Week 5 Polls

The Associated Press Top 25

The historical gold standard of human polls.

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

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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 are added to it.

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

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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. Clemson
4. Georgia
5. Penn State
6. Michigan
7. Washington
8. Oklahoma
9. Mississippi State
10. West Virginia
11. Notre Dame
12. Wisconsin
13. Auburn
14. Oklahoma State
15. Kentucky
16. Miami
17. UCF
18. Michigan State
19. LSU
20. Appalachian State
21. Memphis
22. Boise State
23. South Carolina
24. Florida
25. Texas A&M

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The Sagarin ratings

A long-running computer that also includes FCS teams.

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

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. Auburn
11. Washington
12. West Virginia
13. Wisconsin
14. UCF
15. Michigan
16. Miami
17. Kentucky
18. Michigan State
19. Mississippi State
20. Oregon
21. Oklahoma State
22. Texas
23. Duke
24. Virginia Tech
25. Boise State

Georgia Overview

The Dawgs weren’t the sharpest, but they earned a road SEC victory against Missouri, winning 43-29. The defense forced turnovers and the offense put up enough points in the second half to keep the Tigers at an arm’s length distance.

Georgia hosts Tennessee at Sanford Stadium this Saturday on CBS at 3:30 pm EDT.

Movers

Fell Out: #13 Virginia Tech, #15 Oklahoma State, #17 TCU, #22 Texas A&M, #23 Michigan State

Newcomers: #17 Kentucky, #18 Texas, #22 Duke, #24 Cal, #25 Texas Tech

Overrated

#22 Duke

It’s great to see the Blue Devils get some national attention, but they haven’t played anyone noteworthy to date, and are likely to play roughly .500 ball the rest of the way.

Underrated

#17 Kentucky

Everything we thought Mississippi State was, that is what Kentucky is. They looked like the clear cut second best team in the SEC East, and have a real shot at being ranked for the majority of the season.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#12 West Virginia at #25 Texas Tech

#4 Ohio State at #9 Penn State

#7 Stanford at #8 Notre Dame

#20 BYU at #11 Washington

#19 Oregon at #24 Cal

Upset Alert

Last week, I swung and miss on Iowa upsetting Wisconsin.

This week, I’m taking Stanford to go to Notre Dame and knock off the Irish.