The Top Twenty Five
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sep. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Pvs | |
| 1. Alabama (59) | 1-0 | 1571 | 1 |
| 2. Georgia (4) | 1-0 | 1507 | 5 |
| 3. Ohio State | 1-0 | 1437 | 4 |
| 4. Oklahoma | 1-0 | 1374 | 2 |
| 5. Texas A&M | 1-0 | 1288 | 6 |
| 6. Clemson | 0-1 | 1231 | 3 |
| 7. Cincinnati | 1-0 | 1136 | 8 |
| 8. Notre Dame | 1-0 | 1070 | 9 |
| 9. Iowa State | 1-0 | 1045 | 7 |
| 10. Iowa | 1-0 | 942 | 18 |
| 11. Penn State | 1-0 | 908 | 19 |
| 12. Oregon | 1-0 | 883 | 11 |
| 13. Florida | 1-0 | 842 | 13 |
| 14. USC | 1-0 | 789 | 15 |
| 15. Texas | 1-0 | 683 | 21 |
| 16. UCLA | 2-0 | 668 | – |
| 17. Coastal Carolina | 1-0 | 384 | 22 |
| 18. Wisconsin | 0-1 | 376 | 12 |
| 19. Virginia Tech | 1-0 | 359 | – |
| 20. Mississippi | 1-0 | 335 | – |
| 21. Utah | 1-0 | 334 | 24 |
| 22. Miami (FL) | 0-1 | 229 | 14 |
| 23. Arizona State | 1-0 | 227 | 25 |
| 24. North Carolina | 0-1 | 198 | 10 |
| 25. Auburn | 1-0 | 83 | – |
Others receiving votes: TCU 80, North Carolina State 69, UCF 61, LSU 57, Liberty 57, Michigan 52, Oklahoma State 39, Indiana 37, Michigan State 28, Nevada 23, Kansas State 13, Louisiana-Lafayette 12, BYU 10, Boston College 8, Ball State 7, Maryland 6, UAB 5, Florida State 4, Kentucky 3, Army 2, Texas Tech 2, Appalachian State 1.
