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Two human polls and a committee's selections comprised the 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. One additional poll, the College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking, is released midway through the season after the ninth week.

Legend[]

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Selected for College Football Playoff
(#–#)
  Win-loss record
(Italics)
  Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll[]

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Coaches' Poll[]

Preseason
Aug 3[1]
Week 1
Sep 5[2]
Week 2
Sep 10[3]
Week 3
Sep 17[4]
Week 4
Sep 24[5]
Week 5
Oct 1[6]
Week 6
Oct 8[7]
Week 7
Oct 15[8]
Week 8
Oct 22[9]
Week 9
Oct 29[10]
Week 10
Nov 5[11]
Week 11
Nov 12[12]
Week 12
Nov 19[13]
Week 13
Nov 26[14]
Week 14
Dec 3[15]
Week 15 (Final)
Jan 9[16]
1. Alabama (49) Alabama (1–0) (60) Alabama (2–0) (58) Alabama (3–0) (59) Alabama (4–0) (59) Alabama (5–0) (59) Alabama (6–0) (57) Alabama (7–0) (63) Alabama (8–0) (64) Alabama (8–0) (65) Alabama (9–0) (64) Alabama (10–0) (63) Alabama (11–0) (63) Clemson (11–1) (25) Clemson (12–1) (49) Alabama (13–1) (62) 1.
2. Ohio State (5) Ohio State (1–0) (2) Clemson (2–0) (2) Clemson (3–0) (6) Clemson (4–0) (4) Clemson (5–0) (6) Clemson (6–0) (8) Penn State (6–0) Penn State (7–0) Georgia (8–0) Georgia (9–0) (1) Miami (FL) (9–0) Miami (FL) (10–0) Oklahoma (11–1) (12) Oklahoma (12–1) (10) Georgia (13–2) 2.
3. Florida State (4) Clemson (1–0) (3) Oklahoma (2–0) Oklahoma (3–0) Oklahoma (4–0) Oklahoma (4–0) Penn State (6–0) Georgia (7–0) Georgia (7–0) Ohio State (7–1) Wisconsin (9–0) Clemson (9–1) Clemson (10–1) Wisconsin (12–0) (21) Georgia (12–1) (2) Oklahoma (12–2) 3.
4. USC Penn State (1–0) USC (2–0) Penn State (3–0) Penn State (4–0) Penn State (5–0) Washington (6–0) TCU (6–0) TCU (7–0) Wisconsin (8–0) Clemson (8–1) Wisconsin (10–0) Wisconsin (11–0) Auburn (10–2) (4) Alabama (11–1) Clemson (12–2) 4.
5. Clemson (7) USC (1–0) Penn State (2–0) USC (3–0) USC (4–0) Washington (5–0) Georgia (6–0) Wisconsin (6–0) Wisconsin (7–0) Clemson (7–1) Notre Dame (8–1) Oklahoma (9–1) Oklahoma (10–1) Alabama (11–1) Ohio State (11–2) Ohio State (12–2) 5.
6. Penn State Oklahoma (1–0) Washington (2–0) Washington (3–0) Washington (4–0) Georgia (5–0) Wisconsin (5–0) Ohio State (6–1) Ohio State (6–1) Miami (FL) (7–0) Miami (FL) (8–0) Auburn (8–2) Auburn (9–2) Georgia (11–1) Wisconsin (12–1) Wisconsin (13–1) 6.
7. Washington Washington (1–0) Michigan (2–0) Oklahoma State (3–0) Michigan (4–0) Michigan (4–0) TCU (5–0) Miami (FL) (5–0) Clemson (6–1) Penn State (7–1) Oklahoma (8–1) Georgia (9–1) Georgia (10–1) Ohio State (10–2) т USC (11–2) UCF (13–0) 7.
8. Oklahoma Michigan (1–0) Oklahoma State (2–0) Michigan (3–0) Georgia (4–0) Wisconsin (4–0) Ohio State (5–1) Clemson (6–1) Miami (FL) (6–0) Notre Dame (7–1) Washington (8–1) Ohio State (8–2) Ohio State (9–2) Miami (FL) (10–1) т Auburn (10–3) Penn State (11–2) 8.
9. Michigan Florida State (0–1) Ohio State (1–1) Ohio State (2–1) Ohio State (3–1) Ohio State (4–1) Washington State (6–0) Oklahoma (5–1) Oklahoma (6–1) Oklahoma (7–1) TCU (8–1) Notre Dame (8–2) Notre Dame (9–2) USC (10–2) Penn State (10–2) TCU (11–3) 9.
10. Wisconsin Oklahoma State (1–0) Florida State (0–1) Wisconsin (3–0) Wisconsin (3–0) TCU (4–0) Miami (FL) (4–0) USC (6–1) Notre Dame (6–1) Oklahoma State (7–1) Auburn (7–2) USC (9–2) USC (10–2) Penn State (10–2) UCF (12–0) USC (11–3) 10.
11. Oklahoma State Wisconsin (1–0) LSU (2–0) Florida State (0–1) TCU (4–0) Washington State (5–0) Auburn (5–1) Oklahoma State (5–1) Washington (6–1) Washington (7–1) Ohio State (7–2) Penn State (8–2) Penn State (9–2) UCF (11–0) Miami (10–2) Notre Dame (10–3) 11.
12. LSU LSU (1–0) Wisconsin (2–0) Georgia (3–0) Virginia Tech (4–0) Miami (FL) (3–0) Oklahoma (4–1) Washington (6–1) Oklahoma State (6–1) TCU (7–1) UCF (8–0) UCF (9–0) UCF (10–0) TCU (10–2) Washington (10–2) Auburn (10–4) 12.
