Monday, September 15, 2014

Week #4 College Football Rankings

Another week, and another shake-up.  This time, it was not limited to the Big Ten.  Four ranked teams outside of that conference lost to both ranked and unranked opponents during week #3.  Judging by how many top-tier teams have already lost this year, it appears that it will be very difficult for any team to go undefeated during the 2014 season.  With that in mind, let us take a look at this week's Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Poll Rankings.

Two things stand out in this week's AP Top 25.  The first aspect is that two teams from the ACC, Virginia Tech and Louisville, were dropped from the rankings after their losses to East Carolina and Virginia, respectively.  Unfortunately, these defeats leave the Atlantic Coast Conference with only two teams (e.g. #1 Florida State and #22 Clemson) ranked in the AP Poll.  The second point is that the SEC now has eight ranked teams in the AP, and seven of them are ranked in the top fifteen (#3 Alabama, #5 Auburn, #6 Texas A&M, #8 Louisiana State, #10 Mississippi, #13 Georgia, and #14 South Carolina).  The Big Ten has four teams in the AP, but the conference's top team #11 Michigan State, is not even in the top ten.  The BIG XII has two teams in the AP's top ten:  #4 Oklahoma and #7 Baylor.  Finally, the PAC-12, like last week's rankings, has five teams in the AP.  Should Florida State lose to Clemson on Saturday, it is very likely that Oregon would clinch the #1 spot in the event of a victory over an unranked Washington State team.  That is about it for the rankings.  Hope everyone will have an opportunity to see #5 Auburn play #20 Kansas State on Thursday at 7:30 PM Eastern on ESPN.  Should be an exciting game! 


ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25

RKTEAMRECORDCONFERENCE
1Florida State (37)2-0ACC
2Oregon (17)3-0PAC-12
3Alabama (1)3-0SEC
4Oklahoma (2)3-0BIG XII
5Auburn2-0SEC
6Texas A&M (3)3-0SEC
7Baylor3-0BIG XII
8LSU3-0SEC
9Notre Dame3-0Independent/ACC*
10Ole Miss3-0SEC
11Michigan State1-1Big Ten
12UCLA3-0PAC-12
13Georgia1-1SEC
14South Carolina2-1SEC
15Arizona State3-0PAC-12
16Stanford2-1PAC-12
17USC2-1PAC-12
18Missouri3-0SEC
19Wisconsin1-1Big Ten
20Kansas State2-0BIG XII
21BYU3-0Independent
22Clemson1-1ACC
23Ohio State2-1Big Ten
24Nebraska3-0Big Ten
25Oklahoma State2-1BIG XII

*While Technically Independent, Notre Dame's Affiliation with the ACC Requires it to Play 5 Games Against ACC Teams.  


USA TODAY COACHES POLL

RKTEAMRECORDPTS
1Florida State (50)2-01502
2Alabama (1)3-01408
3Oregon (6)3-01399
4Oklahoma (4)3-01390
5Auburn2-01297
6Baylor2-01179
7Texas A&M3-01159
8LSU3-01107
9Notre Dame3-0966
10UCLA3-0861
11Michigan State1-1776
12Ole Miss3-0769
13Arizona State3-0732
14Georgia1-1693
15Stanford2-1561
16South Carolina2-1529
17Wisconsin1-1436
18Ohio State2-1402
19Missouri3-0382
20Kansas State2-0381
21USC2-1338
22Nebraska3-0325
23BYU3-0222
24Clemson1-1207
25North Carolina2-0128
 

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