We’re collecting the major top-25s right here, as they’re released. If it’s not listed here, it’s not out yet.

Week 6 brought one major upset (Iowa State over Oklahoma), another big one that wasn’t all that shocking given recent history (Michigan State over Michigan), and a handful of other interesting results. Washington State kept looking like an elite team in a win at Oregon. Alabama didn’t blow out Texas A&M but was businesslike in another win. Clemson, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Washington, and Auburn all had nice wins. Miami finally beat Florida State.

We’re getting deeper into conference play now, and the stakes will only get higher from here. The first College Football Playoff selection committee rankings don’t come out until Halloween, and until then, the best barometer we have is the AP Top 25. No rankings really matter until the committee’s, but the rankings here can give us a good sense of where everybody stands before things get extra serious.

The rankings we’re featuring here, as soon as each one releases:

The Associated Press Top 25

The gold standard of human polls, until the Playoff committee starts releasing its top 25s later in the year.

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Penn State
4. Georgia
5. Washington
6. TCU
7. Wisconsin
8. Washington State
9. Ohio State
10. Auburn
11. Miami
12. Oklahoma
13. USC
14. Oklahoma State
15. Virginia Tech
16. Notre Dame
17. Michigan
18. USF
19. San Diego State
20. NC State
21. Michigan State
22. UCF
23. Stanford
24. Texas Tech
25. Navy

The USA Today Coaches Poll

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Penn State
4. Washington
5. Georgia
6. Wisconsin
7. TCU
8. Ohio State
9. Washington State
10. Miami
11. Auburn
12. Oklahoma
13. USC
14. Oklahoma State
15. USF
16. Michigan
17. Virginia Tech
18. San Diego State
19. Notre Dame
20. NC State
21. UCF
22. Michigan State
23. Utah
24. Navy
25. Stanford

Bill Connelly's S&P+ ratings

SB Nation’s favored college football advanced stat, which tends to perform very well against the Vegas spread.

1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. Washington
4. Penn State
5. Georgia
6. Clemson
7. Wisconsin
8. Oklahoma
9. Auburn
10. Oklahoma State
11. Miami-FL
12. Florida State
13. Notre Dame
14. TCU
15. Michigan
16. USC
17. Washington State
18. Stanford
19. Louisville
20. Virginia Tech
21. South Florida
22. Oregon
23. Georgia Tech
24. Central Florida
25. LSU

The Massey computer composite

Every poll and rating smashed into one continually updating ranking, basically. Early in the season, it still includes some preseason projections.

1. Clemson
2. Alabama
3. Georgia
4. Penn State
5. Washington
6. Washington State
7. Notre Dame
8. Ohio state
9. TCU
10. Miami
11. USC
12. Wisconsin
13. UCF
14. Michigan (Computers do weird stuff sometimes. Some systems still incorporate some preseason numbers. Others might just really like what Michigan did in most of its games this year. Either way, Michigan won’t be this high in the human polls.)
15. Oklahoma State
16. Auburn
17. San Diego State
18. Oklahoma
19. Michigan State
20. Virginia Tech
21. NC State
22. Stanford
23. Iowa
24. Texas Tech
25. Navy