) | Florida State (5–0) | LSU (6–1) | Baylor (6–0) | Stanford (7–1) | Stanford (7–1) | Oregon (8–1) | Auburn (10–1) | Clemson (10–1) | Oklahoma State (10–1) | Baylor (11–1) | Oklahoma (11–2) | 6. |
7. | Texas A&M | Texas A&M (1–0) | Louisville (2–0) | Louisville (3–0) | Louisville (4–0) | Louisville (4–0) | Georgia (4–1) | Texas A&M (5–1) | Miami (FL) (6–0) | Miami (FL) (7–0) | Auburn (8–1) | Auburn (9–1) | Clemson (9–1) | Oklahoma State (10–1) | Stanford (10–2) | Ohio State (12–1) | Alabama (11–2) | 7. |
8. | Clemson | Louisville (1–0) | LSU (2–0) | Florida State (2–0) | Florida State (3–0) | Florida State (4–0) | Louisville (5–0) | Louisville (6–0) | Stanford (6–1) | Auburn (7–1) | Clemson (7–1) | Clemson (8–1) | Missouri (9–1) | Stanford (9–2) | South Carolina (10–2) | South Carolina (10–2) | Clemson (11–2) | 8. |
9. | Louisville | LSU (1–0) | Georgia (1–1) | Georgia (1–1) | Georgia (2–1) | Texas A&M (4–1) | Texas A&M (4–1) | UCLA (5–0) | Clemson (6–1) | Clemson (7–1) | Missouri (8–1) | Missouri (9–1) | Texas A&M (8–2) | Baylor (9–1) | Baylor (10–1) | Missouri (11–2) | Oregon (11–2) | 9. |
10. | Florida | Florida State (1–0) | Florida State (1–0) | Texas A&M (2–1) | Texas A&M (3–1) | LSU (4–1) | LSU (5–1) | Miami (FL) (5–0) | Texas Tech (7–0) | Missouri (7–1) | LSU (7–2) | Texas A&M (8–2) | Stanford (8–2) | South Carolina (9–2) | Michigan State (11–1) | Oregon (10–2) | UCF (12–1) | 10. |
11. | Florida State | Georgia (0–1) | Michigan (2–0) | Oklahoma State (3–0) | Oklahoma State (3–0) | Oklahoma (4–0) | UCLA (4–0) | South Carolina (5–1) | Auburn (6–1) | LSU (7–2) | Texas A&M (7–2) | South Carolina (8–2) | Oklahoma State (9–1) | Michigan State (10–1) | Arizona State (10–2) | Oklahoma (10–2) | Stanford (11–3) | 11. |
12. | LSU | Florida (1–0) | Oklahoma State (2–0) | South Carolina (2–1) | South Carolina (2–1) | UCLA (3–0) | Oklahoma (5–0) | Baylor (5–0) | UCLA (5–1) | Texas A&M (6–2) | Oklahoma (7–1) | Oklahoma State (8–1) | South Carolina (8–2) | Oregon (9–2) | Oregon (10–2) | Clemson (10–2) | Ohio State (12–2) | 12. |
13. | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State (1–0) | South Carolina (1–1) | UCLA (2–0) | UCLA (3–0) | South Carolina (3–1) | Miami (FL) (5–0) | Stanford (5–1) | LSU (6–2) | Oklahoma (7–1) | South Carolina (7–2) | UCLA (7–2) | Michigan State (9–1) | Arizona State (9–2) | Clemson (10–2) | Oklahoma State (10–2) | Baylor (11–2) | 13. |
14. | Notre Dame | Notre Dame (1–0) | Oklahoma (2–0) | Oklahoma (3–0) | Oklahoma (3–0) | Miami (FL) (4–0) | South Carolina (4–1) | Missouri (6–0) | Texas A&M (5–2) | South Carolina (6–2) | Miami (FL) (7–1) | Michigan State (8–1) | UCLA (8–2) | Wisconsin (9–2) | LSU (9–3) | LSU (9–3) | LSU (10–3) | 14. |
15. | Texas | Texas (1–0) | Miami (FL) (2–0) | Michigan (3–0) | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Washington (4–0) | Baylor (4–0) | Georgia (4–2) | Fresno State (6–0) | Texas Tech (7–1) | Oklahoma State (7–1) | UCF (7–1) | Fresno State (9–0) | LSU (8–3) | UCF (10–1) | UCF (11–1) | Louisville (12–1) | 15. |
