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The college football season is actually happening now, so we’re getting top-25 rankings with actual meaning, instead of fleeting preseason lists that default to having Texas at No. 23. The sport’s major rankings roll out throughout the day on Tuesday.
There isn’t ton of movement at the top, though teams like Auburn, Notre Dame, and Virginia Tech are moving up across the board after big ranked wins.
The usual disclaimers apply. The only ranking that matters in the end is the Playoff selection committee’s ranking on Selection Sunday, and the committee can change its mind suddenly. It doesn’t even start to release weekly Playoff rankings until around Halloween.
We’ll update each of the following rankings as they release. These are usually out on Sundays, but because of Week 1’s weird schedule, it’s Tuesday this time.
The Associated Press Top 25
The historical gold standard of human polls.
- Alabama (48 first-place votes)
- Clemson (12)
- Georgia
- Ohio State
- Wisconsin
- Oklahoma
- Auburn
- Notre Dame
- Washington
- Stanford
- LSU
- Virginia Tech
- Penn State
- West Virginia
- Michigan State
- TCU
- USC
- Missisippi State
- UCF
- Boise State
- Michigan
- Miami
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Florida
The Massey composite
Every poll and rating smashed into one continually updating ranking, more or less. We’ll update this one a couple times throughout the day when rankings come out.
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Clemson
- Oklahoma
- Georgia
- Wisconsin
- Auburn
- Penn State
- Notre Dame
- LSU
- Stanford
- Washington
- Virginia Tech
- Michigan State
- USC
- Oklahoma State
- TCU
- Boise State
- UCF
- Mississippi State
- Iowa
- Northwestern
- Miami (T-23)
- Michigan (T-23)
- NC State
Bill Connelly’s S&P+ ratings
SB Nation’s favored college football advanced stat, which tends to perform well against the Vegas spread, along with offering much deeper evaluations of teams.
- Alabama
- Oklahoma
- Clemson
- Ohio State
- Georgia
- MISSISSIPPI STATE!
- Auburn
- Notre Dame
- LSU
- BOISE STATE!
- Washington
- Oklahoma State
- Wisconsin
- Utah
- MEMPHIS!
- TCU
- Stanford
- Penn State
- Florida
- Oregon
- Texas A&M
- Michigan
- UCF
- BOSTON COLLEGE!
- Ole Miss
The Sagarin ratings
A long-running computer that also includes FCS teams.
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- Clemson
- Auburn
- Wisconsin
- Washington
- Virginia Tech
- IOWA!
- Georgia
- Mississippi State
- Stanford
- LSU
- Oklahoma State
- Notre Dame
- Penn State
- Michigan State
- Michigan
- USC
- TCU
- Texas A&M
- West Virginia
- Boise State
- Utah
- BOSTON COLLEGE!
The USA Today Coaches Poll
Doesn’t matter much, and often is more a poll of PR directors than actual coaches.
- Alabama (59 first-place votes)
- Clemson (3)
- Georgia
- Ohio State (1)
- Oklahoma
- Wisconsin
- Auburn
- Notre Dame
- Stanford
- Penn State
- Washington
- USC
- Michigan State
- Virginia Tech
- LSU
- TCU
- West Virginia
- Mississippi State
- Boise State
- UCF
- Miami
- Michigan
- Oklahoma State
- South Carolina
- Florida