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The USC Trojans lost to Boston College, and the resultant 8 spot drop in the rankings actually looks like good news. During a week in which five SEC teams landed inside the top-10 overall rankings, the five Pac-12 schools shuffled up and down the rankings following an upset loss, a near loss from UCLA and dominant ASU and Stanford victories.
Led by No. 2 Oregon, followed by No. 12 UCLA, No. 15 ASU, No. 16 Stanford and then, of course, the No. 17 USC Trojans who fell out of the top-10 just one week after passing Stanford in the rankings the Pac-12 is well represented. Check out the rest of the top 25 featuring No. 9 Notre Dame, a slew of SEC squads and the emergent BYU program.
| AP | Coaches | Sagarin | |
| 1 | Florida State (37) | Florida State (50) | Oregon |
| 2 | Oregon (17) | Alabama (1) | Alabama |
| 3 | Alabama (1) | Oregon (6) | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Oklahoma (2) | Oklahoma (4) | Texas A&M |
| 5 | Auburn | Auburn | Auburn |
| 6 | Texas A&M (3) | Baylor | Georgia |
| 7 | Baylor | Texas A&M | Florida State |
| 8 | LSU | LSU | Michigan State |
| 9 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | LSU |
| 10 | Ole Miss | UCLA | Wisconsin |
| 11 | Michigan State | Michigan State | Baylor |
| 12 | UCLA | Ole Miss | Notre Dame |
| 13 | Georgia | Arizona State | UCLA |
| 14 | South Carolina | Georgia | Kansas State |
| 15 | Arizona State | Stanford | Ole Miss |
| 16 | Stanford | South Carolina | South Carolina |
| 17 | USC | Wisconsin | Clemson |
| 18 | Missouri | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 19 | Wisconsin | Missouri | USC |
| 20 | Kansas State | Kansas State | Stanford |
| 21 | BYU | USC | Florida |
| 22 | Clemson | Nebraska | Cincinnati |
| 23 | Ohio State | BYU | Oklahoma State |
| 24 | Nebraska | Clemson | Missouri |
| 25 | Oklahoma State | North Carolina | BYU |