There was lots of movement in the top 25 college football rankings after week 1. Who could have seen UCLA coming out of nowhere to rocket up the ranks with a 2-0 start? While most highly ranked teams did what they were expected to and picked up a win, several prominent programs lost “style points” in the week 2 rankings as their narrow margins of victory didn’t impress voters.
See where your favourite program ranks below:
| RANK | TEAM | POINTS | PREV | RECORD |
| 1 | Alabama | 1,571 | 1 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Georgia | 1,507 | 5 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 1,437 | 4 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 1,374 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 1,288 | 6 | 1-0 |
| 6 | Clemson | 1,231 | 3 | 0-1 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 1,136 | 8 | 1-0 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 1,070 | 9 | 1-0 |
| 9 | Iowa State | 1,045 | 7 | 1-0 |
| 10 | Iowa | 942 | 18 | 1-0 |
| 11 | Penn State | 908 | 19 | 1-0 |
| 12 | Oregon | 883 | 11 | 1-0 |
| 13 | Florida | 842 | 13 | 1-0 |
| 14 | USC | 789 | 15 | 1-0 |
| 15 | Texas | 683 | 21 | 1-0 |
| 16 | UCLA | 668 | NR | 2-0 |
| 17 | Coastal Carolina | 384 | 22 | 1-0 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 376 | 12 | 0-1 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 359 | NR | 1-0 |
| 20 | Ole Miss | 335 | NR | 1-0 |
| 21 | Utah | 334 | 24 | 1-0 |
| 22 | Miami (FL) | 229 | 14 | 0-1 |
| 23 | Arizona State | 222 | 25 | 1-0 |
| 24 | North Carolina | 198 | 10 | 0-1 |
| 25 | Auburn | 83 | NR | 1-0 |
Others receiving votes: TCU 80, NC State 69, UCF 61, LSU 57, Liberty 57, Michigan 52, Oklahoma State 39, Indiana 37, Michigan State 28, Nevada 23, Kansas State 13, Louisiana 12, BYU 10, Boston College 8, Ball State 7, Maryland 6, UAB 5, Arizona 5, Florida State 4, Kentucky 3, Army 2, Texas Tech 2, Appalachian State 1.