16. | Oklahoma | Oklahoma (1–0) | UCLA (1–0) | Miami (FL) (2–0) | Washington (3–0) | Northwestern (4–0) | Washington (4–1) | Texas Tech (6–0) | Virginia Tech (6–1) | Fresno State (7–0) | UCLA (6–2) | Fresno State (9–0) | Wisconsin (8–2) | Fresno State (10–0) | Northern Illinois (12–0) | Arizona State (10–3) | UCLA (10–3) | 16. |
17. | Michigan | Michigan (1–0) | Northwestern (2–0) | Washington (2–0) | Northwestern (4–0) | Baylor (3–0) | Florida (4–1) | Fresno State (5–0) | Oklahoma (6–1) | UCLA (5–2) | Fresno State (8–0) | Wisconsin (7–2) | UCF (8–1) | UCF (9–1) | UCLA (9–3) | UCLA (9–3) | Oklahoma State (10–3) | 17. |
18. | Nebraska | UCLA (1–0) | Florida (1–1) | Northwestern (3–0) | Michigan (4–0) | Florida (3–1) | Michigan (5–0) | Oklahoma (5–1) | Louisville (6–1) | Oklahoma State (6–1) | Michigan State (8–1) | LSU (7–3) | LSU (7–3) | Northern Illinois (11–0) | Oklahoma (9–2) | Louisville (11–1) | Texas A&M (9–4) | 18. |
19. | Boise State | Northwestern (1–0) | Washington (1–0) | Florida (1–1) | Baylor (3–0) | Michigan (4–0) | Northwestern (4–1) | Virginia Tech (6–1) | Oklahoma State (5–1) | UCF (6–1) | UCF (6–1) | Louisville (8–1) | Arizona State (8–2) | Texas A&M (8–3) | Louisville (10–1) | Wisconsin (9–3) | USC (10–4) | 19. |
20. | TCU | Washington (1–0) | Wisconsin (2–0) | Baylor (2–0) | Florida (2–1) | Texas Tech (4–0) | Texas Tech (5–0) | Washington (4–2) | South Carolina (5–2) | Louisville (7–1) | Louisville (7–1) | Northern Illinois (9–0) | Northern Illinois (10–0) | Oklahoma (9–2) | Duke (10–2) | Texas A&M (8–4) | Notre Dame (9–4) | 20. |
21. | UCLA | Wisconsin (1–0) | Notre Dame (1–1) | Ole Miss (3–0) | Ole Miss (3–0) | Oklahoma State (3–1) | Fresno State (5–0) | Oklahoma State (4–1) | UCF (5–1) | Northern Illinois (8–0) | Wisconsin (6–2) | Arizona State (7–2) | Louisville (9–1) | Louisville (10–1) | Wisconsin (9–3) | Fresno State (11–1) | Arizona State (10–4) | 21. |
22. | Northwestern | Nebraska (1–0) | Baylor (2–0) | Notre Dame (2–1) | Notre Dame (3–1) | Arizona State (3–1) | Oklahoma State (4–1) | Florida (4–2) | Wisconsin (5–2) | Wisconsin (5–2) | Northern Illinois (9–0) | Oklahoma (7–2) | Oklahoma (8–2) | UCLA (8–3) | Texas A&M (8–4) | Duke (10–3) | Wisconsin (9–4) | 22. |
23. | Wisconsin | Baylor (1–0) | Nebraska (2–0) | Arizona State (2–0) | Wisconsin (3–1) | Fresno State (4–0) | Northern Illinois (5–0) | Northern Illinois (6–0) | Northern Illinois (7–0) | Michigan (6–1) | Arizona State (6–2) | Texas (7–2) | USC (8–3) | USC (9–3) | Texas (8–3) | Georgia (8–4) | Duke (10–4) | 23. |
24. | USC | TCU (0–1) | TCU (1–1) | Wisconsin (2–1) | Texas Tech (4–0) | Ole Miss (3–1) | Virginia Tech (5–1) | Auburn (5–1) | Michigan (6–1) | Michigan State (7–1) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Miami (FL) (7–2) | Ole Miss (7–3) | Duke (9–2) | Fresno State (10–1) | Northern Illinois (12–1) | Vanderbilt (9–4) | 24. |
25. | Oregon State | USC (1–0) | Ole Miss (2–0) | Texas Tech (3–0) | Fresno State (3–0) | Maryland (4–0) | Missouri (5–0) | Wisconsin (4–2) | Nebraska (5–1) | Arizona State (5–2) | Texas Tech (7–2) | Georgia (6–3) | Duke (8–2) | Notre Dame (8–3) | Georgia (8–4) | Notre Dame (8–4) | Washington (9–4) | 25. |
