Week 3 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. Oklahoma
3. Clemson
4. USC
5. Penn State
6. Washington
7. Michigan
8. Ohio State
9. Oklahoma State
10. Wisconsin
11. Florida State
12. LSU
13. Georgia
14. Louisville
15. Auburn
16. Virginia Tech
17. Miami
18. Kansas State
19. Stanford
20. TCU
21. Washington State
22. USF
23. Tennessee
24. Florida
25. UCLA

Bill Connelly's S&P+ ratings

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

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

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.

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

The USA Today Coaches Poll

The other human poll. It doesn’t matter much.

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

Georgia Overview

The Dawgs made South Bend their own on Saturday. Behind a stellar performance by the defense, the Bulldogs defeated Notre Dame 20-19 in a back-and-forth contest. Linebackers Lorenzo Carter and Davin Bellamy were in the backfield all night, and Roquan Smith was a missile from sideline to sideline.

Freshman QB Jake Fromm looked like a true freshman making his first career start in one of the most historic stadiums in college football, but he did enough to get the W and that’s all that matters.

The Georgia fans traveled extremely well to South Bend and essentially turned it into a neutral field. The stadium was pretty much half red and black, and the Dawgs voices were heard loud and clear.

Georgia returns home to face FCS foe Samford this Saturday.

Movers

Fell Out: #24 Notre Dame

Newcomers: #25 UCLA

Overrated

#18 Kansas State

As is tradition, Kansas State has scheduled two FCS opponents to open their season. While they have taken care of business, we don’t know much about the Wildcats.

This will change on Saturday, as they head to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt. While Kansas State is deservedly favored, the Commodores will give the Wildcats all they can handle.

Underrated

South Carolina

The Gamecocks look like serious challengers in the SEC East after they defeated Missouri 31-13. Sophomore quarterback Jake Bentley and junior wide receiver Deebo Samuel have what it takes to propel South Carolina in 2017 under Will Muschamp. They should be appearing in the polls soon.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#23 Tennessee at #24 Florida

#3 Clemson at #14 Louisville

Upset Alert

Last week, I backed the Dawgs to win in South Bend. They didn’t let us down.

This week, I’m taking both Vanderbilt to upset Kansas State at home, as well as Cal to take out Ole Miss in a little #Pac12AfterDark.