Coaches Poll and AP Poll Released, Include SEC Team in Top 4
After 8 weeks of college football (man it goes quick), the rankings are becoming more steady each week. As has been the case the last several weeks, there is a little movement at the top again in the rankings. Outside of that, though, there were no real surpises in the rankings. [Related-category]
Utah fell dramatically in both polls after getting throttled by USC, Texas A&M fell out of both of the polls completely and an SEC team has finally claimed one of the top 4 rankings yet again. Unlike in the BCS Era, that is all the SEC really needs to try to add to its impressive collection of National Championships
First we’ll start with the AP Poll. The poll has 5 SEC teams staking a claim and two in the top 10. The rankings follow, with SEC teams in bold.
The AP Poll
1. Ohio State
2. Baylor
3. Clemson
-leapfrogged teams from the #6 spot
4. LSU
5. TCU
-having flashback to the end of 2014 after being in the top 4 last week
6. Michigan State
7. Alabama
8. Stanford
9. Notre Dame
10. Iowa
11. Florida
12. Oklahoma State
13. Utah
-all the way from #3
14. Oklahoma
15. Michigan
16. Memphis
17. Florida State
18. Houston
19. Ole Miss
20. Toledo
21. Temple
22. Duke
23. Pitt
24. UCLA
25. Mississippi State
Other SEC teams receiving votes: Texas A&M, Georgia
Yet again, the two polls would create a different College Football Playoff if they chose the 4 teams, as the Coaches Poll has one different team in it’s top 4. Who was it? Who made moves in the SEC? What unranked AP team is ranked in the Coaches? What ranked AP team is unranked in the Coaches? Keep scrolling to find out.
1. Ohio State
2. Baylor
3. TCU
4. LSU
5. Michigan State
6. Clemson
7. Alabama
8. Stanford
9. Notre Dame
10. Oklahoma State
11. Iowa
12. Florida
13. Oklahoma
14. Utah
15. Florida State
16. Memphis
17. Michigan
18. Duke
19. Houston
20. Toledo
21. Mississippi
22. Temple
23. Georgia
24. Pittsburgh
25. UCLA
Other teams receiving votes: Texas A&M, Mississippi State