Week 6 Polls

The Associated Press Top 25

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Oklahoma
4. Penn State
5. Georgia
6. Washington
7. Michigan
8. TCU
9. Wisconsin
10. Ohio State
11. Washington State
12. Auburn
13. Miami
14. USC
15. Oklahoma State
16. Virginia Tech
17. Louisville
18. USF
19. San Diego State
20. Utah
21. Notre Dame
22. Florida (technically the Gators and Irish are both No. 21. Each team got 349 votes in this week’s poll)
23. West Virginia
24. NC State
25. UCF

The USA Today Coaches Poll

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Oklahoma
4. Penn State
5. Washington
6. Georgia
7. Michigan
8. Wisconsin
9. Ohio State
10. TCU
11. Washington State
12. Miami
13. Auburn
14. Oklahoma State
15. USC
16. USF
17. Louisville
18. Utah
19. Virginia Tech
20. Florida
21. San Diego State
22. Notre Dame
23. West Virginia
24. NC State
25. UCF

The Massey computer composite

Every poll and rating smashed into one continually updating ranking, basically. Early in the season, it still includes some preseason projections. Usually starts updating Sunday morning.

1. Clemson
2. Alabama
3. Georgia
4. Michigan
5. Penn State
6. Washington
7. Miami
8. Oklahoma
9. TCU
10. USC (This is a collection that includes computer rankings, and computers often factor preseason rankings into their early ratings, to help stabilize things. That’s one reason USC ranks ahead of Washington State in this group, for example. That won’t be the case in the polls, once those come out, and might not be the case once Massey adds more ratings throughout Sunday.)
11. Wisconsin
12. Ohio State
13. Notre Dame
14. Florida
15. Washington State
16. UCF
17. Virginia Tech
18. San Diego State
19. Oklahoma State
20. Louisville
21. Auburn
22. USF
23. Wake Forest
24. Texas Tech
25. Stanford

Bill Connelly's S&P+ ratings

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Oklahoma
4. Wisconsin
5. Clemson
6. Florida State
7. Washington
8. Penn State
9. Michigan
10. Georgia
11. Miami-FL
12. Auburn
13. Oklahoma State
14. TCU
15. USC
16. Notre Dame
17. Louisville
18. Stanford
19. LSU
20. Oregon
21. Washington State
22. Virginia Tech
23. Georgia Tech
24. Kansas State
25. Florida

Georgia Overview

The Dawgs more than made up for the Hail Mary last year, pounding Tennessee in Neyland 41-0. The defense was opportunistic, and Chubb went for over 100 on offense. Georgia jumped to number 5 in the latest polls.

Movers

Fell Out: #24 Mississippi State, #25 LSU

Newcomers: #24 NC State, #25 UCF

Overrated

#11 Washington State

The victory over USC was statement worthy. However, Washington State will not be in the hunt come December.

Underrated

#21 Notre Dame

Half of this is because we beat them in South Bend. However, Notre Dame is looking like a good football team, and that victory is aging very well.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#17 Louisville at #24 NC State

#23 West Virginia at #8 TCU

Upset Alert

Last week, I wrongly predicted ECU over USF to make it a losing streak of two.

This week, I’m going with a mild, solely Vegas based odds upset of South Carolina at home over Arkansas.