Season One: Week Eight-Rankings
Media Poll
| NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 19, 2015 |
| RK | LW | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | South Carolina | 6 | 0 | 1607 |
| 2 | 14 | UCLA | 6 | 0 | 1558 |
| 3 | 5 | Oregon | 6 | 1 | 1502 |
| 4 | 4 | Alabama | 5 | 1 | 1433 |
| 5 | 6 | Arkansas | 6 | 0 | 1381 |
| 6 | 2 | Arizona | 5 | 1 | 1381 |
| 7 | 7 | Auburn | 7 | 0 | 1250 |
| 8 | 8 | Florida State | 6 | 1 | 1168 |
| 9 | 11 | Mississippi | 7 | 0 | 1100 |
| 10 | 3 | LSU | 5 | 2 | 1030 |
| 11 | 9 | Georgia | 5 | 1 | 972 |
| 12 | 10 | Clemson | 5 | 1 | 929 |
| 13 | 13 | Oklahoma | 6 | 0 | 868 |
| 14 | 23 | TCU | 5 | 0 | 817 |
| 15 | 12 | Baylor | 5 | 1 | 746 |
| 16 | 16 | Stanford | 6 | 1 | 681 |
| 17 | 15 | USC | 4 | 2 | 616 |
| 18 | 22 | Notre Dame | 7 | 0 | 530 |
| 19 | 20 | Wisconsin | 5 | 2 | 474 |
| 20 | 17 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 411 |
| 21 | 21 | Michigan | 5 | 1 | 366 |
| 22 | 18 | Arizona State | 5 | 2 | 309 |
| 23 | 19 | Mississippi State | 4 | 3 | 244 |
| 24 | 24 | Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 188 |
| 25 | - | Boise State | 7 | 0 | 122 |
Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota (98), Oregon State (73),
Penn State (41), Texas A&M (37), Florida (34), Virginia Tech (31), Nebraska (29),
Miami (26), Duke (26),
BYU (24), Texas (21), Louisville (21),
Washington (16), Air Force (15), West Virginia (13), Missouri (10), NC State (8), East Carolina (8), Marshall (3)
Dropped from Top 25: Penn State-25
Coaches Poll
| NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 19, 2015 |
| RK | LW | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | South Carolina | 6 | 0 | 1499 |
| 2 | 2 | Mississippi | 7 | 0 | 1432 |
| 3 | 3 | Auburn | 7 | 0 | 1369 |
| 4 | 14 | UCLA | 6 | 0 | 1312 |
| 5 | 4 | Georgia | 5 | 1 | 1249 |
| 6 | 6 | Oregon | 6 | 1 | 1170 |
| 7 | 7 | Alabama | 5 | 1 | 1106 |
| 8 | 15 | TCU | 5 | 0 | 1031 |
| 9 | 8 | Arkansas | 6 | 0 | 955 |
| 10 | 13 | Oklahoma | 6 | 0 | 888 |
| 11 | 10 | Clemson | 5 | 1 | 816 |
| 12 | 5 | LSU | 5 | 2 | 778 |
| 13 | 9 | Baylor | 5 | 1 | 738 |
| 14 | 12 | Florida State | 6 | 1 | 679 |
| 15 | 11 | Arizona | 5 | 1 | 610 |
| 16 | 19 | Notre Dame | 7 | 0 | 564 |
| 17 | 18 | Stanford | 6 | 1 | 523 |
| 18 | 16 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 442 |
| 19 | 17 | USC | 4 | 2 | 404 |
| 20 | 21 | Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 334 |
| 21 | 24 | Michigan | 5 | 1 | 262 |
| 22 | 20 | Penn State | 6 | 1 | 217 |
| 23 | 25 | Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 163 |
| 24 | - | Boise State | 7 | 0 | 113 |
| 25 | - | Wisconsin | 5 | 2 | 85 |
Others Receiving Votes: Florida (59), Arizona State (59), Minnesota (55), Mississippi State (52),
Miami (52), Oregon State (52), Nebraska (52), Texas (49), Virginia Tech (44), Duke (40),
BYU (35), Louisville (32),
Oklahoma State (32), West Virginia (32),
Washington (30), East Carolina (26), Marshall (26), Missouri (26), NC State (20), Tennessee (18), Air Force (18), Western Kentucky (14), Kentucky (12), Kansas State (11), Utah State (6), Washington State (6),
Maryland (2)
Dropped from Top 25: Arizona State-22, Mississippi State (23)