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The South Carolina Gamecocks, the Florida Gators, and the West Virginia Mountaineers all broke into the top five this week with respective wins over Georgia, LSU, and Texas and a stunning upset of Florida State by North Carolina State.
With their losses, Georgia and Florida State fell out of the top 10 altogether, while LSU fell to No. 9.
The full Top 25 is below. All rankings can be found at S.I.'s AP Top 25 page:
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
| 1 | Alabama (60) | 5-0 | 1,500 | 1 |
| 2 | Oregon | 6-0 | 1,435 | 2 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 6-0 | 1,359 | 6 |
| 4 | Florida | 5-0 | 1,265 | 10 |
| 5 | West Virginia | 5-0 | 1,260 | 8 |
| 6 | Kansas State | 5-0 | 1,217 | 7 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 5-0 | 1,176 | 9 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 6-0 | 1,053 | 12 |
| 9 | LSU | 5-1 | 938 | 4 |
| 10 | Oregon State | 4-0 | 873 | 14 |
| 11 | USC | 4-1 | 812 | 13 |
| 12 | Florida State | 5-1 | 800 | 3 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 3-1 | 756 | 17 |
| 14 | Georgia | 5-1 | 733 | 5 |
| 15 | Texas | 4-1 | 711 | 11 |
| 16 | Clemson | 5-1 | 657 | 15 |
| 17 | Stanford | 4-1 | 587 | 18 |
| 18 | Louisville | 5-0 | 494 | 19 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | 5-0 | 450 | 20 |
| 20 | Rutgers | 5-0 | 331 | 22 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | 4-0 | 205 | NR |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 4-1 | 153 | NR |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech | 5-0 | 129 | NR |
| 24 | Boise State | 4-1 | 114 | NR |
| 25 | Michigan | 3-2 | 82 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Ohio 79, Baylor 62, Iowa State 54, TCU 50, Michigan State 49, Arizona State 39, Washington 39, North Carolina State 17, Nebraska 5, Arizona 4, Duke 3, Tennessee 3, Texas Tech 2, Tulsa 2, Northwestern 1, Penn State 1