Week 3 Football Top 25 Rankings
September 18, 2016 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Alabama | 3-0, 1-0 | Kent State | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Ohio State | 3-0, 0-0 | bye | 3 |
| 3 |  |
Clemson | 3-0, 0-0 | at Georgia Tech | 2 |
| 4 |  |
Louisville | 3-0, 1-0 | at Marshall | 10 |
| 5 |  |
Stanford | 2-0, 1-0 | at UCLA | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Houston | 3-0, 0-0 | at Texas State | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Michigan State | 2-0, 0-0 | Wisconsin | 8 |
| 8 |
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Michigan | 3-0, 0-0 | Penn State | 9 |
| 9 |  |
Tennessee | 3-0, 0-0 | Florida | 7 |
| 10 |  |
Florida State | 2-1, 0-0 | at South Florida | 4 |
| 11 |  |
Georgia | 3-0, 1-0 | at Ole Miss | 16 |
| 12 |  |
Wisconsin | 3-0, 0-0 | at Michigan State | 15 |
| 13 |  |
Miami (FL) | 3-0, 0-0 | bye | 21 |
| 14 |  |
LSU | 2-1, 1-0 | at Auburn | 18 |
| 15 |  |
Washington | 3-0, 0-0 | at Arizona | 23 |
| 16 |  |
Florida | 3-0, 0-0 | at Tennessee | 22 |
| 17 |  |
TCU | 2-1, 1-0 | at SMU | 24 |
| 18 |  |
Texas A&M | 3-0, 1-0 | Arkansas | NR |
| 19 |  |
Oklahoma | 1-2, 0-0 | bye | 11 |
| 20 |  |
Mississippi | 1-2, 0-1 | Georgia | 14 |
| 21 |  |
Notre Dame | 1-2 | Duke | 12 |
| 22 |  |
Nebraska | 3-0, 0-0 | at Northwestern | NR |
| 23 |  |
Oregon | 2-1, 0-0 | Colorado | 13 |
| 24 |  |
Oklahoma State | 2-1, 0-0 | at Baylor | 25 |
| 25 |  |
Texas | 2-1, 0-0 | bye | 19 |
