Week #9 College Football Rankings

The Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today Coaches Poll rankings are now available and compared to last week's rankings, there was, as Jerry Lee Lewis famously put it, "a whole lot of shakin' goin' on."  Of course, the great shakeup began with Louisville's fall to Central Florida last Friday and it continued on Saturday when eight more ranked teams, including Clemson, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, UCLA, Texas A&M, Washington, and LSU, lost their games.  As a result, Washington, Florida, and Georgia were dropped from the AP rankings.  Central Florida's upset of Louisville earned them the #21 spot in the AP while Michigan and Nebraska moved back into rankings.   As for the top ten in the AP, Alabama and Oregon retain their places as #1 and #2 respectively.  Florida State received #3 while Ohio State remained in the #4 spot.  Missouri jumped nine places to #5, Baylor advanced six spots to #6, and Miami (FL) was awarded the #7 rank despite their struggle against an unranked North Carolina team last Thursday evening (the Hurricanes only won by four points).  Finally, the eighth, ninth, and tenth places in the AP were given to Stanford, Clemson, and Texas Tech, respectively.  Tonight, ESPN will reveal the first BCS rankings.  These will be available tomorrow on this blog along with Jerry Palm's latest postseason bowl game selections. 


ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
 

RK	TEAM	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Alabama (55)	7-0	SEC
2	Oregon (3)	7-0	PAC-12
3	Florida State (2)	6-0	ACC
4	Ohio State	7-0	Big Ten
5	Missouri	7-0	SEC
6	Baylor	6-0	BIG XII
7	Miami (FL)	6-0	ACC
8	Stanford	6-1	PAC-12
9	Clemson	6-1	ACC
10	Texas Tech	7-0	BIG XII
11	Auburn	6-1	SEC
12	UCLA	5-1	PAC-12
13	LSU	6-2	SEC
14	Texas A&M	5-2	SEC
15	Fresno State	6-0	MWC
16	Virginia Tech	6-1	ACC
17	Oklahoma	6-1	BIG XII
18	Louisville	6-1	AAC
19	Oklahoma State	5-1	BIG XII
20	South Carolina	5-2	SEC
21	UCF	5-1	AAC
22	Wisconsin	5-2	Big Ten
23	Northern Illinois	7-0	MAC
24	Michigan	6-1	Big Ten
25	Nebraska	5-1	Big Ten

USA TODAY COACHES POLL

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Alabama (57)	7-0	1544
2	Oregon (4)	7-0	1482
3	Florida State (1)	6-0	1410
4	Ohio State	7-0	1382
5	Baylor	6-0	1255
6	Miami (FL)	6-0	1186
7	Missouri	7-0	1184
8	Stanford	6-1	1117
9	Texas Tech	7-0	981
10	Clemson	6-1	913
11	UCLA	5-1	710
12	Oklahoma	6-1	695
13	Oklahoma State	5-1	688
13	LSU	6-2	688
15	Texas A&M	5-2	622
16	Louisville	6-1	571
17	Auburn	6-1	537
18	Fresno State	6-0	532
19	Virginia Tech	6-1	499
20	South Carolina	5-2	468
21	Nebraska	5-1	385
22	Northern Illinois	7-0	298
23	Michigan	6-1	268
24	Wisconsin	5-2	195
25	UCF	5-1	151

 
Numbers in parentheses represent the amount of first-place votes in both polls.