The AP poll was released today, and the Louisville Cardinals were (essentially) ranked 31st, as they were the 6th team on the “others receiving votes” category. Florida State was the easy choice at #1, and there were three ACC teams ranked. Clemson is #16 and North Carolina is #23. Another Louisville opponent, Notre Dame, came in at #17.
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Florida State (57) | 0-0 | 1496 |
| 2 | Alabama (1) | 0-0 | 1361 |
| 3 | Oregon (1) | 0-0 | 1334 |
| 4 | Oklahoma (1) | 0-0 | 1324 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 0-0 | 1207 |
| 6 | Auburn | 0-0 | 1198 |
| 7 | UCLA | 0-0 | 1106 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 0-0 | 1080 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 0-0 | 1015 |
| 10 | Baylor | 0-0 | 966 |
| 11 | Stanford | 0-0 | 885 |
| 12 | Georgia | 0-0 | 843 |
| 13 | LSU | 0-0 | 776 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 637 |
| 15 | USC | 0-0 | 626 |
| 16 | Clemson | 0-0 | 536 |
| 17 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | 445 |
| 18 | Ole Miss | 0-0 | 424 |
| 19 | Arizona State | 0-0 | 357 |
| 20 | Kansas State | 0-0 | 242 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 0-0 | 238 |
| 22 | Nebraska | 0-0 | 226 |
| 23 | North Carolina | 0-0 | 194 |
| 24 | Missouri | 0-0 | 134 |
| 25 | Washington | 0-0 | 130 |
