The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 9, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv1. Southern Cal (58) 5-0 1,618 12. Texas (7) 5-0 1,565 23. Virginia Tech 6-0 1,493 34. Florida St. 5-0 1,393 45. Georgia 5-0 1,389 56. Alabama 5-0 1,244 77. Miami 4-1 1,205 98. Penn St. 6-0 1,096 169. Notre Dame 4-1 1,058 1210. LSU 3-1 1,057 1111. Florida 5-1 935 1312. UCLA 5-0 889 2013. Texas Tech 5-0 794 1514. Boston College 5-1 656 1815. Ohio St. 3-2 641 616. Michigan St. 4-1 581 1917. Tennessee 3-2 538 818. California 5-1 537 1019. Louisville 4-1 461 2320. Oregon 5-1 456 2521. Auburn 4-1 441 2222. Minnesota 5-1 321 -23. Wisconsin 5-1 241 1424. Colorado 4-1 222 -25. TCU 5-1 81 -Others receiving votes: West Virginia 68, Arizona St. 43, Fresno St. 42, Nebraska 18, Georgia Tech 15, Iowa 13, Virginia 6, Michigan 3, Northwestern 3, Baylor 1, Toledo 1.