13. Auburn Auburn (1–0) Georgia (2–0) Virginia Tech (3–0) Miami (FL) (2–0) Auburn (4–1) USC (5–1) South Florida (6–0) Virginia Tech (6–1) Virginia Tech (7–1) Penn State (7–2) Oklahoma State (8–2) TCU (9–2) Washington (10–2) TCU (10–3) Miami (FL) (10–3) 13.
14. Stanford Stanford (1–0) Louisville (2–0) Miami (FL) (1–0) Oklahoma State (3–1) Oklahoma State (4–1) Oklahoma State (4–1) Virginia Tech (5–1) South Florida (7–0) UCF (7–0) USC (8–2) TCU (8–2) Washington (9–2) Memphis (10–1) LSU (9–3) Oklahoma State (10–3) 14.
15. Georgia Georgia (1–0) Miami (FL) (1–0) TCU (3–0) Auburn (3–1) USC (4–1) South Florida (5–0) Michigan (5–1) NC State (6–1) Auburn (6–2) Oklahoma State (7–2) Washington (8–2) Washington State (9–2) Stanford (9–3) Notre Dame (9–3) Washington (10–3) 15.
16. Florida Louisville (1–0) Virginia Tech (2–0) Auburn (2–1) Washington State (4–0) South Florida (5–0) Michigan (4–1) Notre Dame (5–1) Washington State (7–1) Iowa State (6–2) Michigan State (7–2) Washington State (9–2) Memphis (9–1) LSU (9–3) Stanford (9–4) Michigan State (10–3) 16.
17. Louisville Miami (FL) (1–0) Auburn (1–1) South Florida (3–0) South Florida (4–0) Louisville (4–1) Virginia Tech (5–1) NC State (6–1) UCF (6–0) USC (7–2) Virginia Tech (7–2) Memphis (8–1) Mississippi State (8–3) Notre Dame (9–3) Oklahoma State (9–3) Northwestern (10–3) 17.
18. Miami (FL) Virginia Tech (1–0) Kansas State (2–0) Washington State (3–0) Louisville (3–1) Utah (4–0) San Diego State (6–0) Washington State (6–1) Michigan State (6–1) Stanford (6–2) Mississippi State (7–2) Michigan (8–2) LSU (8–3) Oklahoma State (9–3) Memphis (10–2) LSU (9–4) 18.
19. Kansas State Kansas State (1–0) Stanford (1–1) Mississippi State (3–0) Utah (4–0) Virginia Tech (4–1) Notre Dame (5–1) Michigan State (5–1) Auburn (6–2) NC State (6–2) Memphis (8–1) Mississippi State (7–3) South Florida (9–1) Michigan State (9–3) Michigan State (9–3) Stanford (9–5) 19.
20. West Virginia South Florida (1–0) TCU (2–0) Louisville (2–1) Florida (2–1) Florida (3–1) NC State (5–1) UCF (5–0) Stanford (5–2) LSU (6–2) Washington State (8–2) South Florida (8–1) Stanford (8–3) Northwestern (9–3) Northwestern (9–3) Mississippi State (9–4) 20.
21. South Florida Tennessee (1–0) South Florida (2–0) Utah (3–0) San Diego State (4–0) San Diego State (5–0) UCF (4–0) Auburn (5–2) USC (6–2) Memphis (7–1) South Florida (8–1) LSU (7–3) Oklahoma State (8–3) Virginia Tech (9–3) Washington State (9–3) South Florida (10–2) 21.
22. Virginia Tech Washington State (1–0) Washington State (2–0) Florida (1–1) LSU (3–1) Notre Dame (4–1) Michigan State (4–1) Stanford (5–2) West Virginia (5–2) Mississippi State (6–2) Michigan (7–2) NC State (7–3) Michigan State (8–3) Washington State (9–3) Virginia Tech (9–3) Boise State (11–3) 22.
23. Texas Utah (1–0) Tennessee (2–0) LSU (2–1) West Virginia (3–1) West Virginia (3–1) Utah (4–1) West Virginia (4–2) LSU (6–2) South Florida (7–1) Iowa State (6–3) Stanford (7–3) Northwestern (8–3) South Florida (9–2) Mississippi State (8–4) NC State (9–4) 23.
24. Tennessee Florida (0–1) Utah (2–0) Oregon (3–0) Mississippi State (3–1) NC State (4–1) Navy (5–0) Texas A&M (5–2) Texas A&M (5–2) Michigan (6–2) NC State (6–3) Michigan State (7–3) Boise State (9–2) Mississippi State (8–4) South Florida (9–2) Memphis (10–3) 24.
25. Utah Notre Dame (1–0) Florida (0–1) San Diego State (3–0) Florida State (0–2) UCF (3–0) Stanford (4–2) LSU (5–2) Michigan (5–2) Arizona (6–2) LSU (6–3) West Virginia (7–3) Virginia Tech (8–3) San Diego State (10–2) Boise State (10–3) Virginia Tech (9–4) 25.
Preseason
Aug 3[1]
Week 1
Sep 5[2]
Week 2
Sep 10[3]
Week 3
Sep 17[4]
Week 4
Sep 24[5]
Week 5
Oct 1[6]
Week 6
Oct 8[7]
Week 7
Oct 15[8]
Week 8
Oct 22[9]
Week 9
Oct 29[10]
Week 10
Nov 5[11]
Week 11
Nov 12[12]
Week 12
Nov 19[13]
Week 13
Nov 26[14]
