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It wasn't pretty, but it was still a convincing win on paper. Or a computer screen. Or whatever they use these days. As Spencer Hall reminds us, the only way to lose is to play. We played, felt terrible about it, won, and moved up. Such are the polls in week 3. The Coaches Poll still has us slotted at #7, while the AP moved us up to #6. LSU and Ole Miss make an appearance at #8 and #10 in the AP, giving the SEC West half of the top ten spots.
| AP | Coaches | Sagarin | |
| 1 | Florida State (37) | Florida State (50) | Oregon |
| 2 | Oregon (17) | Alabama (1) | Alabama |
| 3 | Alabama (1) | Oregon (6) | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Oklahoma (2) | Oklahoma (4) | Texas A&M |
| 5 | Auburn | Auburn | Auburn |
| 6 | Texas A&M (3) | Baylor | Georgia |
| 7 | Baylor | Texas A&M | Florida State |
| 8 | LSU | LSU | Michigan State |
| 9 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | LSU |
| 10 | Ole Miss | UCLA | Wisconsin |
| 11 | Michigan State | Michigan State | Baylor |
| 12 | UCLA | Ole Miss | Notre Dame |
| 13 | Georgia | Arizona State | UCLA |
| 14 | South Carolina | Georgia | Kansas State |
| 15 | Arizona State | Stanford | Ole Miss |
| 16 | Stanford | South Carolina | South Carolina |
| 17 | USC | Wisconsin | Clemson |
| 18 | Missouri | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 19 | Wisconsin | Missouri | USC |
| 20 | Kansas State | Kansas State | Stanford |
| 21 | BYU | USC | Florida |
| 22 | Clemson | Nebraska | Cincinnati |
| 23 | Ohio State | BYU | Oklahoma State |
| 24 | Nebraska | Clemson | Missouri |
| 25 | Oklahoma State | North Carolina | BYU |