Ohio State is still ranked No. 1 in the country after its 70-0 rout of Grambling State on Saturday.
The Buckeyes received 57 first-place votes, which is two more than they did the week before. They were helped by Penn State not putting up as convincing of a win against FIU, winning 34-0, and only leading 10-0 at the half.
The Nittany Lions (five first-place votes) are still ranked No. 2 in the country with No. 3 LSU (two), No. 4 Oregon (one) and No. 5 Miami (Fla.) finishing out the top five.
After beating Duke 45-19, Illinois jumped to No. 9 in the rankings, with No. 22 Indiana and No. 23 Michigan being the only other Big Ten teams in the top 25. The Hoosiers are coming off of a 56-9 win over Kennesaw State and the Wolverines a 24-13 loss to Oklahoma, which jumped to No. 13. Michigan saw the biggest tumble in the rankings, falling eight spots.
The biggest jump in the rankings was by Tennessee, which beat East Tennessee State 72-17. Both Oklahoma and Utah (63-9 win over Cal Poly) jumped five spots.
Georgia dropped two spots from No. 4 to No. 6 since it struggled to win as big as it probably could have at home, taking a 28-6 victory.
The rest of the top 10 consists of No. 7 Texas, No. 8 Notre Dame and No. 10 Florida State.
No. 18 South Florida is one of three new teams to the top 25. The Bulls have been the biggest surprise of the 2025 season to this point, beating preseason No. 25-ranked Boise State 34-7 in Week 1, and taking down the No. 13 Florida Gators 18-16 in Week 2. The Gators were not ranked in Week 3.
No. 24 Auburn and No. 25 Missouri also join the top 25 this week.
Here’s a look at the full AP top 25:
| Ranking | Team | Points (First-place votes) | Change |
| No. 1 | Ohio State (2-0) | 1614 (57) | – |
| No. 2 | Penn State (2-0) | 1524 (5) | – |
| No. 3 | LSU (2-0) | 1487 (2) | – |
| No. 4 | Oregon (2-0) | 1375 (1) | +2 |
| No. 5 | Miami (2-0) | 1360 | – |
| No. 6 | Georgia (2-0) | 1350 | -2 |
| No. 7 | Texas (1-1) | 1248 | – |
| No. 8 | Notre Dame (0-1) | 1086 | +1 |
| No. 9 | Illinois (2-0) | 1001 | +2 |
| No. 10 | Florida State (2-0) | 954 | +4 |
| No. 11 | South Carolina (2-0) | 721 | -1 |
| No. 12 | Clemson (1-1) | 894 | -4 |
| No. 13 | Oklahoma (2-0) | 893 | +5 |
| No. 14 | Iowa State (3-0) | 794 | +2 |
| No. 15 | Tennessee (2-0) | 537 | +7 |
| No. 16 | Texas A&M (2-0) | 532 | +3 |
| No. 17 | Ole Miss (2-0) | 518 | +3 |
| No. 18 | South Florida (2-0) | 444 | NEW |
| No. 19 | Alabama (1-1) | 396 | +2 |
| No. 20 | Utah (2-0) | 361 | +5 |
| No. 21 | Texas Tech (2-0) | 347 | +3 |
| No. 22 | Indiana (2-0) | 331 | +1 |
| No. 23 | Michigan (1-1) | 250 | -8 |
| No. 24 | Auburn (2-0) | 172 | NEW |
| No. 25 | Missouri (2-0) | 109 | NEW |
