With Alabama leading way, eight SEC teams made an appearance within both the Coaches Poll and the AP Top-25 Poll.
Alabama is the only conference team within the top-10 of the Coaches Poll — as a glut of SEC programs find themselves within the next group of teams. Texas A&M registers at No. 10 within the AP Poll.
Now that the two major polls have been released after Week 4 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. Louisville |
| 4. Louisville | 4. Michigan |
| 5. Michigan | 5. Clemson |
| 6. Stanford | 6. Houston |
| 7. Houston | 7. Stanford |
| 8. Michigan State | 8. Michigan State |
| 9. Washington | 9. Washington |
| 10. Wisconsin | 10. Texas A&M |
| 11. Georgia | 11. Wisconsin |
| 12. Tennessee | 12. Georgia |
| 13. Texas A&M | 13. Florida State |
| 14. Florida State | 14. Tennessee |
| 15. Baylor | 15. Miami |
| 16. Florida | 16. Baylor |
| 17. LSU | 17. Arkansas |
| 18. Arkansas | 18. LSU |
| 19. Miami | 19. Florida |
| 20. Nebraska | 20. Nebraska |
| 21. Ole Miss | 21. Texas |
| 22. TCU | 22. San Diego St. |
| 23. Utah | 23. Ole Miss |
| 24. Texas | 24. Utah |
| 25. Iowa | 25. Oklahoma |
