Alabama remained No. 1 and won back some of the support it lost last week to No. 2 Clemson. The Crimson Tide received 52 first-place votes Sunday, up seven from last week, after beating Vanderbilt 59-0 on Saturday.
Clemson received eight first-place votes, down seven from last week, after taking more than three quarters to pull away from Boston College. No. 3 Oklahoma got the remaining first-place vote.
Penn State held at No. 4. Southern California was No. 5, followed by Pac-12 rival Washington.
Georgia followed Michigan, TCU and Wisconsin rounded out the top 10.
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sep. 23, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Alabama (52) | 4-0 | 1515 | 1 |
| 2. Clemson (8) | 4-0 | 1458 | 2 |
| 3. Oklahoma (1) | 4-0 | 1397 | 3 |
| 4. Penn St. | 4-0 | 1304 | 4 |
| 5. Southern Cal | 4-0 | 1247 | 5 |
| 6. Washington | 4-0 | 1188 | 7 |
| 7. Georgia | 4-0 | 1136 | 11 |
| 8. Michigan | 4-0 | 1088 | 8 |
| 9. TCU | 4-0 | 1028 | 16 |
| 10. Wisconsin | 3-0 | 1023 | 9 |
| 11. Ohio St. | 3-1 | 1016 | 10 |
| 12. Virginia Tech | 4-0 | 828 | 13 |
| 13. Auburn | 3-1 | 701 | 15 |
| 14. Miami | 2-0 | 693 | 14 |
| 15. Oklahoma St. | 3-1 | 665 | 6 |
| 16. Washington St. | 4-0 | 551 | 18 |
| 17. Louisville | 3-1 | 502 | 19 |
| 18. South Florida | 4-0 | 406 | 21 |
| 19. San Diego St. | 4-0 | 365 | 22 |
| 20. Utah | 4-0 | 356 | 23 |
| 21. Florida | 2-1 | 342 | 20 |
| 22. Notre Dame | 3-1 | 246 | - |
| 23. West Virginia | 3-1 | 212 | - |
| 24. Mississippi St. | 3-1 | 148 | 17 |
| 25. LSU | 3-1 | 92 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: NC State 87, Duke 79, Texas Tech 40, Florida St. 35, Memphis 26, Iowa 16, Stanford 8, California 7, Colorado 5, UCF 4, Minnesota 3, Kansas St. 3, Oregon 3, Tennessee 1, Wake Forest 1.
