AP Poll Top 25: Week 2 college football rankings led by Alabama, Ohio State

Clemson, Penn State and Oklahoma are ranked Nos. 3-5. There are also two new teams in the rankings: No. 23 TCU and No. 24 Notre Dame.

Below, find the AP Poll Top 25 college football rankings:

College Football Rankings: AP Poll Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Previous rank
1	Alabama ( 60 No. 1 votes)	1-0	1,524	1
2	Ohio State ( 1)	1-0	1,445	2
3	Clemson	1-0	1,317	5
4	Penn State	1-0	1,303	6
5	Oklahoma	1-0	1,253	7
6	USC	1-0	1,224	4
7	Washington	1-0	1,083	8
8	Michigan	1-0	1,051	11
9	Wisconsin	1-0	979	9
10	Florida State	0-1	976	3
11	Oklahoma State	1-0	950	10
12	LSU	1-0	898	13
13	Auburn	1-0	873	12
14	Stanford	1-0	772	14
15	Georgia	1-0	685	15
16	Miami (Fla.)	1-0	537	18
17	Louisville	1-0	529	16
18	Virginia Tech	1-0	490	21
19	Kansas State	1-0	398	20
20	Washington State	1-0	216	24
21	South Florida	2-0	207	19
22	Florida	0-1	164	17
23	TCU	1-0	154	NR
24	Notre Dame	1-0	141	NR
25	Tennessee	1-0	124	25

Others receiving votes: Utah 96, UCLA 82, West Virginia 70, Colorado 65, Maryland 45, Oregon 44, South Carolina 44, Boise State 22, Northwestern 20, Houston 14, San Diego State 11, Texas Tech 4, Kentucky 4, Iowa 3, California 2, Navy 1, Vanderbilt 1, Pittsburgh 1, Mississippi State 1, Nebraska 1, Michigan State 1.

AP Poll: Top 25 scores, results

Saturday, Aug. 26

• No. 19 South Florida 42, San Jose State 22
• No. 14 Stanford 62, Rice 7

Thursday, Aug. 31

• No. 10 Oklahoma State 59, Tulsa 24
• No. 2 Ohio State 49, Indiana 21

Friday, Sept. 1

• No. 8 Washington 30, Rutgers 14
• No. 9 Wisconsin 59, Utah State 10

Saturday, Sept. 2

• No. 5 Clemson 56, Kent State 3
• No. 6 Penn State 52, Akron 0
• Maryland 51, No. 23 Texas 41
• No. 18 Miami 41, Bethune-Cookman 13
• No. 7 Oklahoma 56, UTEP 7
• No. 11 Michigan 33, No. 17 Florida 17
• No. 19 South Florida 31, Stony Brook 17
• No. 4 USC 49, Western Michigan 31
• No. 15 Georgia 31, Appalachian State 10
• No. 20 Kansas State 55, Central Arkansas 19
• No. 12 Auburn 41, Georgia Southern 7
• No. 16 Louisville 35, Purdue 28
• No. 1 Alabama 24, No. 3 Florida State 7
• No. 13 LSU 27, BYU 0
• No. 24 Washington State 31, Montana State 0

Sunday, Sept. 3

• No. 21 Virginia Tech 31, No. 22 West Virginia 24

Monday, Sept. 4

• No. 25 Tennessee 42, Georgia Tech 41 (2OT)

For reference, here’s the preseason AP Poll Top 25 rankings:

College football rankings: AP Poll Top 25 preseason

This year’s preseason AP Top 25 poll was released on August 21.

Rank	Team	Record (last year)	Points	Final rank last year
1	Alabama ( 52 No. 1 votes)	14-1	1513	2
2	Ohio State ( 3)	11-2	1414	6
3	Florida State ( 4)	10-3	1396	8
4	USC ( 2)	10-3	1325	3
5	Clemson	14-1	1201	1
6	Penn State	11-3	1196	7
7	Oklahoma	11-2	1170	5
8	Washington	12-2	1150	4
9	Wisconsin	11-3	926	9
10	Oklahoma State	10-3	889	11
11	Michigan	10-3	881	10
12	Auburn	8-5	880	24
13	LSU	8-4	784	13
14	Stanford	10-3	695	12
15	Georgia	8-5	690	NR
16	Louisville	9-4	629	21
17	Florida	9-4	624	14
18	Miami (Fla.)	9-4	492	20
19	South Florida	11-2	327	19
20	Kansas State	9-4	317	NR
21	Virginia Tech	10-4	240	16
22	West Virginia	10-3	207	18
23	Texas	5-7	173	NR
24	Washington State	8-5	133	NR
25	Tennessee	9-4	114	22

Others receiving votes: TCU 98, Utah 85, Notre Dame 65, Boise State 37, NC State 26, Northwestern 25, Pittsburgh 23, Oregon 21, Houston 19, Colorado 18, UCLA 9, San Diego State 9, BYU 5, Appalachian State 4, Nebraska 4, Tulsa 4, Kentucky 3, Texas A&M 3, Michigan State 1.

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