| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Alabama | Alabama looks to remain perfect against Tennessee and the poor Vol's are coming off a loss against LSU. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Oklahoma | The Sooners have a few tougher games coming up, like at KSU and Baylor, but first up Texas Tech comes to town. | 2 |
| 3 |  | LSU | LSU went to Neyland Stadium and took care of business. Hosting Auburn should not be much more difficult. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Wisconsin | Michigan State is riding high and this will be Wisconsin's first true road game of the year…and it's late October. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State has won nine games in a row away from home. They'll look to make it ten this week at Missouri. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Boise State | BSU is running out of opportunities to lose and it will now take a major, major upset to keep them out of the BCS. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Stanford | Stanford may face their toughest test of the year this week against Washington. It gets harder after that. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Clemson | Clemson had to have a big comeback to beat Maryland and the UNC defense may be able to stop them this week. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Oregon | The Ducks beat a good ASU squad and now hit the road for three of their next four games, starting with Colorado. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska should keep their momentum moving in the right direction after a trip to Minnesota this week. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Arkansas | Arkansas needs to avoid looking ahead too much. A road trip is never easy in the SEC, even if it is Ole Miss. | 11 |
| 12 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina is not winning pretty, but they are winning. A week off may help the new look offense gel. | 12 |
| 13 |  | West Virginia | Syracuse is trying to be a real contender in the Big East, but they will have to go through WVU on Friday night. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Michigan State | Coming off of a big win over Michigan, the Spartans host Wisconsin in what is now a game with title implications. | 21 |
| 15 |  | Kansas State | Kansas State might just be for real after winning a tough road game against Texas Tech, but we'll learn more later. | 19 |
| 16 |  | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech keeps rolling along and they should have little trouble with BC coming to Blacksburg on Saturday. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Michigan | Michigan has traditionally fallen apart after losing to MSU. This time they have a week to think about it. | 14 |
| 18 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M has rebounded very nicely after a couple close early losses. They should keep winning this week. | 23 |
| 19 |  | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech's schedule is getting tougher and after losing at Virginia they have to head to Miami. | 17 |
| 20 |  | Illinois | Illinois could not do anything against OSU's defense last week. The offense will get back on track against Purdue. | 18 |
| 21 |  | Arizona State | There is no shame in losing in Eugene and ASU may get another shot at Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship Game. | 15 |
| 22 |  | Washington | Washington's one loss came at Nebraska and this week they'll give Stanford their stiffest test to date. | NR |
| 23 |  | Penn State | Penn State does just enough to win, but the schedule will catch up with them starting with a trip to Northwestern. | 24 |
| 24 |  | Houston | Coming off of a bye week, Houston's offense should be ready to have another great outing against Marshall. | 25 |
| 25 |  | Texas | Few expected Texas to beat Oklahoma State last week, but they played pretty well and that is a good sign. | 20 |
Week 7 Football Top 25
Sat, 10/15/2011
