The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 25, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pv
1. Clemson (27)	11-1	1478	4
2. Oklahoma (24)	11-1	1461	3
3. Wisconsin (10)	12-0	1405	5
4. Auburn	10-2	1374	6
5. Alabama	11-1	1254	1
6. Georgia	11-1	1246	7
7. Miami	10-1	1119	2
8. Ohio St.	10-2	1112	8
9. Penn St.	10-2	960	12
10. TCU	10-2	956	10
11. Southern Cal	10-2	936	11
12. UCF	11-0	906	13
13. Washington	10-2	764	15
14. Stanford	9-3	693	20
15. Notre Dame	9-3	592	9
16. Memphis	10-1	582	17
17. LSU	9-3	566	19
18. Oklahoma St.	9-3	532	18
19. Michigan St.	9-3	457	21
20. Northwestern	9-3	378	23
21. Washington St.	9-3	328	14
22. Virginia Tech	9-3	298	24
23. South Florida	9-2	114	22
24. Mississippi St.	8-4	88	16
25. Fresno St.	9-3	57	NR

Others receiving votes: NC State 56, San Diego St. 46, Louisville 16, Boise St. 14, Toledo 13, Michigan 12, Virginia 4, Missouri 3, FAU 2, Troy 1, Kansas St. 1, Iowa St. 1.