Week 4 Polls

The Associated Press Top 25

The historical gold standard of human polls.

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

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The Massey composite

Every poll and rating smashed into one continually updating ranking, more or less. We’ll update this one a couple times throughout Sunday as rankings come out.

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

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Bill Connelly’s S&P+ ratings

SB Nation’s favored college football advanced stat, which tends to perform well against the Vegas spread, along with offering much deeper evaluations of teams.

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Georgia
4. Clemson
5. Mississippi State
6. Oklahoma State
7. Washington
8. Penn State
9. Oklahoma
10. Michigan
11. Memphis
12. Texas A&M
13. Wisconsin
14. Auburn
15. WVU
16. Boise
17. Boston College
18. Notre Dame
19. UCF
20. Michigan State
21. LSU
22. Kentucky
23. Indiana
24. Miami
25. TCU

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The Sagarin ratings

A long-running computer that also includes FCS teams.

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

The USA Today Coaches Poll

Doesn’t matter much, and often is more a poll of PR directors than actual coaches.

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

Georgia Overview

Georgia took care of business against Middle Tennessee State, defeating the Blue Raiders by a final score of 49-7. Elijah Holyfield rushed for 100 yards and Georgia receivers accounted for six touchdowns overall.

The Bulldogs’ strong start to the season has seen them rise to #2 in the latest AP Poll. The Dawgs will put that ranking to the test this weekend as UGA travels to Missouri to face Drew Lock and the Tigers.

Movers

Fell Out: #17 Boise State, #22 USC, #23 Arizona State

Newcomers: #22 Texas A&M, #23 Boston College, #25 BYU

Overrated

#8 Notre Dame. Honestly, the voters did a good job this week in my opinion. But I don’t see Notre Dame lasting the season as a Top 10 team. If they can go to Wake Forest and get the win, which won’t be as easy as initially thought, the Fighting Irish have Stanford and Virginia Tech the following two weeks. I expect the Irish to trip up at least once, if not twice, over the next three weeks.

Underrated

#23 Boston College. Welcome back to the polls, BC! The Eagles have gotten off to a great 3-0 start, and thanks to a back-loaded schedule, Boston College has a decent shot of entering their Friday night matchup in late October against Miami 7-0. It’s time to get used to seeing BC in the polls.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#22 Texas A&M at #1 Alabama

#7 Stanford at #20 Oregon

Upset Alert

Last week, I went one for two, as I said both Syracuse and Boise State would win.

This week, I’m taking Iowa to knock off Wisconsin at home.