Weekly Rankings · Rankings Only

2020 AP Football Polls

Follow the available weekly polls through the final rankings.

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Penn State

Season Best: No. 7 · Ranked in 6 of 17 Polls · Final: NR

NR means outside the published Top 25. It does not mean the team received no votes.

2020 Season · Week 3

Week 3 AP Top 25

Published September 13, 2020 · 25 Ranked Teams

No. 1Clemson

2020 Week 3 AP Poll Results
Rank	Movement	Points	First Place
1	— Previously No. 1	1,524	60
2	↑ 1 Previously No. 3	1,456	0
3	↑ 2 Previously No. 5	1,361	0
4	— Previously No. 4	1,324	0
5	↑ 3 Previously No. 8	1,237	0
6	— Previously No. 6	1,236	1
7	↑ 3 Previously No. 10	1,155	0
8	↑ 3 Previously No. 11	1,055	0
9	↑ 5 Previously No. 14	1,033	0
10	↑ 3 Previously No. 13	983	0
11	↑ 4 Previously No. 15	927	0
12	↑ 6 Previously No. 18	892	0
13	↑ 7 Previously No. 20	647	0
14	↑ 7 Previously No. 21	632	0
15	↑ 10 Previously No. 25	528	0
16	New New to the Rankings	496	0
17	New New to the Rankings	463	0
18	New New to the Rankings	387	0
19	New New to the Rankings	377	0
20	New New to the Rankings	368	0
21	New New to the Rankings	358	0
22	New New to the Rankings	244	0
T23	New New to the Rankings	238	0
T23	New New to the Rankings	238	0
25	New New to the Rankings	158	0

Rankings Only · Individual Ballots Not Yet Available

Historical rankings may contain source or transcription errors. Ranked positions, points and first-place votes have been compared across sources; known differences are documented. Individual voter ballots are not included.

Sources and Coverage

All 17 ranked lists were compared across retained source tables. This edition contains 425 ranked positions. Points and first-place counts appear where verified; a dash means unavailable, not zero. Known source differences, reviewed selections and unresolved arithmetic exceptions are documented with the affected polls and downloads.

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Week labels follow the retained source sequence. A preseason poll appears only when the sources include one. The final poll belongs to the 2020 season. Unverified publication dates remain unspecified in the downloads.