Overview
- Ohio State remains No. 1 ahead of Penn State and LSU, with Miami up to No. 4 and Georgia to No. 5 after Week 3 results.
- Texas A&M climbed six spots to No. 10 after a 41-40 road win at Notre Dame sealed by Marcel Reed’s late fourth-and-goal touchdown pass.
- Notre Dame fell from No. 8 to No. 24 yet stayed in the rankings at 0-2, the first such case since Michigan in 1988.
- Georgia Tech (No. 18), Vanderbilt (No. 20) and USC (No. 25) entered the poll, while Clemson, South Carolina and South Florida dropped out.
- Ohio State led the voting with 55 first-place nods as Miami received its first No. 1 votes since 2017; Oregon slipped to No. 6 despite a 20-point road win.