AP Top 25 College Football Poll

Rankings

Released January 20

Rank
Teams
Trend
This Week
Points

1

Indiana16-0Big Ten

-

vs. North Texas Sept. 5 at 12 p.m. EDT

1650 (66)

2

Miami (FL)13-3Atlantic Coast

8

@ Stanford Sept. 4 at 9 p.m. EDT

1584 (0)

3

Ole Miss13-2Southeastern

3

vs. Louisville Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. EDT

1492 (0)

4

Oregon13-2Big Ten

1

vs. Boise State Sept. 5 at 3:30 p.m. EDT

1429 (0)

5

Ohio State12-2Big Ten

-2

vs. Ball State Sept. 5 at 12:30 p.m. EDT

1378 (0)

6

Georgia12-2Southeastern

-4

vs. Tennessee State Sept. 5 at 3 p.m. EDT

1364 (0)

7

Texas Tech12-2Big 12

-3

vs. Abilene Christian Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. EDT

1232 (0)

8

Texas A&M11-2Southeastern

-1

vs. Missouri State Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. EDT

1157 (0)

9

Alabama11-4Southeastern

2

vs. East Carolina Sept. 5 at 12 p.m. EDT

1065 (0)

10

Notre Dame10-2IA Independents

-1

vs. Wisconsin Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. EDT

1049 (0)

11

BYU12-2Big 12

1

vs. Utah Tech Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. EDT

961 (0)

12

Texas10-3Southeastern

2

vs. Texas State Sept. 5 at 3:30 p.m. EDT

952 (0)

13

Oklahoma10-3Southeastern

-5

vs. UTEP Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. EDT

941 (0)

14

Utah11-2Big 12

1

vs. Idaho Sept. 3 at 9 p.m. EDT

812 (0)

15

Vanderbilt10-3Southeastern

-2

vs. Austin Peay Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. EDT

623 (0)

16

Virginia11-3Atlantic Coast

4

vs. NC State Aug. 29 at 3:30 p.m. EDT

603 (0)

17

Iowa9-4Big Ten

-

vs. Northern Illinois Sept. 5 at 4:15 p.m. EDT

430 (0)

18

Tulane11-3American

-1

@ Duke Sept. 5 at 3:30 p.m. EDT

404 (0)

19

James Madison12-2Sun Belt

-

vs. Liberty Sept. 5 at 12 p.m. EDT

399 (0)

20

USC9-4Big Ten

-4

vs. San Jose State Aug. 29 at 3 p.m. EDT

378 (0)

21

Michigan9-4Big Ten

-3

vs. Western Michigan Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. EDT

276 (0)

22

Houston10-3Big 12

-

vs. Oregon State Sept. 5 at 12 p.m. EDT

270 (0)

23

Navy11-2American

-1

vs. Towson Sept. 5 at 3:30 p.m. EDT

227 (0)

24

North Texas12-2American

-1

@ Indiana Sept. 5 at 12 p.m. EDT

191 (0)

25

TCU9-4Big 12

-

vs. North Carolina Aug. 29 at 12 p.m. EDT

125 (0)

Others receiving votes:

Illinois 123, Washington 76, SMU 69, Duke 58, Arizona 54, Georgia Tech 44, Tennessee 10, Missouri 8, Louisville 7, Old Dominion 3, W. Michigan 2, Wake Forest 2, Hawaii 1, Boise St. 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.

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