The AP and USA Today Coaches Poll were released on Sunday. The Cards still aren’t ranked on either, and actually dropped off all together from the AP poll’s “others receiving votes” section. As we know, in the grand scheme of things, the only poll that really matters this season is the College Football Playoff poll that will be released in October. Other than that, rankings are just something for people to talk about. The most important thing for Louisville is to get better on the field, and the rankings will take care of themselves.
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Florida State (34) | 3-0 | 1439 |
| 2 | Oregon (12) | 4-0 | 1400 |
| 3 | Alabama (6) | 4-0 | 1377 |
| 4 | Oklahoma (4) | 4-0 | 1343 |
| 5 | Auburn | 3-0 | 1268 |
| 6 | Texas A&M (4) | 4-0 | 1232 |
| 7 | Baylor | 3-0 | 1143 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 3-0 | 967 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 2-1 | 905 |
| 10 | Ole Miss | 3-0 | 889 |
| 11 | UCLA | 3-0 | 806 |
| 12 | Georgia | 2-1 | 789 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 3-1 | 764 |
| 14 | Mississippi State | 4-0 | 706 |
| 15 | Arizona State | 3-0 | 702 |
| 16 | Stanford | 2-1 | 564 |
| 17 | LSU | 3-1 | 541 |
| 18 | USC | 2-1 | 459 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 2-1 | 451 |
| 20 | BYU | 4-0 | 376 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 4-0 | 296 |
| 22 | Ohio State | 2-1 | 196 |
| 23 | East Carolina | 3-1 | 180 |
| 24 | Oklahoma State | 2-1 | 132 |
| 25 | Kansas State | 2-1 | 131 |
