| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Alabama | Alabama enjoyed a week off and now things get really interesting with a trip to Ole Miss. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Oregon | The Ducks may have needed a week off after their tough trip to Washington State. Arizona on Thursday is next. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Florida State | FSU was down 24-7 at the end of the 1st quarter, but came back to beat NC State 56-41. | 2 |
| 4 |  | Auburn | Auburn cruised past Louisiana Tech and now it is back to SEC play with LSU coming to town. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma needs to stay the course and keep beating the teams they should be. It continues at TCU this week. | 5 |
| 6 |  | UCLA | The Bruins got big plays in every facet of the game to take down Arizona State 62-27 on Thursday night. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Michigan State | Jeremy Langford finally rushed for over 100 yards as MSU crushed Wyoming. A huge one against Nebraska is next. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Texas A&M | It took a 14-point fourth quarter comeback and overtime, but Texas A&M remained perfect with a win over Arkansas. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Baylor | Baylor has yet to be tested this season and it may not happen this week against Texas either. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Stanford | The Cardinal held on to beat Washington and the trip to Notre Dame this week will be very interesting. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Georgia | The Bulldogs had some trouble with Tennessee, but Todd Gurley rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns. | 11 |
| 12 |  | LSU | LSU got to get back to their winning ways againt NMSU. This week they head to Auburn in a fun SEC contest. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame has yet to prove that they can beat a good team. That could end this week against Stanford. | 16 |
| 14 |  | Wisconsin | It was an ugly first half, but Wisconsin pulled away from USF in the second half thanks to Melvin Gordon. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes offense is looking great, but the defense is struggling. They will be put to the test at Maryland. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Mississippi | Memphis got absolutely nothing going against Ole Miss. The Rebels have a huge game against Alabama next. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State got blown out at home by UCLA on Thursday night. They need to recover quickly with a trip to USC next. | 13 |
| 18 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska is 5-0 and heads to Michigan State this weekend in a game with massive national implications. | 18 |
| 19 |  | Mississippi State | On the heels of their big win over LSU, MSU took a week off to prepare for Texas A&M on Saturday. | 21 |
| 20 |  | USC | The Pac-12 is tough but the Trojans can start 3-0 with a win over Arizona State on Saturday. | 20 |
| 21 |  | BYU | The Cougars will look to go to 5-0 against Utah State on Friday night. An undefeated season is not out of the question. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Kansas State | Kansas State rolled over UTEP and they should be able to put up some points against Texas Tech too. | NR |
| 23 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina drops to 2-2 in SEC play. The good news is that Kentucky and Furman are their next two games. | 19 |
| 24 |  | Oklahoma State | Daxx Garman threw for 370 yards and 4 TDs in a nice win over TTU. The tough Big 12 games don't come until Nov. | 25 |
| 25 |  | East Carolina | If you like lopsided offense, watch ECU throw all over SMU. SMU has been outscored by an average of 50.5 to 3. | NR |
Week 5 Football Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 09/28/2014
