Following their first ever victory over the Kansas State Wildcats the West Virginia Mountaineers made their season debut in the USA Today Coaches Poll coming in at No. 20.
The Mountaineers are one of only three Big 12 teams to make the latest Top 25 poll with Baylor coming in at No. 11 and Oklahoma at No. 22.
West Virginia and Baylor are the only two remaining undefeated teams in the Big 12 Conference.
Full USA Today Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
| 1 | Alabama | 5-0 | 1544 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 4-0 | 1474 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2/5 |
| 3 | Clemson | 5-0 | 1437 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2/3 |
| 4 | Michigan | 5-0 | 1348 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4/8 |
| 5 | Houston | 5-0 | 1256 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5/13 |
| 6 | Washington | 5-0 | 1250 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6/18 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 5-0 | 1132 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7/NR |
| 8 | Louisville | 4-1 | 1105 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 4/23 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 5-0 | 1101 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9/15 |
| 10 | Miami | 4-0 | 902 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 10/NR |
| 11 | Baylor | 5-0 | 876 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 11/21 |
| 12 | Nebraska | 5-0 | 860 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 12/NR |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 4-1 | 844 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 8/NR |
| 14 | Mississippi | 3-2 | 671 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 12/21 |
| 15 | Stanford | 3-1 | 635 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 5/15 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 4-1 | 587 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 16/NR |
| 17 | Arkansas | 4-1 | 525 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 17/NR |
| 18 | Florida | 4-1 | 490 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 16/25 |
| 19 | Boise State | 4-0 | 341 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 19/NR |
| 20 | West Virginia | 4-0 | 309 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 20/NR |
| 21 | Florida State | 3-2 | 257 | 0 | 12 | -9 | 2/21 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 2-2 | 228 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 3/NR |
| 23 | Colorado | 4-1 | 144 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 23/NR |
| 24 | Utah | 4-1 | 117 | 0 | 18 | -6 | 18/NR |
| 25 | Western Michigan | 5-0 | 86 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 25/NR |
