The Big Ten still has only three teams in the latest AP Top 25 poll, as Northwestern replaces Michigan State, which fell out after its second loss in three weeks. Ohio State moves up two spots to No. 12, while Nebraska moves up a single spot to No. 22 after its come-from-behind win against Wisconsin on Saturday night. Nebraska held at No. 20 in the coaches’ poll. Northwestern is ranked in both the AP and coaches’ polls for the first time since 2008, when it started 6-1 and finished 9-4, the team’s best season under coach Pat Fitzgerald.
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Alabama (60) | 5-0 | 1500 |
| 2 | Oregon | 5-0 | 1430 |
| 3 | Florida State | 5-0 | 1349 |
| 4 | LSU | 5-0 | 1310 |
| 5 | Georgia | 5-0 | 1252 |
| 6 | South Carolina | 5-0 | 1152 |
| 7 | Kansas State | 4-0 | 1123 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 4-0 | 1066 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 4-0 | 1043 |
| 10 | Florida | 4-0 | 937 |
| 11 | Texas | 4-0 | 932 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 5-0 | 793 |
| 13 | USC | 3-1 | 703 |
| 14 | Oregon State | 3-0 | 647 |
| 15 | Clemson | 4-1 | 608 |
| 15 | TCU | 4-0 | 608 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 2-1 | 581 |
| 18 | Stanford | 3-1 | 509 |
| 19 | Louisville | 5-0 | 404 |
| 20 | Mississippi State | 4-0 | 306 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 4-1 | 240 |
| 22 | Rutgers | 4-0 | 160 |
| 23 | Washington | 3-1 | 159 |
| 24 | Northwestern | 5-0 | 143 |
| 25 | UCLA | 4-1 | 122 |
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