Week 8 Football Top 25 Rankings
October 22, 2017 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Alabama | 8-0, 5-0 | bye | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Penn State | 7-0, 4-0 | at Ohio State | 3 |
| 3 |  |
Georgia | 7-0, 4-0 | vs Florida | 2 |
| 4 |  |
Wisconsin | 7-0, 4-0 | at Illinois | 4 |
| 5 |  |
TCU | 7-0, 4-0 | at Iowa State | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Ohio State | 6-1, 4-0 | Penn State | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Clemson | 6-1, 4-1 | Georgia Tech | 7 |
| 8 |  |
Notre Dame | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 17 |
| 9 |  |
Miami (FL) | 6-0, 4-0 | at North Carolina | 8 |
| 10 |  |
Oklahoma State | 6-1, 3-1 | at West Virginia | 9 |
| 11 |  |
Oklahoma | 6-1, 3-1 | Texas Tech | 12 |
| 12 |  |
South Florida | 7-0, 4-0 | Houston | 13 |
| 13 |  |
Virginia Tech | 6-1, 2-1 | Duke | 15 |
| 14 |  |
Auburn | 6-2, 3-1 | bye | 14 |
| 15 |  |
North Carolina State | 6-1, 4-0 | at Notre Dame | 16 |
| 16 |  |
UCF | 6-0, 4-0 | Austin Peay | 19 |
| 17 |  |
Stanford | 5-2, 4-1 | at Oregon State | 18 |
| 18 |  |
USC | 6-2, 4-1 | at Arizona State | 10 |
| 19 |  |
Michigan State | 6-1, 4-0 | at Northwestern | 20 |
| 20 |  |
Washington | 6-1, 3-1 | UCLA | 21 |
| 21 |  |
Washington State | 7-1, 4-1 | at Arizona | 22 |
| 22 |  |
LSU | 6-2, 3-1 | bye | 23 |
| 23 |  |
West Virginia | 5-2, 3-1 | Oklahoma State | 24 |
| 24 |  |
Memphis | 6-1, 3-1 | Tulane | NR |
| 25 |  |
Michigan | 5-2, 2-2 | Rutgers | 11 |