Preseason Aug 17 [1] | Week 1 Sep 3 [3] | Week 2 Sep 8 [4] | Week 3 Sep 15 [5] | Week 4 Sep 22 [6] | Week 5 Sep 29 [7] | Week 6 Oct 6 [8] | Week 7 Oct 13 [9] | Week 8 Oct 20 [10] | Week 9 Oct 27 [11] | Week 10 Nov 3 [12] | Week 11 Nov 10 [13] | Week 12 Nov 17 [14] | Week 13 Nov 24 [15] | Week 14 Dec 1 [16] | Week 15 Dec 8 [17] | Week 16 (Final) Jan 7 [18] | ||
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1. | Alabama (58) | Alabama (1–0) (58) | Alabama (1–0) (58) | Alabama (2–0) (61) | Alabama (3–0) (59) | Alabama (4–0) (59) | Alabama (5–0) (57) | Alabama (6–0) (58) | Alabama (7–0) (57) | Alabama (8–0) (56) | Alabama (8–0) (54) | Alabama (9–0) (58) | Alabama (10–0) (56) | Alabama (11–0) (56) | Florida State (12–0) (58) | Florida State (13–0) (62) | Florida State (14–0) (59) | 1. |
2. | Ohio State (3) | Ohio State (1–0) (3) | Oregon (2–0) (1) | Oregon (3–0) (1) | Oregon (3–0) (3) | Oregon (4–0) (2) | Oregon (5–0) (4) | Oregon (6–0) (3) | Oregon (7–0) (4) | Oregon (8–0) (6) | Oregon (8–0) (5) | Florida State (9–0) (4) | Florida State (10–0) (6) | Florida State (11–0) (6) | Ohio State (12–0) (4) | Auburn (12–1) | Auburn (12–2) | 2. |
3. | Oregon | Oregon (1–0) | Ohio State (2–0) (2) | Ohio State (3–0) | Ohio State (4–0) | Ohio State (5–0) | Ohio State (6–0) | Ohio State (6–0) | Florida State (6–0) (1) | Florida State (7–0) | Florida State (8–0) (3) | Ohio State (9–0) | Ohio State (10–0) | Ohio State (11–0) | Auburn (11–1) | Alabama (11–1) | Michigan State (13–1) | 3. |
4. | Stanford | Stanford (0–0) | Stanford (1–0) | Clemson (2–0) | Clemson (3–0) | Clemson (4–0) (1) | Clemson (5–0) (1) | Clemson (6–0) (1) | Ohio State (7–0) | Ohio State (8–0) | Ohio State (9–0) | Baylor (8–0) | Baylor (9–0) | Clemson (10–1) | Alabama (11–1) | Michigan State (12–1) | South Carolina (11–2) | 4. |
5. | Georgia | Clemson (1–0) | Clemson (2–0) | Stanford (2–0) | Stanford (3–0) | Stanford (4–0) | Stanford (5–0) | Florida State (5–0) | Baylor (6–0) | Baylor (7–0) | Baylor (7–0) | Stanford (8–1) | Oregon (9–1) | Auburn (10–1) | Missouri (11–1) | Baylor (11–1) | Missouri (12–2) | 5. |
6. | Texas A&M (1) | South Carolina (1–0) | Texas A&M (2–0) (1) | Louisville (3–0) | LSU (4–0) | Georgia (3–1) | Florida State (5–0) | Louisville (6–0) | Miami (FL) (6–0) | Miami (FL) (7–0) | Stanford (7–1) | Clemson (8–1) | Clemson (9–1) | Missouri (10–1) | Oklahoma State (10–1) | Ohio State (12–1) | Oklahoma (11–2) | 6. |
7. | South Carolina | Texas A&M (1–0) (1) | Louisville (2–0) | LSU (3–0) | Louisville (4–0) | Louisville (4–0) | Georgia (4–1) | Texas A&M (5–1) | Missouri (7–0) | Stanford (7–1) | Clemson (8–1) | Oregon (8–1) | Auburn (10–1) | Oklahoma State (10–1) | Baylor (10–1) т | Stanford (11–2) | Clemson (11–2) | 7. |
8. | Clemson | Louisville (1–0) | LSU (2–0) | Florida State (2–0) | Florida State (3–0) | Florida State (4–0) | Louisville (5–0) | LSU (6–1) | Stanford (6–1) | Clemson (7–1) | Oklahoma (7–1) | Missouri (9–1) | Missouri (9–1) | Baylor (9–1) | South Carolina (10–2) т | South Carolina (10–2) | Alabama (11–2) | 8. |
