Another week went by, and the Mississippi State Bulldogs remained the No. 1 ranked team in the nation when the polls were released on Sunday.
Of note: the SEC still has two of the top four teams, and four of the top ten teams, and LSU and Georgia still reside in the top-20.
| AP | Coaches | Computer composite | |
| 1 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | Alabama |
| 2 | Florida State | Florida State | Mississippi St |
| 3 | Oregon | Alabama | Auburn |
| 4 | Alabama | Oregon | Ole Miss |
| 5 | TCU | TCU | TCU |
| 6 | Baylor | Baylor | Oregon |
| 7 | Arizona State | Ohio State | Florida State |
| 8 | Ohio State | Arizona State | Baylor |
| 9 | Auburn | Auburn | Ohio State |
| 10 | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | Georgia |
| 11 | Nebraska | Nebraska | LSU |
| 12 | Michigan State | Michigan State | Arizona State |
| 13 | Kansas State | Kansas State | Kansas State |
| 14 | UCLA | Georgia | Michigan State |
| 15 | Notre Dame | UCLA | Nebraska |
| 16 | Georgia | Notre Dame | Oklahoma |
| 17 | Arizona | Clemson | UCLA |
| 18 | Clemson | Arizona | Clemson |
| 19 | Duke | Duke | Notre Dame |
| 20 | LSU | LSU | Marshall |
| 21 | Marshall | Marshall | Wisconsin |
| 22 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Texas A&M |
| 23 | Colorado State | Georgia Tech | Arizona State |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | Oklahoma | USC |
| 25 | Utah | Colorado State | Duke |