| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Alabama | Alabama could get a nice test against Florida. We should at least learn more about the Crimson Tide. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Florida State | Florida State enjoyed a week off before their big test against Clemson. It should be the only game preventing 6-0. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Oregon | In typical Ducks fashion, they were losing 7-0 to Wyoming after one quarter, but won 48-14. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Auburn | Auburn has a very interesting Thursday night game against a Kansas State squad with something to prove. | 4 |
| 5 |  | LSU | LSU recorded their second shutout in a row, this time coming against Louisiana-Monroe. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Oklahoma | Not surprisingly, Oklahoma survived against Tennessee. This week they travel to a WVU squad that is riding high. | 6 |
| 7 |  | UCLA | Once again UCLA did not look very good, but still came away with a win. Beating Texas in Texas is not all bad though. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Michigan State | The Spartans got a week to lick their wounds from the Oregon game and prepare to beat up on Eastern Michigan. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Baylor | The Bears absolutely crushed Buffalo on Friday night. They stay on the road after a week off and face Iowa State. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies beat up on Rice and will do the same this week to SMU. The schedule gets very fun very soon. | 13 |
| 11 |  | Stanford | Stanford shut down Army. They get a week off before getting back into Pac-12 play with a road game at UW. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Georgia | Georgia could have kept creeping up the rankings had they beat South Carolina. They should win their next three. | 11 |
| 13 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State is 3-0 and get a week off before a brutal stretch of UCLA, USC, Stanford and Washington. | 15 |
| 14 |  | Ohio State | J.T. Barrett threw six touchdown passes as Ohio State finally looked like Ohio State and beat Kent State 66-0. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Notre Dame | It was a lot closer than it should have been, but Notre Dame did get past Purdue 30-14. | 17 |
| 16 |  | South Carolina | The Gamecocks are back on track with a nice win over Georgia. Their first road trip of the season is at Vandy. | 19 |
| 17 |  | Wisconsin | The Badgers looked much better against WIU a couple weeks ago and will follow it up against Bowling Green. | 16 |
| 18 |  | USC | USC was shocked by Boston College, but they are still 1-0 in Pac-12 play and host OSU in two weeks. | 10 |
| 19 |  | Mississippi | Bo Wallace threw for 4 touchdowns as Ole Miss easily took care of Louisiana. After a week off, they host Memphis. | 22 |
| 20 |  | North Carolina | If North Carolina is really a top 25 team, they will need to beat East Carolina on the road this week. | 18 |
| 21 |  | Clemson | Like Florida State, Clemson also took the week off before their big trip to Tallahassee. | 20 |
| 22 |  | Nebraska | It has not always been pretty, but Nebraska is 3-0 heading into the final non-conference game against Miami. | 21 |
| 23 |  | BYU | Houston made things interesting in the 4th quarter against BYU, but the Cougars held on for a 33-25 victory. | 23 |
| 24 |  | Washington | The Huskies finally beat somebody without sweating it out in the end. They handled Illinois 44-19. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Missouri | The Tigers pulled away from UCF in the second half. The defense will be tested against Indiana this week. | NR |
Week 3 Football Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 09/14/2014