9. | Louisville | Florida (1–0) | Florida State (1–0) | Texas A&M (2–1) | Texas A&M (3–1) | Texas A&M (4–1) | Texas A&M (4–1) | South Carolina (5–1) | Texas Tech (7–0) | Oklahoma (7–1) | Missouri (8–1) | Auburn (9–1) | Oklahoma State (9–1) | South Carolina (9–2) | Michigan State (11–1) | Missouri (11–2) | Oregon (11–2) | 9. |
10. | Florida | Florida State (1–0) | Georgia (1–1) | Georgia (1–1) | Georgia (2–1) | Oklahoma (4–0) | Oklahoma (5–0) | UCLA (5–0) | Clemson (6–1) | Missouri (7–1) | Auburn (8–1) | Oklahoma State (8–1) | Texas A&M (8–2) | Stanford (9–2) | Stanford (10–2) | Oklahoma (10–2) | Ohio State (12–2) т | 10. |
11. | Notre Dame | LSU (1–0) | Oklahoma State (2–0) | Oklahoma State (3–0) | Oklahoma State (3–0) | LSU (4–1) | LSU (5–1) | Miami (FL) (5–0) | UCLA (5–1) | Auburn (7–1) | Oklahoma State (7–1) | Texas A&M (8–2) | South Carolina (8–2) | Michigan State (10–1) | Clemson (10–2) | Clemson (10–2) | Stanford (11–3) т | 11. |
12. | Florida State | Georgia (0–1) | Michigan (2–0) | Oklahoma (3–0) | Oklahoma (3–0) | South Carolina (3–1) | South Carolina (4–1) | Baylor (5–0) | Oklahoma (6–1) | Oklahoma State (6–1) | LSU (7–2) | South Carolina (8–2) | Stanford (8–2) | Oregon (9–2) | Oregon (10–2) | Oregon (10–2) | UCF (12–1) | 12. |
13. | LSU | Notre Dame (1–0) | Oklahoma (2–0) | South Carolina (2–1) | South Carolina (2–1) | UCLA (3–0) | UCLA (4–0) | Stanford (5–1) | Oklahoma State (5–1) т | LSU (7–2) | Texas A&M (7–2) | Louisville (8–1) | Michigan State (9–1) | Fresno State (10–0) | Arizona State (10–2) | Oklahoma State (10–2) | Baylor (11–2) | 13. |
14. | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State (1–0) | South Carolina (1–1) | Michigan (3–0) | UCLA (3–0) | Miami (FL) (4–0) | Miami (FL) (5–0) | Missouri (6–0) | LSU (6–2) т | Texas A&M (6–2) | Miami (FL) (7–1) | Fresno State (9–0) | UCLA (8–2) | Wisconsin (9–2) | LSU (9–3) | LSU (9–3) | LSU (10–3) | 14. |
15. | Texas | Oklahoma (1–0) | Nebraska (2–0) | UCLA (2–0) | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Northwestern (4–0) | Baylor (4–0) | Texas Tech (6–0) | Texas A&M (5–2) | Texas Tech (7–1) | South Carolina (7–2) | UCLA (7–2) | Louisville (9–1) | LSU (8–3) | Oklahoma (9–2) | UCF (11–1) | Louisville (12–1) | 15. |
16. | Oklahoma | Texas (1–0) | Northwestern (2–0) | Northwestern (3–0) | Northwestern (4–0) | Baylor (3–0) | Michigan (5–0) | Georgia (4–2) | Louisville (6–1) | South Carolina (6–2) | Louisville (7–1) | Michigan State (8–1) | Fresno State (9–0) | Louisville (10–1) | Louisville (10–1) | Louisville (11–1) | UCLA (10–3) | 16. |
17. | Michigan | Michigan (1–0) | UCLA (1–0) | Miami (FL) (2–0) | Michigan (4–0) | Michigan (4–0) | Florida (4–1) | Oklahoma State (4–1) | Auburn (6–1) | Louisville (7–1) | Fresno State (8–0) | Oklahoma (7–2) | Wisconsin (8–2) | Oklahoma (9–2) | UCF (10–1) | Arizona State (10–3) | Oklahoma State (10–3) | 17. |
