The American conference would like to remind everyone that they exist. Excusing UCF's undefeated-ness (and memphis's only loss to UCF), UCF is also a top ten team looking just at their quality of wins (beaten out only by Wisconsin, Georgia, Alabama, Penn State, Ohio State, Clemson, Miami, and Notre Dame). Not having those pesky losses helps.
Top 25 (Explanation; Full Rankings)
- Wisconsin (nc)
- UCF (+2)
- Memphis (+2)
- Georgia (+2)
- Alabama (-2)
- Penn State (+3)
- Oklahoma (+1)
- Ohio State (+4)
- Clemson (+4)
- Miami (-8)
- USC (nc)
- San Diego State (+16)
- Stanford (+16)
- Texas Christian (+1)
- Washington (+4)
- Oklahoma State (+2)
- Michigan (-7)
- Auburn (+4)
- Washington State (+1)
- Virginia Tech (+4)
- Notre Dame (-14)
- Northwestern (+1)
- Michigan State (-6)
- Iowa (+1)
- Louisville (+2)