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Despite a dominating 45-13 performance on Saturday over the formidable Richmond Spiders, the Virginia Cavaliers remain unranked in this week's AP, Coaches, and Sagarin polls. No, we don't know why we're still including Sagarin in these polls. Notwithstanding, we still find the rankings interesting, because the Hoos are, from a technical perspective, not officially out of contention for the College Football Playoffs, and I can guarantee you that, given Virginia's strength of schedule, winning out the season by an average margin of 32 points is going to raise some eyebrows. With that said, here are this week's rankings:
| AP | Coaches | Sagarin | |
| 1 | Florida State (38) | Florida State (51) | Oregon |
| 2 | Oregon (16) | Alabama (1) | Georgia |
| 3 | Alabama (1) | Oklahoma (3) | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Oklahoma (2) | Oregon (6) | Texas A&M |
| 5 | Auburn | Auburn | Auburn |
| 6 | Georgia (1) | Georgia (1) | LSU |
| 7 | Texas A&M (2) | Baylor | Florida |
| 8 | Baylor | Texas A&M | Alabama |
| 9 | USC | LSU | Notre Dame |
| 10 | LSU | USC | UCLA |
| 11 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Michigan State |
| 12 | UCLA | UCLA | Ohio State |
| 13 | Michigan State | Michigan State | USC |
| 14 | Ole Miss | Arizona State | Wisconsin |
| 15 | Stanford | Ole Miss | Virginia Tech |
| 16 | Arizona State | Stanford | BYU |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | Wisconsin | Florida State |
| 18 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | Ole Miss |
| 19 | Kansas State | Virginia Tech | Arizona |
| 20 | Missouri | Kansas State | Baylor |
| 21 | Louisville | Nebraska | TCU |
| 22 | Ohio State | Missouri | UCF |
| 23 | Clemson | South Carolina | Stanford |
| 24 | South Carolina | Clemson | Kansas State |
| 25 | BYU | North Carolina | Louisville |
Virginia's opponents have been highlighted in bold. After their big win over Ohio State on the road, Virginia Tech is obviously the biggest mover and shaker on this week's list, but of the Hoos' 11 FBS opponents, five of them show up in at least one of these top 25 rankings. In addition to the bolded teams, Duke and Pitt are each receiving votes in both AP and Coaches' Polls.