Week 6 AP and Coaches Polls Released

ByJohn Richardson|

After yet another interesting week in the world of the SEC, the two primary polls have been released. Several SEC teams saw movement in both polls, some in opposite directions. First, we’ll take a look at the AP Top 25.

The AP Poll houses 4 SEC teams in its Top 10 and another team ranked 13th. While that may sound find and dandy, it actually is not quite as impressive as it sounds. Why you ask? If the College Football Playoff used the AP Poll, the SEC would not be represented. That’s right…no team in the top 4 of the poll. Also, while having 5 teams in the top 13 is great…those are the only 5 teams ranked from the. While not a bad starting point, the SEC is accustomed to having more than 5 teams ranked. The conference literally had double that many teams ranked in the AP Poll at one point this season. Regardless, let’s take a gander at the polls with the SEC teams in bold.

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The AP Top 25

1. Ohio State

2. Baylor

3. TCU

4. Utah

5. Clemson

6. LSU

7. Michigan State

8. Florida

9. Texas A&M

10. Alabama

11. Florida State

12. Michigan

13. Ole Miss

14. Notre Dame

15. Stanford

16. Oklahoma State

17. Iowa

18. UCLA

19. Oklahoma

20. Northwestern

21. Boise State

22. Toledo

23. California

24. Houston

25. Duke

*Mississippi State, Georgia and Kentucky also all received votes

Next we have the Amway Coaches Poll. While things do not get better for the conference — same number of teams ranked, no spot in top 4 — it is always interesting to see the differences in rankings in the two polls. The two things that most likely jump out the most to SEC fans are that Alabama (5-1) is ranked ahead of Texas A&M (5-0) and Florida is only one spot of Ole Miss. Let us know in the comments what you think about that and anything else you notice.

The Amway Coaches Poll

1. Ohio State

2. Baylor

3. TCU

4. Michigan State

5. LSU

6. Clemson

7. Utah

8. Florida Sate

9. Alabama

10. Texas A&M

11. Florida

12. Ole Miss

13. Notre Dame

14. Michigan

15. Oklahoma State

16. Stanford

17. Iowa

18. UCLA

19. Oklahoma

20. Boise State

21. Northwestern

22. Memphis

23. California

24. Duke

25. Toledo

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