AP Top 25 Poll Week 3 Prediction, 2024 College Football Rankings

This one is really, really hard because there are about 15 teams that could team up the bottom five spots.

Syracuse? Illinois? Iowa State?

Northern Illinois? The Huskies SHOULD be ranked ahead of Notre Dame and Texas A&M, but these polls never seem to get this right.

So what will the AP Top 25 Poll be going into Week 3 of the college football season? This is our best guess, and again, this week more than ever, it REALLY is a guess ...

AP Top 25 Week 3 Prediction 2024

Predicted Top Others Receiving Votes: Iowa State, Syracuse, Illinois, Northern Illinois, Memphis, Georgia Tech, Washington, Nebraska, North Carolina

25 Texas A&M

Last Week Ranking: NR
Record: 1-1
Last Week: Texas A&M 52, McNeese 10
Week 3: at Florida

24 Nebraska

Last Week Ranking: NR
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Nebraska 28, Colorado 10
Week 3: Northern Iowa

23 Iowa State

Last Week Ranking: NR
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Iowa State 20, Iowa 19
Week 3: Troy

22 Boston College

Last Week Ranking: NR
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Boston College 56, Duquesne 0
Week 3: at Missouri

21 Clemson

Last Week Ranking: 25
Record: 1-1
Last Week: Clemson 66, Appalachian State 20
Week 3: OPEN DATE

20 Louisville

Last Week Ranking: 22
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Louisville 49, Jacksonville State 14
Week 3: OPEN DATE

19 Notre Dame

Last Week Ranking: 5
Record: 1-1
Last Week: Northern Illinois 16, Notre Dame 14
Week 3: at Purdue

18 Arizona

Last Week Ranking: 20
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Arizona 22, Northern Arizona 10
Week 3: at Kansas State

17 Michigan

Last Week Ranking: 10
Record: 1-1
Last Week: Texas 31, Michigan 12
Week 3: Arkansas State

16 LSU

Last Week Ranking: 18
Record: 1-1
Last Week: LSU 44, Nicholls 21
Week 3: at South Carolina

15 Kansas State

Last Week Ranking: 17
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Kansas State 34, Tulane 27
Week 3: Arizona

14 Oklahoma State

Last Week Ranking: 16
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Oklahoma State 39, Arkansas 31 (2OT)
Week 3: at Tulsa

13 Oklahoma

Last Week Ranking: 15
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Oklahoma 16, Houston 12
Week 3: Tulane

12 Utah

Last Week Ranking: 11
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Utah 23, Baylor 12
Week 3: at Utah State

11 USC

Last Week Ranking: 13
Record: 2-0
Last Week: USC 48, Utah State 0
Week 3: OPEN DATE

10 Oregon

Last Week Ranking: 7
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Oregon 37, Boise State 34
Week 3: at Oregon State

9 Tennessee

Last Week Ranking: 14
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Tennessee 51, NC State 10
Week 3: Kent State

8 Miami

Last Week Ranking: 12
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Miami 56, Florida A&M 9
Week 3: Ball State

7 Missouri

Last Week Ranking: 9
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Missouri 38, Buffalo 0
Week 3: Boston College

6 Penn State

Last Week Ranking: 8
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Penn State 34, Bowling Green 27
Week 3: OPEN DATE

5 Ole Miss

Last Week Ranking: 6
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Ole Miss 52, Middle Tennessee 3
Week 3: at Wake Forest

4 Alabama

Last Week Ranking: 4
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Alabama 42, USF 16
Week 3: at Wisconsin

3 Texas

Last Week Ranking: 3
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Texas 31, Michigan 12
Week 3: UTSA

2 Ohio State

Last Week Ranking: 2
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Ohio State 56, Western Michigan 0
Week 3: OPEN DATE

1 Georgia

Last Week Ranking: 1
Record: 2-0
Last Week: Georgia 48, Tennessee Tech 3
Week 3: at Kentucky