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The poll:
Rank | Team | Points | Change |
1 | Oregon (4) | 124 | 0 |
2 | Alabama (1) | 120 | 0 |
3 | Clemson | 113 | 0 |
4 | Florida State | 111 | +1 |
5 | Ohio State | 102 | +1 |
6 | LSU | 95 | +2 |
7 | UCLA | 89 | +2 |
8 | Texas A&M | 87 | +5 |
9 | Louisville | 84 | +1 |
10 | Miami | 80 | +2 |
11 | Baylor | 78 | 0 |
12 | South Carolina | 64 | +4 |
13 | Stanford | 60 | -9 |
14 | Texas Tech | 57 | +3 |
15 | Missouri | 55 | +9 |
16 | Georgia | 51 | -9 |
17 | Virginia Tech | 47 | +8 |
18 | Washington | 40 | -4 |
19 | Fresno State | 33 | -1 |
20 | Oklahoma State | 30 | +2 |
21 | Oklahoma | 26 | -6 |
22 | Florida | 18 | -3 |
23 | Northern Illinois | 17 | 0 |
24 | Wisconsin | 12 | n/a |
25 | Utah | 9 | n/a |
Also receiving votes: Arizona State (6), Auburn (6), Nebraska (6), Oregon State (5)
Dropping out of the poll: Michigan and Northwestern
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The top 3 remain the same, though Clemson's place at #3 got a good run from Florida State. The two teams meet Saturday, and I'm sure their QuackPoll ranking will be on their minds. Obviously the big story from last week was a number of ranked teams losing. Stanford and Georgia both took a nine-spot hit, the Cardinal for sleepwalking through their game at Utah, and Georgia for losing to Missouri, although in the second half they were so injured they had a 45 year old fan from Augusta and UGA the mascot lined up at wide receiver. Other interesting tidbits:
- Miami jumped Baylor without playing last week, though Baylor's first game of the year looking like mortals didn't win them any style points with the skeptical voters.
- Texas A&M jumped five spots - including still-undefeateds Miami, Baylor, and Louisville - despite almost losing to Ole Miss. To recap, a one-loss team jumped three undefeated teams by barely beating a team who entered the game on a two-game losing streak. I find this puzzling.
- All of us finally noticed Virginia Tech's six-game winning streak. Granted, it is an incredibly dull and unexciting six-game winning streak that was easy to miss, and included an overtime win over Marshall, but it's a streak nonetheless. The Top Whatever might have this right.
- Georgia is 2-2 against the teams ranked above them, just in case you didn't have a clear enough perspective on how insane their schedule has been so far.
Loves | Hates | |
Dave | Texas A&M (#6) | Stanford (unranked) |
Jake | Louisville (#6) | Missouri (#25) |
Noah | UCLA (#6) | Fresno State (unranked) |
Tako | Florida State (#2) | The State of Oklahoma (unranked) |
Dom | Georgia (#11) | Baylor (#13) |