18. | Nebraska | UCLA (1–0) | Miami (FL) (2–0) т | Florida (1–1) | Baylor (3–0) | Washington (4–0) | Northwestern (4–1) | Oklahoma (5–1) | Fresno State (6–0) | Fresno State (7–0) | UCLA (6–2) | LSU (7–3) | Oklahoma (8–2) | Arizona State (9–2) | Northern Illinois (12–0) | UCLA (9–3) | Texas A&M (9–4) | 18. |
19. | Boise State | Nebraska (1–0) | Wisconsin (2–0) т | Baylor (2–0) | Florida (2–1) | Florida (3–1) | Washington (4–1) | Fresno State (5–0) | Virginia Tech (6–1) | UCLA (5–2) | Michigan State (8–1) | UCF (7–1) | LSU (7–3) | UCF (9–1) | UCLA (9–3) | Wisconsin (9–3) | USC (10–4) | 19. |
20. | TCU | Northwestern (1–0) | Florida (1–1) | Washington (2–0) | Washington (3–0) | Oklahoma State (3–1) | Oklahoma State (4–1) | Virginia Tech (6–1) | South Carolina (5–2) | Northern Illinois (8–0) | Northern Illinois (9–0) | Wisconsin (7–2) | UCF (8–1) | Northern Illinois (11–0) | Duke (10–2) | Fresno State (11–1) | Arizona State (10–4) | 20. |
21. | UCLA | Wisconsin (1–0) | Notre Dame (1–1) | Notre Dame (2–1) | Ole Miss (3–0) | Fresno State (4–0) | Texas Tech (5–0) | Nebraska (5–1) | Nebraska (5–1) | Michigan (6–1) | UCF (6–1) | Northern Illinois (9–0) | Northern Illinois (10–0) | Texas A&M (8–3) | Wisconsin (9–3) | Duke (10–3) т | Wisconsin (9–4) | 21. |
22. | Northwestern | USC (1–0) | Baylor (2–0) | Ole Miss (3–0) | Notre Dame (3–1) | Texas Tech (4–0) | Fresno State (5–0) | Florida (4–2) | Northern Illinois (7–0) | UCF (6–1) | Wisconsin (6–2) | Arizona State (7–2) | Arizona State (8–2) | UCLA (8–3) | Fresno State (10–1) | Texas A&M (8–4) т | Duke (10–4) | 22. |
23. | Wisconsin | Washington (1–0) | Washington (1–0) | Arizona State (2–0) | Fresno State (3–0) | Northern Illinois (4–0) | Northern Illinois (5–0) | Northern Illinois (6–0) | Michigan (6–1) | Wisconsin (5–2) | Texas Tech (7–2) | Miami (FL) (7–2) | Minnesota (8–2) | USC (9–3) | Cincinnati (9–2) | Northern Illinois (12–1) | Vanderbilt (9–4) | 23. |
24. | USC | Miami (FL) (1–0) т | TCU (1–1) | Michigan State (3–0) | Wisconsin (3–1) | Arizona State (3–1) | Nebraska (4–1) | Michigan (5–1) | Wisconsin (5–2) | Michigan State (7–1) | Arizona State (6–2) | Texas (7–2) | Duke (8–2) | Duke (9–2) | Texas (8–3) | Georgia (8–4) | Notre Dame (9–4) | 24. |
25. | Oregon State | TCU (0–1) т | Ole Miss (2–0) | Fresno State (2–0) | Texas Tech (4–0) | Nebraska (3–1) | Virginia Tech (5–1) | Washington (4–2) | UCF (5–1) | Notre Dame (6–2) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Minnesota (8–2) | USC (8–3) | Cincinnati (9–2) | Texas A&M (8–4) | Miami (FL) (9–3) | Nebraska (9–4) | 25. |
Preseason Aug 2 [2] | Week 1 Sep 3 [19] | Week 2 Sep 8 [20] | Week 3 Sep 15 [21] | Week 4 Sep 22 [22] | Week 5 Sep 29 [23] | Week 6 Oct 6 [24] | Week 7 Oct 13 [25] | Week 8 Oct 20 [26] | Week 9 Oct 27 [27] | Week 10 Nov 3 [28] | Week 11 Nov 10 [29] | Week 12 Nov 17 [30] | Week 13 Nov 24 [31] | Week 14 Dec 1 [32] | Week 15 Dec 8 [33] | Week 16 (Final) Jan 7 [34] | ||
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Week 7 Oct 13 [35] | Week 8 Oct 20 [36] | Week 9 Oct 27 [37] | Week 10 Nov 3 [38] | Week 11 Nov 10 [39] | Week 12 Nov 17 [40] | Week 13 Nov 24 [41] | Week 14 Dec 1 [42] | Week 15 (Final) Dec 8 [43] | ||
