| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Alabama | Alabama beat Virginia Tech with their defense and special teams. After a week off, TAMU is next. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes let Buffalo stick around a bit longer than expected, but Braxton Miller did enough. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Oregon | The Ducks dropped 66 points on Nicholls State. A road trip to UVA might be a little bit closer, but not much. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Stanford | Stanford got to spend an extra week preparing for an intriguing contest against San Jose State. | 6 |
| 5 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina kicked off the 2013 campaign with a quality win against UNC. They head to Georgia this week. | 7 |
| 6 |  | Notre Dame | After a quick start, the Irish failed to pull away from Temple and won just 28-6. Michigan will be tough. | 5 |
| 7 |  | Texas A&M | Johnny Manziel had a nice second half in the opening win over Rice and the Aggies should add to the win total. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Clemson | The Tigers got a huge win over Georgia and the talk of a perfect season is already underway. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Georgia | The Bulldogs hung in there at Clemson. Now they have to face South Carolina, but at least it is at home. | 4 |
| 10 |  | Louisville | Teddy Bridgewater threw five touchdown passes as Louisville easily beat Ohio. Eventually they might be tested. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Florida | Florida's offense did not look very impressive against Toledo and they will need to play better at Miami. | 11 |
| 12 |  | LSU | LSU deserves more credit than they will get for their win over TCU. UAB is up next. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Florida State | Florida State let Pittsburgh hang around for a while, but ended up with a pretty big win. Now they get a week off. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Oklahoma | The Sooners shutout Louisiana-Monroe. This week against West Virginia may not be that difficult either. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Texas | Texas dropped 56 points against New Mexico State. The offense can keep rolling against BYU this week. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska is going to have to buckle down at some point, but they slipped past Wyoming and a win is enough. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Michigan | Michigan crushed CMU, as expected. The Notre Dame defense will be a much more interesting test. | 20 |
| 18 |  | UCLA | UCLA dropped 58 points against Nevada. The Bruins have this week off, but then it is off to Nebraska. | 21 |
| 19 |  | USC | USC fans were not happy with the Trojans lackluster win over Hawaii. A QB did not emerge either. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Northwestern | In a thrilling conclusion to a long Saturday, Northwestern got a great win at Cal. Syracuse is up next. | 22 |
| 21 |  | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State was supposed to score more points than 21 against Mississippi State, but they allowed just three. | NR |
| 22 |  | Mississippi | Ole Miss had a thrilling win at Vanderbilt on Thursday night. The win against SEMO this week should be less thrilling. | 24 |
| 23 |  | Miami (FL) | Miami had no trouble with Florida Atlantic. It could be a very interesting game this week against the Gators. | 25 |
| 24 |  | Wisconsin | Behind three rushers who topped the 100 yard mark, Wisconsin got off to a great start. | NR |
| 25 |  | TCU | TCU held in there against a very good LSU squad. This week they will get their easy non-conference win. | 23 |
Week 1 Football Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 09/01/2013
