Eight SEC teams made their way into the Week 8 polls.
Alabama and Texas A&M remain as the only undefeated teams within the conference. After its complete thrashing of Tennessee this past weekend, the Crimson Tide unsurprisingly stayed at No. 1 in both polls.
Now that the two major polls have been released after Week 8 action, let’s compare them side by side:
| Coaches Poll | AP Poll |
| 1. Alabama | 1. Alabama |
| 2. Ohio State | 2. Ohio State |
| 3. Clemson | 3. Michigan |
| 4. Michigan | 4. Clemson |
| 5. Washington | 5. Washington |
| 6. Texas A&M | 6. Texas A&M |
| 7. Louisville | 7. Louisville |
| 8. Baylor | 8. Nebraska |
| 9. Nebraska | 9. Baylor |
| 10. Wisconsin | 10. Wisconsin |
| 11. Houston | 11. Houston |
| 12. Florida | 12. West Virginia |
| 13. West Virginia | 13. Florida State |
| 14. Boise State | 14. Boise State |
| 15. Florida State | 15. Florida |
| 16. Oklahoma | 16. Oklahoma |
| 17. Arkansas | 17. Arkansas |
| 18. Utah | 18. Tennessee |
| 19. Tennessee | 19. Utah |
| 20. Western Michigan | 20. Western Michigan |
| 21. North Carolina | 21. Auburn |
| 22. Ole Miss | 22. North Carolina |
| 23. LSU | 23. Ole Miss |
| 24. Auburn | 24. Navy |
| 25. Navy | 25. LSU |
