Week 11 Polls

The Associated Press Top 25

The gold standard of human polls, but kinda obsolete now that the Playoff rankings are out.

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

The Massey computer composite

Every poll and rating smashed into one continually updating ranking, basically. We’ll update this one a couple times throughout Sunday.

1. Georgia
2. Notre Dame (Yep, that’s a one-loss ND ahead of undefeated Bama. Weird, right? Computers don’t look at wins and losses as automatic ranking tiers, and they don’t care that Nick Saban has lots of national titles. The human polls will have Bama ahead, though. Different perspectives!)
3. Alabama
4. Clemson
5. Penn State
6. Ohio State
7. Wisconsin
8. Miami
9. UCF
10. Oklahoma
11. TCU
12. Washington
13. Virginia Tech
14. Oklahoma State
15. USC
16. Auburn
17. Michigan State
18. Michigan
19. Iowa
20. Mississippi State
21. Iowa State
22. NC State
23. Washington State
24. Stanford
25. Northwestern

Bill Connelly's S&P+ ratings

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

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State (Look, S&P+ loves the Buckeyes despite the beatdown)
3. Washington
4. Georgia
5. Central Florida (Deadly efficient offense will do this)
6. Wisconsin
7. Notre Dame
8. TCU
9. Auburn
10. Penn State
11. Miami-FL
12. Clemson
13. Oklahoma State
14. Oklahoma
15. South Florida
16. Mississippi State
17. USC
18. Virginia Tech
19. Toledo
20. Washington State
21. Michigan
22. Michigan State
23. Arkansas State
24. Florida Atlantic (Well, hello there)
25. Boise State

The USA Today Coaches Poll

Doesn’t matter much.

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

Georgia Overview

Playing as the #1 team in the nation for the first time since week 1 of the 2008 season, the Dawgs took care of business against South Carolina, winning 24-10. With the Dawgs’ win and Kentucky losing to Ole Miss, Georgia has clinched the SEC East and will play in Atlanta for the SEC Championship for the first time since 2012.

The Dawgs now look ahead to their showdown at #10 Auburn.

Movers

Fell Out: #18 Stanford, #19 LSU, #20 NC State, #23 Arizona

Newcomers: #21 Michigan, #22 South Florida, #23 West Virginia, #25 Iowa

Overrated

#6 Wisconsin

In all likelihood, the Badgers are the Big Ten’s only shot at having a playoff team. Their schedule has not been strong to date, as they face their first ranked opponent of the year in Iowa this weekend. We’ll see if they can hold off both the Hawkeyes as well as Michigan the following week.

Underrated

#7 Miami

The Hurricanes have shown more than Wisconsin this season and should be ranked higher, especially after beating a good Virginia Tech squad 28-10. Luckily, they can prove they should be ranked higher on the field this weekend with Notre Dame coming to town.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#13 Michigan State at #11 Ohio State

#12 Oklahoma State at #24 Iowa State

#2 Georgia at #10 Auburn

#25 Iowa at #6 Wisconsin

#1 Alabama at #18 Mississippi State

#3 Notre Dame at #7 Miami

#8 TCU at #5 Oklahoma

Upset Alert

Last week, I took NC State to knock off Clemson which didn’t work out so well.

This week, I’m going with Stanford to take down Washington and end the Pac-12’s hopes of getting a playoff team in a little Friday night edition of #Pac12AfterDark.