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
RK | TEAM | RECORD | CONFERENCE |
1 | Florida State (37) | 2-0 | ACC |
2 | Oregon (17) | 3-0 | PAC-12 |
3 | Alabama (1) | 3-0 | SEC |
4 | Oklahoma (2) | 3-0 | BIG XII |
5 | Auburn | 2-0 | SEC |
6 | Texas A&M (3) | 3-0 | SEC |
7 | Baylor | 3-0 | BIG XII |
8 | LSU | 3-0 | SEC |
9 | Notre Dame | 3-0 | Independent/ACC* |
10 | Ole Miss | 3-0 | SEC |
11 | Michigan State | 1-1 | Big Ten |
12 | UCLA | 3-0 | PAC-12 |
13 | Georgia | 1-1 | SEC |
14 | South Carolina | 2-1 | SEC |
15 | Arizona State | 3-0 | PAC-12 |
16 | Stanford | 2-1 | PAC-12 |
17 | USC | 2-1 | PAC-12 |
18 | Missouri | 3-0 | SEC |
19 | Wisconsin | 1-1 | Big Ten |
20 | Kansas State | 2-0 | BIG XII |
21 | BYU | 3-0 | Independent |
22 | Clemson | 1-1 | ACC |
23 | Ohio State | 2-1 | Big Ten |
24 | Nebraska | 3-0 | Big Ten |
25 | Oklahoma State | 2-1 | BIG XII |
*While Technically Independent, Notre Dame's Affiliation with the ACC Requires it to Play 5 Games Against ACC Teams.
USA TODAY COACHES POLL
RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
1 | Florida State (50) | 2-0 | 1502 |
2 | Alabama (1) | 3-0 | 1408 |
3 | Oregon (6) | 3-0 | 1399 |
4 | Oklahoma (4) | 3-0 | 1390 |
5 | Auburn | 2-0 | 1297 |
6 | Baylor | 2-0 | 1179 |
7 | Texas A&M | 3-0 | 1159 |
8 | LSU | 3-0 | 1107 |
9 | Notre Dame | 3-0 | 966 |
10 | UCLA | 3-0 | 861 |
11 | Michigan State | 1-1 | 776 |
12 | Ole Miss | 3-0 | 769 |
13 | Arizona State | 3-0 | 732 |
14 | Georgia | 1-1 | 693 |
15 | Stanford | 2-1 | 561 |
16 | South Carolina | 2-1 | 529 |
17 | Wisconsin | 1-1 | 436 |
18 | Ohio State | 2-1 | 402 |
19 | Missouri | 3-0 | 382 |
20 | Kansas State | 2-0 | 381 |
21 | USC | 2-1 | 338 |
22 | Nebraska | 3-0 | 325 |
23 | BYU | 3-0 | 222 |
24 | Clemson | 1-1 | 207 |
25 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 128 |
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