Ohio State remains at No. 3 in the AP Top 25 Poll for the fourth straight week after beating Wisconsin 24-10 in Madison at Camp Randall Stadium. The Buckeyes earned three first-place votes, the same amount they had after Week 9.
The top five remained unchanged yet again, with No. 1 Georgia (48 first-place votes). No. 2 Michigan (9), No. 4 Florida State (3) and No. 5 Washington all staying put.
Rounding out the top 10 are No. 6 Oregon, No. 7 Texas, No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 Penn State and No. 10 Oklahoma, which suffered its first loss of the season, getting upset by No. 22 Kansas 38-33.
No. 18 Utah took the biggest fall in the rankings along with No. 16 Oregon State. The Utes dropped five spots from where they were last week, losing 35-6 to Oregon Saturday, a week after taking down Caleb Williams and No. 24 USC. The Beavers fell 27-24 to Arizona.
No. 15 Louisville and No. 20 UCLA each climbed three spots, the biggest jumps from any team this week.
| Ranking | Team | Points (First-Place Votes) | Change |
| No. 1 | Georgia (8-0) | 1553 (48) | – |
| No. 2 | Michigan (8-0) | 1494 (9) | – |
| No. 3 | Ohio State (8-0) | 1446 (3) | – |
| No. 4 | Florida State (8-0) | 1421 (3) | – |
| No. 5 | Washington (8-0) | 1327 | – |
| No. 6 | Oregon (7-1) | 1235 | +2 |
| No. 7 | Texas (7-1) | 1189 | – |
| No. 8 | Alabama (7-1) | 1114 | +1 |
| No. 9 | Penn State (7-1) | 1044 | +1 |
| No. 10 | Oklahoma (7-1) | 1010 | -4 |
| No. 11 | Ole Miss (7-1) | 990 | +1 |
| No. 12 | Notre Dame (7-2) | 847 | +2 |
| No. 13 | LSU (6-2) | 816 | +2 |
| No. 14 | Missouri (7-1) | 714 | +2 |
| No. 15 | Louisville (7-1) | 666 | +3 |
| No. 16 | Oregon State (6-2) | 557 | +2 |
| No. 17 | Air Force (8-0) | 526 | -7 |
| No. 18 | Utah (6-2) | 510 | -5 |
| No. 19 | Tennessee (6-2) | 473 | +2 |
| No. 20 | UCLA (6-2) | 331 | +3 |
| No. 21 | Tulane (7-1) | 303 | +1 |
| No. 22 | Kansas (6-2) | 250 | NEW |
| No. 23 | James Madison (8-0) | 192 | +2 |
| No. 24 | USC (7-2) | 139 | – |
| No. 25 | Kansas State (6-2) | 112 | NEW |
