Notre Dame stays on top after surviving a close game against my Northwestern Wildcats. Not surprisingly, ‘Bama leapfrogs the Clemson and LSU Tigers after shutting out the latter.

UCF breaks into the top 10, as does … South Carolina? The presence of the 3-loss Gamecocks is a little puzzling. But those losses came from Georgia, Kentucky, and Texas A&M, all teams which appear elsewhere in the poll.

1 - Notre Dame (9-0) (50.417724609375)
2 - Alabama (9-0) (47.15625)
3 - Clemson (9-0) (45.734375)
4 - LSU (7-2) (42.381187438964844)
5 - Michigan (8-1) (41.81005859375)
6 - Georgia (8-1) (39.02653121948242)
7 - UCF (8-0) (38.1009521484375)
8 - Kentucky (7-2) (34.798187255859375)
9 - South Carolina (5-3) (33.063812255859375)
10 - Oklahoma (8-1) (32.244140625)
11 - Ohio St. (8-1) (32.0439453125)
12 - Missouri (5-4) (31.660812377929688)
13 - Mississippi St. (6-3) (30.820968627929688)
14 - Florida (6-3) (30.543624877929688)
15 - Auburn (6-3) (29.3958740234375)
16 - North Carolina St. (6-2) (28.36688232421875)
17 - Buffalo (8-1) (26.733154296875)
18 - Penn St. (6-3) (26.1455078125)
19 - West Virginia (7-1) (25.11474609375)
20 - Cincinnati (8-1) (25.0892333984375)
21 - Michigan St. (6-3) (24.90771484375)
22 - Texas A&M (5-4) (23.96746826171875)
23 - Washington St. (8-1) (23.5013427734375)
24 - Boston College (7-2) (23.0794677734375)
25 - San Diego St. (7-2) (23.065185546875)