1997 season · week 3
Polls
AP Top 25
25 ranked
- Big Ten6
- SEC5
- Big 124
- Other10
- 1–Penn StateBig Ten9–3
- 2–FloridaSEC10–2
- 3▲2TennesseeSEC11–2
- 4–WashingtonPac-108–4
- 5▼2Florida StateACC11–1
- 6–NebraskaBig 1213–0
- 7–North CarolinaACC11–1
- 8–ColoradoBig 125–6
- 9–Ohio StateBig Ten10–3
- 10–LSUSEC9–3
- 11–Notre DameFBS Independents7–6
- 12–TexasBig 124–7
- 13▲1MiamiBig East5–6
- 14▲1MichiganBig Ten12–0
- 15▲1AlabamaSEC4–7
- 16▲1AuburnSEC10–3
- 17▲1StanfordPac-105–6
- 18▲2ClemsonACC7–5
- 19–BYUWestern Athletic6–5
- 20▲1IowaBig Ten7–5
- 21▲3NorthwesternBig Ten5–7
- 21▲1Kansas StateBig 1211–1
- 23–USCPac-106–5
- 24NewColorado StateWestern Athletic11–2
- 25–Michigan StateBig Ten7–5