Week 6 Polls

The Associated Press Top 25

The historical gold standard of human polls.

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

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

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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. Usually releases Sunday afternoon.

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

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The Sagarin ratings

A long-running computer ranking that also includes FCS teams

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

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The USA Today Coaches Poll

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

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

Georgia Overview

The Dawgs, though ugly at times, got the job done against the Volunteers, defeating Tennessee 38-12 to remain number two in the AP Poll. Justin Fields rushed for two touchdowns and the ground attack committee did its job once again.

Georgia welcomes Vanderbilt to Athens this Saturday night for Homecoming.

Movers

Fell Out: #20 BYU, #22 Duke, #23 Mississippi State, #24 Cal, #25 Texas Tech

Newcomers: #21 Colorado, #22 Florida, #23 NC State, #24 Virginia Tech, #25 Oklahoma State

Overrated

#12 UCF. Central Florida was a great story last year, and they are off to another great start this season. However, you can’t tell me only eleven teams in the nation are better than them. Their schedule, though, makes for a shot at another undefeated season.

Underrated

#22 Florida. After they lost to Kentucky, everyone wrote Florida off. Well, Kentucky is a good football team and Florida has bounced back nicely. We’ll see how they fair this weekend against LSU.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#19 Texas vs. #7 Oklahoma

#5 LSU at #22 Florida

#6 Notre Dame at #24 Virginia Tech

Upset Alert

Last week I was incorrect once again picking Stanford over Notre Dame.

This week, I’m taking Kentucky to knock off Texas A&M (A&M is favored by 5 ½).