BTN.com staff, October 8, 2017

Fresh off its 14-10 win at Michigan, Michigan State debuts in the latest AP and Coaches' polls, released Sunday.

The Spartans, No. 21/No. 22, join the usual quartet: No. 3/No. 3 Penn State, No. 7/No. 6 Wisconsin, No. 9/No. 8 Ohio State and No. 17/No. 16 Michigan.

Alabama and reigning national champ Clemson continue to top both polls.

See the both polls below.

AP Rankings
Rankings as of 10/8/2017
Rank School Votes Prev
1 Alabama (6-0) 1507 (43) 1
2 Clemson (6-0) 1481 (18) 2
3 Penn State (6-0) 1370 4
4 Georgia (6-0) 1327 5
5 Washington (6-0) 1284 6
6 TCU (5-0) 1192 8
7 Wisconsin (5-0) 1127 9
8 Washington State (6-0) 1094 11
9 Ohio State (5-1) 1051 10
10 Auburn (5-1) 914 12
11 Miami (FL) (4-0) 908 13
12 Oklahoma (4-1) 851 3
13 USC (5-1) 795 14
14 Oklahoma State (4-1) 712 15
15 Virginia Tech (5-1) 617 16
16 Notre Dame (5-1) 583 21
17 Michigan (4-1) 524 7
18 South Florida (5-0) 482 18
19 San Diego State (6-0) 465 19
20 North Carolina State (5-1) 421 24
21 Michigan State (4-1) 416 NR
22 UCF (4-0) 274 25
23 Stanford (4-2) 109 NR
24 Texas Tech (4-1) 105 NR
25 Navy (5-0) 74 NR

Others: Georgia Tech (39) , West Virginia (26) , Louisville (25) , Utah (17) , Florida (9) , LSU (9) , Kentucky (6) , Iowa State (5) , Texas A&M (4) , Memphis (2)

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Coaches' Rankings
Rankings as of 10/8/2017
Rank School Votes Prev
1 Alabama (6-0) 1617 (57) 1
2 Clemson (6-0) 1568 (8) 2
3 Penn State (6-0) 1454 4
4 Washington (6-0) 1404 5
5 Georgia (6-0) 1380 6
6 Wisconsin (5-0) 1243 8
7 TCU (5-0) 1229 10
8 Ohio State (5-1) 1146 9
9 Washington State (6-0) 1117 11
10 Miami (FL) (4-0) 1003 12
11 Auburn (5-1) 941 13
12 Oklahoma (4-1) 919 3
13 USC (5-1) 818 15
14 Oklahoma State (4-1) 788 14
15 South Florida (5-0) 622 16
16 Michigan (4-1) 612 7
17 Virginia Tech (5-1) 599 19
18 San Diego State (6-0) 516 21
19 Notre Dame (5-1) 498 22
20 North Carolina State (5-1) 455 24
21 UCF (4-0) 273 25
22 Michigan State (4-1) 261 NR
23 Utah (4-1) 122 18
24 Navy (5-0) 110 NR
25 Stanford (4-2) 107 NR

Others: Louisville (85) , Georgia Tech (47) , Kentucky (41) , West Virginia (29) , Texas Tech (29) , Florida (23) , Texas A&M (14) , Troy (10) , LSU (9) , Memphis (9) , Virginia (5) , Wake Forest (5) , Iowa State (4) , Iowa (3) , South Carolina (3) , Mississippi State (3) , Texas (2) , Colorado State (2)