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Arizona football earned seven votes in the Week 3 Amway Coaches Poll after defeating UTSA, ranking it 38th in college football. The Wildcats garnered six votes in the Week 2 coaches poll, but holding off a tough Larry Coker squad in San Antonio on Thursday didn't ding them.
More glaring in this week's poll is Oklahoma's leapfrog of Oregon despite the Ducks' decisive victory against Michigan State. Oklahoma thumped Tulsa. Elsewhere in the Pac-12, USC leapt into the top-10 by beating Stanford, which itself fell to No. 16. Arizona State also jumped past the Cardinal and finds itself No. 14.
College football coaches poll
| Ranking | School | First Place votes |
| 1 | Florida State | 51 |
| 2 | Alabama | 1 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 3 |
| 4 | Oregon | 6 |
| 5 | Auburn | |
| 6 | Georgia | 1 |
| 7 | Baylor | |
| 8 | Texas A&M | |
| 9 | LSU | |
| 10 | USC | |
| 11 | Notre Dame | |
| 12 | UCLA | |
| 13 | Michigan State | |
| 14 | Arizona State | |
| 15 | Ole Miss | |
| 16 | Stanford | |
| 17 | Wisconsin | |
| 18 | Ohio State | |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | |
| 20 | Kansas State | |
| 21 | Nebraska | |
| 22 | Missouri | |
| 23 | South Carolina | |
| 24 | Clemson | |
| 25 | North Carolina |
Others receiving votes:: Louisville 128; Brigham Young 124; Florida 107; Mississippi State 84; Oklahoma State 81; Duke 55; Washington 22; TCU 19; Minnesota 17; Marshall 14; Iowa 9; Cincinnati 8; Arizona 7; Oregon State 6; West Virginia 6; Pittsburgh 5; Northern Illinois 5; Rutgers 4; Memphis 4; Michigan 2; Boise State 1; Texas Tech 1.
AP Poll
| AP | Coaches | Sagarin | |
| 1 | Florida State (38) | Florida State (51) | Oregon |
| 2 | Oregon (16) | Alabama (1) | Georgia |
| 3 | Alabama (1) | Oklahoma (3) | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Oklahoma (2) | Oregon (6) | Texas A&M |
| 5 | Auburn | Auburn | Auburn |
| 6 | Georgia (1) | Georgia (1) | LSU |
| 7 | Texas A&M (2) | Baylor | Florida |
| 8 | Baylor | Texas A&M | Alabama |
| 9 | USC | LSU | Notre Dame |
| 10 | LSU | USC | UCLA |
| 11 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Michigan State |
| 12 | UCLA | UCLA | Ohio State |
| 13 | Michigan State | Michigan State | USC |
| 14 | Ole Miss | Arizona State | Wisconsin |
| 15 | Stanford | Ole Miss | Virginia Tech |
| 16 | Arizona State | Stanford | BYU |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | Wisconsin | Florida State |
| 18 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | Ole Miss |
| 19 | Kansas State | Virginia Tech | Arizona |
| 20 | Missouri | Kansas State | Baylor |
| 21 | Louisville | Nebraska | TCU |
| 22 | Ohio State | Missouri | UCF |
| 23 | Clemson | South Carolina | Stanford |
| 24 | South Carolina | Clemson | Kansas State |
| 25 | BYU | North Carolina | Louisville |