Two weeks in to the regular season, and two lopsided victories on the resume, Clemson remains firmly atop both the AP and coaches football polls for this week. The Tigers earned 56 first place votes this week from the writers and 60 from the coaches. The remaining 9 first place votes between the two polls went to Alabama. Georgia is third in both polls with the AP ranking LSU fourth and Oklahoma fifth. The coaches reverse the four and five spots.

AP Ranking after week 2 (1st place votes, record, voting points)

1 Clemson (56) 2-0 1544
2 Alabama (6) 2-0 1489
3 Georgia 2-0 1385
4 LSU 2-0 1336
5 Oklahoma 2-0 1315
6 Ohio State 2-0 1291
7 Notre Dame 1-0 1072
8 Auburn 2-0 1056
9 Florida 2-0 997
10 Michigan 2-0 936
11 Utah 2-0 905
12 Texas 1-1 877
13 Penn State 2-0 781
14 Wisconsin 2-0 714
15 Oregon 1-1 677
16 Texas A&M 1-1 643
17 UCF 2-0 544
18 Michigan State 2-0 495
19 Iowa 2-0 473
20 Washington State 2-0 343
21 Maryland 2-0 207
22 Boise State 2-0 164
23 Washington 1-1 161
24 Southern California 2-0 137
25 Virginia 2-0 122

Coaches ranking after week 2 (record, voting points)

1 Clemson 2-0 1572
2 Alabama 2-0 1513
3 Georgia 2-0 1415
4 Oklahoma 2-0 1362
5 LSU 2-0 1314
6 Ohio State 2-0 1309
7 Notre Dame 1-0 1118
8 Florida 2-0 1064
9 Auburn 2-0 993
10 Michigan 2-0 945
11 Penn State 2-0 868
12 Utah 2-0 839
13 Texas 1-1 823
14 Wisconsin 2-0 739
15 Texas A&M 1-1 668
16 UCF 2-0 584
17 Oregon 1-1 568
18 Iowa 2-0 496
19 Michigan State 2-0 446
20 Washington State 2-0 418
21 Washington 1-1 314
22 Boise State 2-0 214
23 Mississippi State 2-0 134
24 USC 2-0 120
25 Maryland 2-0 109