College football polls: Updated AP Top 25, Coaches Poll rankings after Week 1

Kevin Skiver

College football polls: Updated AP Top 25, Coaches Poll rankings after Week 1 image

The first full week of college football season is in the books, and the SEC and the Big Ten hold the top four spots. Although Georgia made a compelling case against No. 11 Oregon to overtake Alabama for the No. 1 spot, the committee at large took it as a condemnation of Oregon rather than a vindication of Georgia, and knocked the Ducks out of the Top 25 while the Bulldogs overtook Ohio State at No. 2.

Ohio State's win over Notre Dame netted it two No. 1 votes, but the Buckeyes' ugly win over the Irish didn't seem to turn a ton of heads. Notre Dame, for its part, joins Utah as the only two 0-1 teams in the Top 25 (Utah, of course, lost to Florida in Week 1).

Florida's win over Utah catapulted it into the rankings at No. 12, while Utah dropped to No. 13. Oklahoma State moved up a spot to No. 11 after a barnburner against Central Michigan.

All things told, there are still too many questions to be answered to divine too much from these rankings. Alabama vs. Texas should give us a better litmus test of where they stand, and we will see three Top 25 matchups in Week 3: No. 9 Baylor vs. No. 21 BYU; No. 12 Florida vs. No. 20 Kentucky; and No. 17 Pitt vs. No. 24 Tennessee.

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Sporting News takes a look at how those games and more affected the latest AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll rankings following opening weekend:

College football rankings for Week 2

AP Top 25

RankTeamRecordPoints (No. 1 votes)
1Alabama1-01,552 (44)
2Georgia1-01,511 (11)
3Ohio State1-01,471 (2)
4Michigan1-01,299
5Clemson1-01,280
6Texas A&M1-01,241
7Oklahoma1-01,130
8Notre Dame0-11,085
9Baylor1-01,057
10USC1-0898
11Oklahoma State1-0818
12Florida1-0763
13Utah0-1717
14Michigan State1-0690
15Miami (FL)1-0679
16Arkansas1-0678
17Pitt1-0535
18N.C. State1-0513
19Wisconsin1-0476
20Kentucky1-0373
21BYU1-0266
22Ole Miss1-0254
23Wake Forest1-0246
24Tennessee1-0194
25Houston1-0143

Others receiving votes: Oregon 131, Penn State 122, Texas 118, Cincinnati 63, Florida State 42, Fresno State 22, UCF 22, Minnesota 22, Kansas State 18, Auburn 15, Mississippi State 10, Air Force 8, Oregon State 5, North Carolina 3, South Carolina 2, Purdue 1, UCLA 1, Arizona 1

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Coaches Poll

RankTeamRecordPoints (No. 1 votes)
1Alabama1-01,615 (57)
2Georgia1-01,542 (6)
3Ohio State1-01,520 (2)
4Clemson1-01,380
5Michigan1-01,333
6Texas A&M1-01,268
7Oklahoma1-01,160
8Baylor1-01,103
9Notre Dame0-11,077
10Oklahoma State1-0938
11Michigan State1-0860
12USC1-0849
13N.C. State1-0642
14Pitt1-0624
15Utah0-1605
16Miami (FL)1-0591
17Arkansas1-0554
18Wisconsin1-0495
19Florida1-0469
20Kentucky1-0421
21Wake Forest1-0353
22Texas1-0351
23Ole Miss1-0292
24Oregon0-1206
25BYU1-0179

Others receiving votes: Tennessee 143; Penn State 138; Houston 137; Cincinnati 61; Iowa 44; Mississippi State 34; Florida State 33; Central Florida 23; Fresno State 21; Air Force 18; Auburn 15; Texas Christian 7; UCLA 6; South Carolina 6; Utah State 5; Minnesota 5; Syracuse 4; Oregon State 3; UL Lafayette 1; Texas Tech 1; Northwestern 1; North Carolina 1.

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Kevin Skiver

Kevin Skiver has been a content producer at Sporting News since 2021. He previously worked at CBS Sports as a trending topics writer, and now writes various pieces on MLB, the NFL, the NBA, and college sports. He enjoys hiking and eating, not necessarily in that order.