Tennessee’s thrilling 52-49 win over Alabama sees the Volunteers rise to No. 3, while the Tide fall to No. 6. Ohio State remains No. 1 in a tight race, despite Georgia receiving more first-place votes.

Photo via Ryan Schumpert of Rocky Top Insider.

Rank	Team	Points	Record	Trend
1	21 Ohio State	1278	6-0	–
2	22 Georgia	1269	7-0	–
3	11 Tennessee	1267	6-0	+3
4	Michigan	1187	7-0	+1
5	Clemson	1165	7-0	-1
6	Alabama	1020	6-1	-3
7	Ole Miss	998	7-0	+2
8	TCU	970	6-0	+5
9	UCLA	899	6-0	–
10	Oklahoma State	826	5-1	-2
11	Oregon	751	5-1	+1
12	USC	722	6-1	-5
13	Utah	686	5-2	+5
14	Wake Forest	652	5-1	–
15	Syracuse	648	6-0	+4
16	Penn State	564	5-1	-4
17	Kansas State	485	5-1	-1
18	Kentucky	408	5-2	+4
19	Illinois	333	6-1	NR
20	Texas	315	5-2	+3
21	Cincinnati	248	5-1	–
22	North Carolina	186	6-1	NR
23	Mississippi State	171	5-2	-6
24	North Carolina State	167	5-2	-9
25	Tulane	67	6-1	NR

New entrants: Illinois (19), North Carolina (22), Tulane (25)

Dropped out: Kansas (20), Baylor (24), James Madison (25)

Receiving votes: Purdue (63), LSU (48), Kansas (33), UCF (33), Baylor (31), South Alabama (14), Oregon State (13), Arkansas (13), Maryland (12), Minnesota (10), BYU (6), Florida State (5), Oklahoma (5), James Madison (4), Coastal Carolina (2), South Carolina (2), Washington (2), Washington State (1)

A full breakdown of individual ballots cast by each voter can be found here.