Season One: Week Three-Rankings
Media Poll
| NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 14, 2015 |
| RK | LW | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L | POINTS |
| 1 | 3 | Oregon | 2 | 0 | 1592 |
| 2 | 1 | Alabama | 2 | 0 | 1544 |
| 3 | 6 | Florida State | 2 | 0 | 1482 |
| 4 | 4 | LSU | 2 | 0 | 1428 |
| 5 | 5 | Auburn | 2 | 0 | 1376 |
| 6 | 6 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 1298 |
| 7 | 7 | Mississippi | 2 | 0 | 1214 |
| 8 | 9 | Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 1157 |
| 9 | 10 | Arizona | 2 | 0 | 1100 |
| 10 | 11 | USC | 1 | 1 | 1014 |
| 11 | 17 | Baylor | 2 | 0 | 941 |
| 12 | 12 | Clemson | 2 | 0 | 894 |
| 13 | 8 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 829 |
| 14 | 14 | Mississippi State | 2 | 0 | 770 |
| 15 | 15 | South Carolina | 2 | 0 | 712 |
| 16 | 18 | UCLA | 2 | 0 | 670 |
| 17 | 13 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 603 |
| 18 | 19 | Wisconsin | 2 | 0 | 556 |
| 19 | 19 | Stanford | 2 | 0 | 486 |
| 20 | 16 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 400 |
| 21 | 22 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 328 |
| 22 | - | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 271 |
| 23 | 23 | Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 206 |
| 24 | 24 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 148 |
| 25 | 25 | TCU | 1 | 0 | 91 |
Others Receiving Votes: Missouri (62),
Washington (60) ,
Penn State (60), Florida (55), Utah (55), Kentucky (50), Vanderbilt (50), Oregon State (50), Minnesota (50),
Colorado (46),
Maryland (46), Nebraska (46), NC State (42),
BYU (41), Duke (41), Utah State (37),
Michigan (32), West Virginia (32), Northern Illinois (29), Appalachian State (29), Toledo (26), Boise State (26), Fresno State (24), Western Kentucky (23), Virginia Tech (23), Washington State (20),
Miami (16), Kansas State (16), Cal (13),
Oklahoma State (10), Purdue (5)
Dropped from Top 25: Missouri-21
Coaches Poll
| NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Sep 14, 2015 |
| RK | LW | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L | POINTS |
| 1 | 3 | Oregon | 2 | 0 | 1499 |
| 2 | 1 | Alabama | 2 | 0 | 1433 |
| 3 | 6 | Florida State | 2 | 0 | 1389 |
| 4 | 4 | LSU | 2 | 0 | 1325 |
| 5 | 5 | Auburn | 2 | 0 | 1269 |
| 6 | 2 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 1205 |
| 7 | 7 | Mississippi | 2 | 0 | 1144 |
| 8 | 15 | Baylor | 2 | 0 | 1077 |
| 9 | 9 | Clemson | 2 | 0 | 1013 |
| 10 | 10 | Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 933 |
| 11 | 11 | USC | 1 | 1 | 871 |
| 12 | 7 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 811 |
| 13 | 12 | Arizona | 2 | 0 | 761 |
| 14 | 13 | Mississippi State | 2 | 0 | 698 |
| 15 | 15 | South Carolina | 2 | 0 | 654 |
| 16 | 18 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 592 |
| 17 | 16 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 532 |
| 18 | 14 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 490 |
| 19 | 19 | TCU | 1 | 0 | 433 |
| 20 | 20 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 374 |
| 21 | 21 | UCLA | 2 | 0 | 329 |
| 22 | 22 | Wisconsin | 2 | 0 | 287 |
| 23 | - | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 241 |
| 24 | 23 | Stanford | 2 | 0 | 201 |
| 25 | - | Penn State | 2 | 0 | 162 |
Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee (124), Missouri (95), Florida (66),
Washington (43), Kentucky (41), Vanderbilt (38), Oregon State (35), Minnesota (32),
Maryland (29(,
Colorado (26), Nebraska (26),
Michigan (23), NC State (20),
BYU (15), Duke (11), West Virginia (9), Utah State (8), Northern Illinois (3), Appalachian State (3)
Dropped from the Top 25: Tennessee 24, Missouri 25