Week 6 Football Top 25 Rankings
October 8, 2017 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Alabama | 6-0, 3-0 | Arkansas | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Clemson | 6-0, 4-0 | at Syracuse | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Penn State | 6-0, 3-0 | at Northwestern | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Georgia | 6-0, 3-0 | Missouri | 6 |
| 5 |  |
Washington | 5-0, 2-0 | at Arizona State | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Wisconsin | 5-0, 2-0 | Purdue | 9 |
| 7 |  |
Ohio State | 5-1, 3-0 | at Nebraska | 8 |
| 8 |  |
Washington State | 6-0, 3-0 | at California | 10 |
| 9 |  |
TCU | 5-0, 2-0 | at Kansas State | 11 |
| 10 |  |
Miami (FL) | 4-0, 2-0 | Georgia Tech | 12 |
| 11 |  |
Auburn | 4-1, 2-0 | at LSU | 13 |
| 12 |  |
USC | 5-1, 3-1 | Utah | 14 |
| 13 |  |
Michigan | 4-1, 1-1 | at Indiana | 7 |
| 14 |  |
Oklahoma State | 4-1, 1-1 | Baylor | 15 |
| 15 |  |
Oklahoma | 4-1, 1-1 | vs Texas | 3 |
| 16 |  |
South Florida | 5-0, 2-0 | Cincinnati | 16 |
| 17 |  |
Virginia Tech | 4-1, 1-1 | bye | 17 |
| 18 |  |
San Diego State | 6-0, 2-0 | Boise State | 19 |
| 19 |  |
North Carolina State | 5-1, 3-0 | at Pittsburgh | 23 |
| 20 |  |
Notre Dame | 5-1 | bye | 22 |
| 21 |  |
UCF | 4-0, 2-0 | East Carolina | 24 |
| 22 |  |
Navy | 5-0, 3-0 | at Memphis | NR |
| 23 |  |
Michigan State | 4-1, 2-0 | at Minnesota | NR |
| 24 |  |
Texas Tech | 4-1, 1-1 | at West Virginia | NR |
| 25 |  |
Stanford | 3-2, 2-1 | Oregon | NR |