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1. | Alabama (6–0) (93) | Alabama (7–0) (95) | Alabama (8–0) (94) | Alabama (8–0) (95) | Alabama (9–0) (105) | Alabama (10–0) (100) | Alabama (11–0) (99) | Florida State (12–0) (97) | Florida State (13–0) (97) | 1. |
2. | Oregon (6–0) (10) | Oregon (7–0) (8) | Oregon (8–0) (10) | Oregon (8–0) (8) | Florida State (9–0) | Florida State (10–0) (5) | Florida State (11–0) (5) | Ohio State (12–0) (5) | Auburn (12–1) (8) | 2. |
3. | Clemson (6–0) (1) | Florida State (6–0) (2) | Florida State (7–0) | Florida State (8–0) (2) | Ohio State (9–0) | Ohio State (10–0) | Ohio State (11–0) | Auburn (11–1) (3) | Alabama (11–1) | 3. |
4. | Ohio State (6–0) | Ohio State (7–0) | Ohio State (8–0) | Ohio State (9–0) | Baylor (8–0) | Baylor (9–0) | Clemson (10–1) | Alabama (11–1) | Michigan State (12–1) | 4. |
5. | Florida State (5–0) | Baylor (6–0) | Baylor (7–0) | Baylor (7–0) | Stanford (8–1) | Oregon (9–1) | Auburn (10–1) | Missouri (11–1) | Stanford (11–2) | 5. |
6. | Louisville (6–0) | Missouri (7–0) | Stanford (7–1) | Stanford (7–1) | Oregon (8–1) | Clemson (9–1) | Missouri (10–1) | Oklahoma State (10–1) | Baylor (11–1) | 6. |
7. | Texas A&M (5–1) | Miami (FL) (6–0) | Miami (FL) (7–0) | Clemson (8–1) | Clemson (8–1) | Auburn (10–1) | Oklahoma State (10–1) | Stanford (10–2) | Ohio State (12–1) | 7. |
8. | LSU (6–1) | Stanford (6–1) | Clemson (7–1) | Missouri (8–1) | Missouri (9–1) | Missouri (9–1) | Stanford (9–2) | South Carolina (10–2) | South Carolina (10–2) | 8. |
9. | UCLA (5–0) | Texas Tech (7–0) | Missouri (7–1) | Auburn (8–1) | Auburn (9–1) | Oklahoma State (9–1) | Baylor (9–1) | Baylor (10–1) | Missouri (11–2) | 9. |
10. | Miami (FL) (5–0) | Clemson (6–1) | Oklahoma (7–1) | Oklahoma (7–1) | Texas A&M (8–2) | Texas A&M (8–2) | South Carolina (9–2) | Michigan State (11–1) | Oklahoma (10–2) | 10. |
11. | South Carolina (5–1) | UCLA (5–1) | Auburn (7–1) | LSU (7–2) | Oklahoma State (8–1) | Stanford (8–2) | Michigan State (10–1) | Clemson (10–2) | Clemson (10–2) | 11. |
12. | Stanford (5–1) | LSU (6–2) | LSU (7–2) | Texas A&M (7–2) | South Carolina (7–2) | South Carolina (8–2) | Oregon (9–2) | Oregon (10–2) | Oregon (10–2) | 12. |
13. | Baylor (5–0) | Texas A&M (5–2) | Texas A&M (6–2) | Miami (FL) (7–1) | Fresno State (9–0) | Michigan State (9–1) | Fresno State (10–0) | Arizona State (10–2) | Oklahoma State (10–2) | 13. |
14. | Missouri (6–0) | Oklahoma (6–1) | Texas Tech (7–1) | Oklahoma State (7–1) | Louisville (8–1) | Fresno State (9–0) | LSU (8–3) | LSU (9–3) | LSU (9–3) | 14. |
15. | Texas Tech (6–0) | Auburn (6–1) | Oklahoma State (6–1) | South Carolina (7–2) | Michigan State (8–1) | UCLA (8–2) | Wisconsin (9–2) | Northern Illinois (12–0) | UCF (11–1) | 15. |
16. | Georgia (4–2) | Louisville (6–1) | Louisville (7–1) | Louisville (7–1) | UCLA (7–2) | Louisville (9–1) | Arizona State (9–2) | Oklahoma (9–2) | Louisville (11–1) | 16. |
17. | Oklahoma (5–1) | Oklahoma State (5–1) | South Carolina (6–2) | Fresno State (8–0) | LSU (7–3) | LSU (7–3) | Northern Illinois (11–0) | Louisville (10–1) | Arizona State (10–3) | 17. |
