Thanks to Auburn’s last-second win over previously top-ranked Alabama, the Florida State Seminoles are the new No. 1 team in the BCS rankings for the first time since 2000.Here's the latest top 25 rankings from the Associated Press:
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Florida State (58) | 12-0 | 1498 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 12-0 | 1418 |
| 3 | Auburn (2) | 11-1 | 1387 |
| 4 | Alabama | 11-1 | 1294 |
| 5 | Missouri | 11-1 | 1281 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 10-1 | 1197 |
| 7 | Stanford | 10-2 | 1067 |
| 8 | South Carolina | 10-2 | 1066 |
| 9 | Baylor | 10-1 | 1020 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 11-1 | 1002 |
| 11 | Arizona State | 10-2 | 843 |
| 12 | Oregon | 10-2 | 815 |
| 13 | Clemson | 10-2 | 813 |
| 14 | LSU | 9-3 | 690 |
| 15 | UCF | 10-1 | 621 |
| 16 | Northern Illinois | 12-0 | 596 |
| 17 | UCLA | 9-3 | 510 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 9-2 | 503 |
| 19 | Louisville | 10-1 | 482 |
| 20 | Duke | 10-2 | 348 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 9-3 | 299 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 8-4 | 186 |
| 23 | Texas | 8-3 | 156 |
| 24 | Fresno State | 10-1 | 124 |
| 25 | Georgia | 8-4 | 111 |
Dropped from rankings: USC 23, Notre Dame 25
Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 45, USC 28, Notre Dame 26, Miami (FL) 26, Iowa 23, Vanderbilt 16, Washington 6, Minnesota 2, North Dakota State 1
Written by Mike Lucas
