The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 12, 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. Alabama (61) | 10-0 | 1525 | 1 |
2. Ohio St. | 9-1 | 1455 | 6 |
3. Louisville | 9-1 | 1357 | 5 |
4. Michigan | 9-1 | 1323 | 2 |
5. Clemson | 9-1 | 1304 | 3 |
6. Wisconsin | 8-2 | 1214 | 7 |
7. Washington | 9-1 | 1150 | 4 |
8. Oklahoma | 8-2 | 1064 | 9 |
9. Penn St. | 8-2 | 961 | 12 |
10. West Virginia | 8-1 | 920 | 11 |
11. Utah | 8-2 | 807 | 13 |
12. Colorado | 8-2 | 797 | 16 |
13. Oklahoma St. | 8-2 | 659 | 17 |
14. W. Michigan | 10-0 | 634 | 14 |
15. Southern Cal | 7-3 | 584 | NR |
16. LSU | 6-3 | 582 | 19 |
17. Florida St. | 7-3 | 569 | 20 |
18. Auburn | 7-3 | 543 | 8 |
19. Nebraska | 8-2 | 504 | 21 |
20. Washington St. | 8-2 | 501 | 23 |
21. Florida | 7-2 | 435 | 22 |
22. Boise St. | 9-1 | 315 | 24 |
23. Texas A&M | 7-3 | 238 | 10 |
24. San Diego St. | 9-1 | 97 | NR |
25. Troy | 8-1 | 63 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Houston 49, North Carolina 40, Virginia Tech 36, Tennessee 21, Navy 20, Stanford 16, W. Kentucky 11, Pittsburgh 9, South Florida 8, Arkansas 7, Iowa 4, Mississippi 2, Minnesota 1.