Week 9 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. Notre Dame
10. Oklahoma
11. Oklahoma State
12. Washington
13. Virginia Tech
14. NC State
15. Washington State
16. Michigan State
17. USF
18. UCF
19. Auburn
20. Stanford
21. USC
22. West Virginia
23. LSU
24. Memphis
25. Iowa State

The USA Today Coaches Poll

Doesn’t matter much.

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

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 (A few of these don’t line up with how humans might have them, due to head-to-head results. Computer rankings don’t go strictly by number of losses or transitive results.)
2. Alabama
3. Penn State
4. Georgia
5. Washington
6. TCU
7. Wisconsin
8. Oklahoma State
9. UCF
10. Notre Dame
11. Miami
12. Auburn
13. Clemson
14. Oklahoma
15. USF
16. Stanford
17. Virginia Tech
18. Washington STate
19. Mississippi State
20. Michigan State
21. NC State
22. Southern Miss
23. Georgia Tech
24. Iowa State
25. Fresno State

Jeff Sagarin’s ratings

A long-running computer rating of FBS and FCS teams, all in one list, usually out very early Sunday morning.

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

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. Notre Dame
5. Clemson
6. TCU
7. Ohio State
8. Wisconsin
9. Miami
10. UCF
11. Oklahoma State
12. Washington
13. Oklahoma
14. Virginia Tech
15. NC State
16. Michigan State
17. USC
18. Washington State
19. Auburn
20. Stanford
21. Michigan
22. Mississippi State
23. South Florida
24. Iowa State
25. LSU

Georgia Overview

The Dawgs had a bye this past week as they prepare for the Cocktail Party against the Gators.

Movers

Fell Out: #19 Michigan

Newcomers: #25 Iowa State

Overrated

#10 Oklahoma and #11 Oklahoma State

Both Oklahoma schools keep on winning but not in convincing fashion. I think they are both playoff pretenders despite both potentially having Heisman finalist quarterbacks.

Underrated

#6 Ohio State

Yes, they stumbled against Oklahoma. But I believe the Buckeyes will bounce back and beat Penn State this week, paving their way for a return to the top 5.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#11 Oklahoma State at #22 West Virginia

#2 Penn State at #6 Ohio State

#4 TCU at #25 Iowa State

#14 NC State at #9 Notre Dame

Upset Alert

Last week, I took Texas over Oklahoma State and was so very close to having a winner there.

This week, I’m still going against Oklahoma State and am taking West Virginia to knock them off.