18. | Fresno State (5–0) | Fresno State (6–0) | Fresno State (7–0) | Michigan State (8–1) | Northern Illinois (9–0) | Northern Illinois (10–0) | Louisville (10–1) | UCF (10–1) | UCLA (9–3) | 18. |
19. | Oklahoma State (4–1) | Virginia Tech (6–1) | UCLA (5–2) | UCLA (6–2) | UCF (7–1) | Wisconsin (8–2) | Oklahoma (9–2) | UCLA (9–3) | Wisconsin (9–3) | 19. |
20. | Virginia Tech (6–1) | South Carolina (5–2) | Northern Illinois (8–0) | Northern Illinois (9–0) | Oklahoma (7–2) | UCF (8–1) | UCF (9–1) | Duke (10–2) | Fresno State (11–1) | 20. |
21. | Florida (4–2) | Northern Illinois (7–0) | Michigan (6–1) | UCF (6–1) | Wisconsin (7–2) | Oklahoma (8–2) | Texas A&M (8–3) | Wisconsin (9–3) | Texas A&M (8–4) | 21. |
22. | Northern Illinois (6–0) | Michigan (6–1) | UCF (6–1) | Wisconsin (6–2) | Arizona State (7–2) | Arizona State (8–2) | UCLA (8–3) | Fresno State (10–1) | Northern Illinois (12–1) | 22. |
23. | Nebraska (5–1) | Nebraska (5–1) | Michigan State (7–1) | Texas Tech (7–2) | Miami (FL) (7–2) | USC (8–3) | USC (9–3) | Texas A&M (8–4) | Georgia (8–4) | 23. |
24. | Michigan (5–1) | Wisconsin (5–2) | Wisconsin (5–2) | Arizona State (6–2) | Texas (7–2) | Duke (8–2) | Duke (9–2) | Texas (8–3) | Duke (10–3) | 24. |
25. | Washington (4–2) | UCF (5–1) | Arizona State (5–2) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Georgia (6–3) | Minnesota (8–2) | Notre Dame (8–3) | Georgia (8–4) | Miami (FL) (9–3) | 25. |
Week 7 Oct 13 [35] | Week 8 Oct 20 [36] | Week 9 Oct 27 [37] | Week 10 Nov 3 [38] | Week 11 Nov 10 [39] | Week 12 Nov 17 [40] | Week 13 Nov 24 [41] | Week 14 Dec 1 [42] | Week 15 (Final) Dec 8 [43] | ||
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Week 8 Oct 20 [44] | Week 9 Oct 27 [45] | Week 10 Nov 3 [46] | Week 11 Nov 10 [47] | Week 12 Nov 17 [48] | Week 13 Nov 24 [49] | Week 14 Dec 1 [50] | Week 15 (Final) Dec 8 [51] | ||
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1. | Alabama (7–0) | Alabama (8–0) | Alabama (8–0) | Alabama (9–0) | Alabama (10–0) | Alabama (11–0) | Florida State (12–0) | Florida State (13–0) | 1. |
2. | Florida State (6–0) | Oregon (8–0) | Florida State (8–0) | Florida State (9–0) | Florida State (10–0) | Florida State (11–0) | Ohio State (12–0) | Auburn (12–1) | 2. |
3. | Oregon (7–0) | Florida State (7–0) | Oregon (8–0) | Ohio State (9–0) | Ohio State (10–0) | Ohio State (11–0) | Auburn (11–1) | Alabama (11–1) | 3. |
4. | Ohio State (7–0) | Ohio State (8–0) | Ohio State (9–0) | Stanford (8–1) | Baylor (9–0) | Auburn (10–1) | Alabama (11–1) | Michigan State (12–1) | 4. |
5. | Missouri (7–0) | Stanford (7–1) | Stanford (7–1) | Baylor (8–0) | Oregon (9–1) | Missouri (10–1) | Missouri (11–1) | Stanford (11–2) | 5. |
6. | Stanford (6–1) | Baylor (7–0) | Baylor (8–0) | Oregon (8–1) | Auburn (10–1) | Clemson (10–1) | Oklahoma State (10–1) | Baylor (11–1) | 6. |
7. | Miami (FL) (6–0) | Miami (FL) (7–0) | Clemson (7–1) | Auburn (9–1) | Clemson (9–1) | Oklahoma State (10–1) | Stanford (10–2) | Ohio State (12–1) | 7. |
