Week 8 Polls

The Associated Press Top 25

The gold standard of human polls, until the Playoff committee starts releasing its top 25s later in the year.

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

Bill Connelly's S&P+ ratings

SB Nation’s favored college football advanced stat, which tends to perform very well against the Vegas spread.

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

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. We’ll update this one multiple times throughout Sunday.

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

The USA Today Coaches Poll

One of the human polls. It doesn’t matter much.

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

Georgia Overview

The Dawgs rolled Missouri 53-28 behind an excellent showing by the offense as they amassed the second most yards in school history. With Clemson’s loss, the Dawgs moved up to #3 in the polls.

Georgia has a bye week before heading to Jacksonville to take on the Gators in two weeks.

Movers

Fell Out: #19 San Diego State, #24 Texas Tech, #25 Navy

Newcomers: #23 West Virginia, #24 LSU, #25 Memphis

Overrated

#8 Miami

Somehow, some way, the Hurricanes keep finding ways to win. Its great seeing what Mark Richt has done down there, but I’d be shocked if they don’t start losing some of these close games.

Underrated

#13 Notre Dame

This win for Georgia is aging very well. The Fighting Irish are a solid team and they will show that this week when USC comes to South Bend.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#19 Michigan at #2 Penn State

#11 USC at #13 Notre Dame

Upset Alert

Last week, I incorrectly took Georgia Tech over Miami and I’m not upset that I was wrong.

This week, I’m taking Texas to pull off the upset over Oklahoma State.