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A part from Alabama and Georgia holding strong at #1 and #2 in the AP Top 25 rankings, this season has been a fairly wild one. The current #3 and #4 started the season at #18 and #19 respectively. Four different preseason top 10 teams (including one we know well) have fallen out of the top 25 entirely. Wake Forest is now the highest ranked ACC team. Cincinnati might have a legitimate shot at the playoffs. Things are weird.
This weekend kept up that trend as six teams ranking in last week’s top 15 lost, with three of those Ls come to unranked opponents. UNC didn’t have a ranking to lose, but they avoided the chaos and mostly handled business at home against Duke.
With the week now in the rearview mirror, let’s take a look at where things stand now.
AP Top 25
- Alabama Crimson Tide (53 first place votes)
- Georgia Bulldogs (9)
- Iowa Hawkeyes
- Penn State Nittany Lions
- Cincinnati Bearcats
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Oregon Ducks
- Michigan Wolverines
- BYU Cougars
- Michigan State Spartans
- Oklahoma State Cowboys
- Arkansas Razorbacks
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
- Kentucky Wildcats
- Ole Miss Rebels
- Auburn Tigers
- Wake Forest Demon Deacons
- Florida Gators
- Texas Longhorns
- Arizona State Sun Devils
- NC State Wolfpack
- SMU Mustangs
- San Diego State Aztecs
Where is UNC?
After the loss to Georgia Tech, the Tar Heels were down to a single solitary #25 vote. Despite the win over Duke, Carolina actually lost that vote and now have zero rankings points in the AP Poll. Admittedly it was weird that anyone voted for them last week, so this is probably about right.
Biggest Winners
Five different teams entered the top 25 this week, headlined by Kentucky. The Wildcats are all the way up at #16 after they improved to 5-0 by beating previously #10 Florida. Michigan State and Oklahoma State were both ranking, but moved up six and seven spots respectively as they continued undefeated starts to the year.
Biggest Losers
Five new teams getting into the top 25 means five exited, with no one falling further than Texas A&M. The Aggies’ loss to Arkansas was somewhat understandable considering the Razorbacks’ start to the season. Their loss to Mississippi State is less so, and as a result A&M went from #15 to unranked. The flipside of the Kentucky win was Florida’s loss, which dropped the Gators ten spots to #20.
Conference Breakdown
- SEC: 7
- Big Ten: 5
- Big 12: 3
- AAC: 2
- ACC: 2
- Independent: 2
- Pac-12: 2
- Mountain West: 1
- Sun Belt: 1
Marquee Matchups This Week
- #6 Oklahoma (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) vs. #21 Texas (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) in Dallas - Saturday at 12 PM ET on ABC
- #2 Georgia (5-0, 3-0 SEC) at #18 Auburn (4-1, 1-0 SEC) - Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on CBS
- #4 Penn State (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) at #3 Iowa (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) - Saturday at 4 PM ET on FOX
Coaches Poll
- Alabama (63)
- Georgia (2)
- Iowa
- Penn State
- Oklahoma
- Cincinnati
- Ohio State
- Michigan
- Oregon
- BYU
- Michigan State
- Oklahoma State
- Notre Dame
- Kentucky
- Coastal Carolina
- Arkansas
- Ole Miss
- Florida
- Auburn
- Wake Forest
- Clemson
- NC State
- Texas
- SMU
- Arizona State
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