8. | Baylor (6–0) | Clemson (7–1) | Missouri (8–1) | Clemson (8–1) | Missouri (9–1) | Stanford (9–2) | South Carolina (10–2) | Missouri (11–2) | 8. |
9. | Clemson (6–1) | Missouri (7–1) | Auburn (8–1) | Missouri (9–1) | Stanford (8–2) | Baylor (9–1) | Baylor (10–1) | South Carolina (10–2) | 9. |
10. | Texas Tech (7–0) | Oklahoma (7–1) | Oklahoma (7–1) | South Carolina (7–2) | Oklahoma State (9–1) | South Carolina (9–2) | Michigan State (11–1) | Oregon (10–2) | 10. |
11. | Auburn (6–1) | Auburn (7–1) | Miami (FL) (7–1) | Texas A&M (8–2) | South Carolina (8–2) | Michigan State (10–1) | Arizona State (10–2) | Oklahoma (10–2) | 11. |
12. | UCLA (5–1) | Texas A&M (6–2) | South Carolina (7–2) | Oklahoma State (8–1) | Texas A&M (8–2) | Arizona State (9–2) | Oregon (10–2) | Clemson (10–2) | 12. |
13. | LSU (6–2) | LSU (7–2) | LSU (7–2) | UCLA (7–2) | Michigan State (9–1) | Oregon (9–2) | Clemson (10–2) | Oklahoma State (10–2) | 13. |
14. | Virginia Tech (6–1) | South Carolina (6–2) | Oklahoma State (7–1) | Fresno State (9–0) | UCLA (8–2) | Northern Illinois (11–0) | Northern Illinois (12–0) | Arizona State (10–3) | 14. |
15. | Oklahoma (6–1) | Texas Tech (7–1) | Texas A&M (7–2) | Northern Illinois (9–0) | Fresno State (9–0) | Wisconsin (9–2) | LSU (9–3) | UCF (11–1) | 15. |
16. | Texas A&M (5–2) | Fresno State (7–0) | Fresno State (8–0) | Michigan State (8–1) | Northern Illinois (10–0) | Fresno State (10–0) | UCF (10–1) | LSU (9–3) | 16. |
17. | Fresno State (6–0) | Northern Illinois (8–0) | Michigan State (8–1) | UCF (7–1) | Arizona State (8–2) | LSU (8–3) | Oklahoma (9–2) | UCLA (9–3) | 17. |
18. | Northern Illinois (7–0) | Oklahoma State (6–1) | Northern Illinois (9–0) | Oklahoma (7–2) | UCF (8–1) | Oklahoma (9–2) | UCLA (9–3) | Louisville (11–1) | 18. |
19. | Oklahoma State (5–1) | Louisville (7–1) | UCLA (6–2) | Arizona State (7–2) | Wisconsin (8–2) | UCF (9–1) | Louisville (10–1) | Wisconsin (9–3) | 19. |
20. | Louisville (6–1) | UCLA (5–2) | Louisville (7–1) | Louisville (8–1) | Oklahoma (8–2) | Louisville (10–1) | Duke (10–2) | Fresno State (11–1) | 20. |
21. | South Carolina (5–2) | Michigan (6–1) | UCF (6–1) | LSU (7–3) | Louisville (9–1) | Texas A&M (8–3) | Wisconsin (9–3) | Texas A&M (8–4) | 21. |
22. | Michigan (6–1) | Michigan State (7–1) | Arizona State (6–2) | Wisconsin (7–2) | LSU (7–3) | UCLA (8–3) | Georgia (8–4) | Georgia (8–4) | 22. |
23. | UCF (5–1) | UCF (6–1) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Miami (FL) (7–2) | USC (8–3) | USC (9–3) | Fresno State (10–1) | Northern Illinois (12–1) | 23. |
24. | Nebraska (5–1) | Wisconsin (5–2) | Wisconsin (6–2) | Texas (7–2) | Ole Miss (7–3) | Duke (9–2) | Texas A&M (8–4) | Duke (10–3) | 24. |
25. | Oregon State (6–1) | Notre Dame (6–2) | Texas Tech (7–2) | Georgia (6–3) | Minnesota (8–2) | Notre Dame (8–3) | Texas (8–3) | USC (9–4) | 25. |
Week 8 Oct 20 [44] | Week 9 Oct 27 [45] | Week 10 Nov 3 [46] | Week 11 Nov 10 [47] | Week 12 Nov 17 [48] | Week 13 Nov 24 [49] | Week 14 Dec 1 [50] | Week 15 (Final) Dec 8 [51] | ||
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