After another unpredictable weekend slate of adrenaline fueled college football affairs, the AP Top 25 for this week has seen several pretenders fall out of the rankings while several newcomers have risen to deserved notoriety and will look to make a name for themselves in the coming weeks.
AP Top 25 College Football Rankings 2017: Week 4
This week, we saw the top-10 fluctuate slightly with Clemson switching spots with Oklahoma and Penn State swapping sports with USC most notably. However, the rest of the rankings have proven particularly volatile with Mississippi State going unranked to 17th in country while UCLA and Stanford were knocked out of the rankings after losing both of their match ups on Saturday.
| Ranking | Team (1st place votes) |
| 1 | Alabama (45) |
| 2 | Clemson (15) |
| 3 | Oklahoma (1) |
| 4 | Penn St. |
| 5 | USC |
| 6 | Oklahoma St. |
| 7 | Washington |
| 8 | Michigan |
| 9 | Wisconsin |
| 10 | Ohio State |
| 11 | Georgia |
| 12 | Florida St. |
| 13 | Virginia Tech |
| 14 | Miami |
| 15 | Auburn |
| 16 | TCU |
| 17 | Mississippi St. |
| 18 | Washington St. |
| 19 | Louisville |
| 20 | Florida |
| 21 | USF |
| 22 | San Diego St. |
| 23 | Utah |
| 24 | Oregon |
| 25 | LSU |
After moving up one spot, Clemson is now squarely behind Alabama in the AP Poll rankings, which should make the Crimson Tide slightly nervous that there top spot could be in jeopardy in future polls.
Dropped From Rankings: Kansas St., Stanford, Tennessee, UCLA
Those receiving votes that did not make the poll: West Virginia 114, Colorado 93, Maryland 84, Vanderbilt 83, Notre Dame 57, Memphis 21, California 19, Stanford 16, Kentucky 11, Duke 10, Kansas State 10, Tennessee 6, Texas Tech 4, Iowa 2, Wake Forest 2, Michigan State 1, Houston 1
Week 4, College Football Schedule 2017: TV Schedule & Games
