Week 1 Football Top 25 Rankings
September 6, 2016 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Alabama | 1-0, 0-0 | Western Kentucky | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Clemson | 1-0, 0-0 | Troy | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Ohio State | 1-0, 0-0 | Tulsa | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Florida State | 1-0, 0-0 | Charleston Southern | 5 |
| 5 |  |
Stanford | 1-0, 0-0 | bye | 9 |
| 6 |  |
Houston | 1-0, 0-0 | Lamar | 19 |
| 7 |  |
Tennessee | 1-0, 0-0 | Virginia Tech | 7 |
| 8 |  |
Michigan State | 1-0, 0-0 | bye | 10 |
| 9 |  |
Michigan | 1-0, 0-0 | UCF | 14 |
| 10 |  |
Oklahoma State | 1-0, 0-0 | Central Michigan | 16 |
| 11 |  |
Notre Dame | 0-1 | Nevada | 8 |
| 12 |  |
TCU | 1-0, 0-0 | Arkansas | 11 |
| 13 |  |
Oklahoma | 0-1, 0-0 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 |
| 14 |  |
Oregon | 1-0, 0-0 | Virginia | 17 |
| 15 |  |
Louisville | 1-0, 0-0 | at Syracuse | 15 |
| 16 |  |
Mississippi | 0-1, 0-0 | Wofford | 12 |
| 17 |  |
Georgia | 1-0, 0-0 | Nicholls State | 21 |
| 18 |  |
Wisconsin | 1-0, 0-0 | Akron | NR |
| 19 |  |
LSU | 0-1, 0-0 | Jacksonville State | 6 |
| 20 |  |
Iowa | 1-0, 0-0 | Iowa State | 20 |
| 21 |  |
Texas | 1-0, 0-0 | UTEP | NR |
| 22 |  |
USC | 0-1, 0-0 | Utah State | 13 |
| 23 |  |
Miami (FL) | 1-0, 0-0 | Florida Atlantic | 22 |
| 24 |  |
Florida | 1-0, 0-0 | Kentucky | 23 |
| 25 |  |
Washington | 1-0, 0-0 | Idaho | 24 |