Week 14
Dec 3[15]
Week 15 (Final)
Jan 9[16]
Dropped:
  • West Virginia
  • Texas
Dropped:
Notre Dame
Dropped:
  • Kansas State
  • Stanford
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
Oregon
Dropped:
  • LSU
  • Mississippi State
  • Florida State
Dropped:
  • Louisville
  • Florida
  • West Virginia
Dropped:
  • San Diego State
  • Utah
  • Navy
Dropped:
None
Dropped:
  • Washington State
  • Michigan State
  • West Virginia
  • Texas A&M
Dropped:
  • Stanford
  • Arizona
Dropped:
  • Virginia Tech
  • Iowa State
Dropped:
  • Michigan
  • NC State
  • West Virginia
Dropped:
Boise State
Dropped:
San Diego State
Dropped:
Washington State

CFP Rankings[]

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References[]

  1. "2017 Preseason Amway Coaches Poll". USA Today. August 3, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/1/. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  2. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 2". USA Today. September 5, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/2/. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  3. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 3". USA Today. September 10, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/3/. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  4. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 4". USA Today. September 17, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/4/. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  5. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 5". USA Today. September 24, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/5/. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  6. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 6". USA Today. October 1, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/6/. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  7. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 7". USA Today. October 8, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/7/. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  8. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 8". USA Today. October 15, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/8/. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  9. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 9". USA Today. October 22, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/9/. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  10. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 10". USA Today. October 29, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/10/. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  11. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 11". USA Today. November 5, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/11/. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  12. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 12". USA Today. November 12, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/12/. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  13. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 13". USA Today. November 19, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/13/. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  14. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 14". USA Today. November 26, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/14/. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  15. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Week 15". USA Today. December 3, 2017. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/15/. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  16. "Amway Coaches Poll – 2017 Final". USA Today. January 9, 2018. http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2017/16/. Retrieved January 15, 2018.


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