Week #8 College Football Rankings

The Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today Coaches Poll rankings for week #8 are now available and Alabama still has the number one spot.  But the bigger story this week is the fact that seven ranked teams lost yesterday, and five of those losses were to lower ranked or non-ranked squads.  Texas upset Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry and the Sooners fell to #18 from #12 in the AP.  Northwestern and Michigan both lost to Wisconsin and Penn State respectively and the Wolverines and Wildcats were dropped from the AP Top 25.   Stanford fell from #5 to #13 after losing to an unranked Utah team, and Georgia fell to #15 after its loss to #25 Missouri (The Tigers are now ranked 14th in the AP).  Because of Stanford's loss, the top 5 in both polls now includes Florida State, which is now ranked 5th in both the AP and in the Coaches Poll.  As for the other three members of the top 5, Oregon, Clemson, and Ohio State, their positions in both polls remain unchanged even though the Buckeyes were off last week.

Correction:  I wrote earlier that the first BCS rankings would be available starting this week.  Rather, they will be available beginning next week.  I apologize for my mistake.  However, my plan to post Jerry Palm's latest BCS bowl predictions remains unchanged. 


ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
 

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

USA TODAY COACHES POLL

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Alabama (58)	6-0	1545
2	Oregon (3)	6-0	1485
3	Ohio State	6-0	1406
4	Clemson (1)	6-0	1365
5	Florida State	5-0	1293
6	Louisville	6-0	1166
7	Texas A&M	5-1	1156
8	LSU	6-1	1098
9	South Carolina	5-1	1024
10	UCLA	5-0	999
11	Miami (FL)	5-0	905
12	Baylor	5-0	890
13	Stanford	5-1	857
14	Missouri	6-0	617
15	Texas Tech	6-0	587
16	Georgia	4-2	546
17	Oklahoma State	4-1	493
18	Oklahoma	5-1	482
19	Fresno State	5-0	419
20	Virginia Tech	6-1	297
21	Nebraska	5-1	278
22	Florida	4-2	240
23	Northern Illinois	6-0	224
24	Michigan	5-1	178
25	Washington	4-2	137

Numbers in parentheses indicate amount of first-place votes.