It’s Week 8 of the 2021 college football season. On Saturday, No. 2 Cincinnati goes on the road at Navy and No. 3 Oklahoma visits Kansas. Top-ranked Georgia has an off-week in Week 8.
| 1 | Georgia | 7-0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 6-0 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 7-0 |
| 4 | Alabama | 6-1 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 5-1 |
| 6 | Michigan | 6-0 |
| 7 | Penn State | 5-1 |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 6-0 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 7-0 |
| 10 | Oregon | 5-1 |
| 11 | Iowa | 6-1 |
| 12 | Ole Miss | 5-1 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | 5-1 |
| 14 | Coastal Carolina | 6-0 |
| 15 | Kentucky | 6-1 |
| 16 | Wake Forest | 6-0 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 5-2 |
| 18 | NC State | 5-1 |
| 19 | Auburn | 5-2 |
| 20 | Baylor | 6-1 |
| 21 | SMU | 6-0 |
| 22 | San Diego State | 6-0 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 5-1 |
| 24 | UTSA | 7-0 |
| 25 | Purdue | 4-2 |
Others receiving votes: Clemson 64, Utah 43, Arkansas 29, Brigham Young 21, Air Force 19, Iowa State 14, Louisiana-Lafayette 13, Arizona State 7, Florida 7, Texas 5, UCLA 4, Houston 2, LSU 2, Virginia 1
