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Alabama (7-0)
Florida State (6-0)
Oregon (7-0)
Ohio State (7-0)
Missouri (7-0)
Stanford (6-1)
Miami (6-0)
Baylor (6-0)
Clemson (6-1)
Texas Tech (7-0)
Auburn (6-1)
UCLA (5-1)
LSU (6-2)
Virginia Tech (6-1)
Oklahoma (6-1)
Texas A&M (5-2)
Fresno State (6-0)
Northern Illinois (7-0)
Oklahoma State (5-1)
Louisville (6-1)
South Carolina (5-2)
Michigan (6-1)
UCF (5-1)
Nebraska (5-1)
Oregon State (6-1)
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Alabama
Oregon
Florida State
Ohio State
Missouri
Baylor
Miami
Stanford
Clemson
Texas Tech
Auburn
UCLA
LSU
Texas A&M
Fresno State
Virginia Tech
Oklahoma
Louisville
Oklahoma State
South Carolina
UCF
Wisconsin
Northern Illinois
Michigan
Nebraska
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Alabama (1)
Oregon (2)
Florida State (4)
Stanford (10)
Missouri (14)
Ohio State (4)
Miami (12)
Baylor (13)
Clemson (3)
Texas Tech (16)
UCLA (8)
Auburn (24)
Virginia Tech (17)
Texas A&M (7)
LSU (6)
Oklahoma (19)
South Carolina (9)
Oklahoma State (18)
Fresno State (20)
Arizona State (NR)
UCF (NR)
Louisville (11)
Michigan (25)
NIU (23)
Notre Dame (NR)
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Alabama (1)
Florida State (5)
Oregon (3)
Ohio State (4)
Stanford (12)
Missouri (15)
Miami (11)
Texas Tech (18)
Baylor (14)
Auburn (23)
Virginia Tech (19)
Clemson (3)
UCLA (10)
LSU (6)
Fresno State (16)
Oklahoma (17)
Northern Illinois (21)
Texas A&M (8)
Oklahoma State (20)
Wisconsin (22)
South Carolina (9)
UCF (NR)
Nebraska (NR)
Louisville (7)
Michigan (NR)
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Jeremy’s Top
25
1- Alabama (1)
2- Oregon (2)
3- Florida State (4)
4- Stanford (10)
5- Missouri (14)
To say that
things have changed would be a major understatement. Alabama and Oregon remain one and two,
respectively but after that the rest of my top 25 got a major shakeup. I moved FSU up to No. 3 after a complete
disassembling of then No. 3 Clemson at Clemson.
I’ve got Stanford at No. 4 because I think they would beat every team below
them. Missouri has made a meteoric rise
to No. 5 this week after back-to-back wins against Georgia and Florida.
6- Ohio State (4)
7- Miami (12)8- Baylor (13)
9- Clemson (3)
10- Texas Tech (16)
6-10 was the most difficult area to make sense of. Do I really believe some of these teams are among the ten best in the country? No, but until someone proves otherwise on the field, here we are. I dropped Ohio State from No. 4 last week to No. 6 this week. I know the Buckeyes won but the teams around them are simply playing better against better opponents. Miami, Baylor and Texas Tech all check into my top 10 this week. The ‘Canes survived a tougher-than-it-should-have-been game against North Carolina and have a huge matchup looming against Florida State in two weeks (the 2nd top 10 matchup between two ACC teams). Baylor puts 70 on every team not named K-State. Something tells me that won’t last when they hit the back half of their schedule. Clemson drops from No. 3 last week to No. 9 this week. I think the Tigers are still a really good football team but they’re going to have to pick themselves up quickly to get back in the mix.
11- UCLA (8)
12- Auburn (24)13- Virginia Tech (17)
14- Texas A&M (7)
15- LSU (6)
UCLA, Texas
A&M and LSU drop into the 11-16 group after close losses to @ Stanford, vs.
Auburn and @ Ole Miss, respectively. UCLA
might hit a bit of a skid the next few weeks as they travel to Oregon this week. LSU must rebound quickly against Furman as
they travel to Alabama Nov. 9th and host A&M Nov. 23rd. Auburn beat A&M at home on Saturday and
after a 6-1 start, they’re skyrocketing up the polls. VaTech has bounced back nicely from their
week one loss to Alabama and at 6-1, might be the best team in the ACC Coastal
division.
16- Oklahoma (19)
17- South Carolina (9) 18- Oklahoma State (18)
19- Fresno State (20)
20- Arizona State (NR)
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Fresno are all still in the 16-20 range with the Sooners moving up from No. 19 to No. 16. Oklahoma State stands pat at No. 18. I dropped Fresno from No. 19 to No. 20, mostly because of what’s going on around them. South Carolina drops all the way from No. 9 last week to No. 17 this week. The Gamecocks let one get away on the road at Tennessee last week. I put Arizona State at No. 20 this week after a solid win over a banged up Washington team. I’ve still got serious question about the Sun Devils so we’ll see if they prove me right.
21- UCF (NR)
22- Louisville (11) 23- Michigan (25)
24- NIU (23)
25- Notre Dame (NR)
UCF checks back into my top 25 for the first time in four weeks. The Knights overcame a 21-7 deficit on the road a Louisville and beat the Cardinals 38-35. Louisville had no room for error this season with the schedule they faced and the loss to UCF is a crushing blow. That said, they can still win the AAC and get to a BCS Bowl. Their No. 22 ranking in my poll is the least of their worries. Michigan continues their Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde season after a 63-47 win over Indiana and move up from No. 25 last week to No. 23 this week. NIU drops a spot to No. 24. Without any quality wins I don’t see them moving much higher. The jury is still way out on the Irish but they’re surviving a pretty tough schedule and having snapped a five-game losing streak to USC over the weekend, they check in at No. 25.
Out-
Georgia
(4-3), Florida (4-3), Washington (4-3)Georgia needs to get some players back. It’s tough to see a team this good with so many injuries. Florida can’t figure out this new thing called offense. The defense can’t keep them afloat any longer. Washington is bruised and battered after as tough a stretch as any team has had all year.
On the Radar-
Oregon
State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Nebraska, Texas, BYU, Boise State
Conference Breakdown
SEC (6) - Alabama, Missouri, Auburn, Texas
A&M, LSU, South Carolina Pac-12 (4) - Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, Arizona State
ACC (4) - Florida State, Miami, Clemson, Virginia Tech
Big 12 (4) - Baylor, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
B1G (2) - Ohio State, Michigan
AAC (2) - UCF, Louisville
MWC (1) - Fresno State
MAC (1) - NIU
IND (1) - Notre Dame
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