| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Alabama | Alabama held on to beat Texas A&M 49-42 in a surprisingly high scoring game. The Tide host Colorado State next. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Ohio State | Who needs Carlos Hyde and Braxton Miller when you have Jordan Hall and Kenny Guiton? | 2 |
| 3 |  | Oregon | After spotting Tennessee seven points, Oregon rolled to another big win. Following a week off, they host Cal. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Stanford | Stanford eventually pulled away from Army and got a pretty easy win. They'll start Pac-12 play against ASU. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Clemson | The Tigers got to watch the action on Saturday. They play at North Carolina State on Thursday night. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Georgia | The Bulldogs got a well deserved break last week. This week they don't play somebody ranked in the top ten. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Louisville | Louisville survived their test against Kentucky. Next up is Florida International and the Cardinals won't be tested. | 9 |
| 8 |  | LSU | LSU is now 3-0 after easily handling Kent State. This week they kick off SEC play at home against Auburn. | 10 |
| 9 |  | Florida State | FSU absolutely dominated Nevada. Eventually they will be tested, but it won't be against Bethune-Cookman. | 12 |
| 10 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies deserve a ton of credit for hanging in there with Alabama and making a very good comeback. | 5 |
| 11 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina held on to beat Vanderbilt 35-25. After a week off, they head back out of conference to play UCF. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Michigan | Holy Zip! Michigan was nearly upset by Akron…which would have been a much bigger upset than Appalachian State. | 8 |
| 13 |  | UCLA | Once UCLA woke up, they looked great against Nebraska. They'll have no trouble this week with New Mexico State. | 18 |
| 14 |  | Oklahoma | After crushing Tulsa 51-20, the Sooners get a week off before heading to South Bend to face Notre Dame. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Miami (FL) | The Hurricanes get back into action against Savannah State on Saturday night. The bye week was just as tough. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Notre Dame | Purdue's offense finally came around against Notre Dame, but the Irish still held on for the win. | 13 |
| 17 |  | Florida | Florida got an extra week to mull over their loss to Miami. They should be able to beat Tennessee this week. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Northwestern | A potent ground game led Northwestern to their third win of the season. Number four comes against Maine. | 19 |
| 19 |  | Mississippi | Mississippi has now won at Vanderbilt and at Texas. Their next two games are at Alabama and at Auburn. | 21 |
| 20 |  | Oklahoma State | The Cowboys dropped 59 points on Lamar. The schedule gets tougher in Big 12 play starting in a couple weeks. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Washington | Washington got a great win in Chicago against the Illini thanks to 208 yards on the ground by Bishop Sankey. | NR |
| 22 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska was up 21-3 over UCLA in the second quarter. The Bruins scored 38 unanswered. | 15 |
| 23 |  | Baylor | Baylor's offense needed a rest after totaling 139 points in two games. Louisiana-Monroe is the next victim. | 24 |
| 24 |  | Michigan State | The Spartan offense finally got something going. That may be enough when they face Notre Dame. | NR |
| 25 |  | Fresno State | Fresno State's game at Colorado was postponed due to flooding. The big conference game against Boise awaits. | NR |
Week 3 Football Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 09/15/2013
