Week 2 Polls

The Associated Press Top 25

The historical gold standard of human polls.

1. Alabama (48 first-place votes)
2. Clemson (12)
3. Georgia
4. Ohio State
5. Wisconsin
6. Oklahoma
7. Auburn
8. Notre Dame
9. Washington
10. Stanford
11. LSU
12. Virginia Tech
13. Penn State
14. West Virginia
15. Michigan State
16. TCU
17. USC
18. Missisippi State
19. UCF
20. Boise State
21. Michigan
22. Miami
23. Oregon
24. South Carolina
25. Florida

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 the day when rankings come out.

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

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. Oklahoma
3. Clemson
4. Ohio State
5. Georgia
6. MISSISSIPPI STATE!
7. Auburn
8. Notre Dame
9. LSU
10. BOISE STATE!
11. Washington
12. Oklahoma State
13. Wisconsin
14. Utah
15. MEMPHIS!
16. TCU
17. Stanford
18. Penn State
19. Florida
20. Oregon
21. Texas A&M
22. Michigan
23. UCF
24. BOSTON COLLEGE!
25. Ole Miss

RELATED

THE TOP WHATEVER, ranking only the teams that must be ranked

Teams of the week, led by Oklahoma

The Sagarin ratings

A long-running computer that also includes FCS teams.

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

The USA Today Coaches Poll

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

1. Alabama (59 first-place votes)
2. Clemson (3)
3. Georgia
4. Ohio State (1)
5. Oklahoma
6. Wisconsin
7. Auburn
8. Notre Dame
9. Stanford
10. Penn State
11. Washington
12. USC
13. Michigan State
14. Virginia Tech
15. LSU
16. TCU
17. West Virginia
18. Mississippi State
19. Boise State
20. UCF
21. Miami
22. Michigan
23. Oklahoma State
24. South Carolina
25. Florida

Georgia Overview

The Dawgs took care of business against Austin Peay, winning decisively by a final score of 45-0. Almost the entire team got some playing time which was great to see, especially for the guys making their debut Between the Hedges.

This week, Georgia will face a much tougher task in South Carolina at Williams-Brice Stadium.

Movers

Fell Out: #19 Florida State, #23 Texas

Newcomers: #24 South Carolina, #25 Florida

Overrated

#11 LSU

As much as I want LSU to be good for Georgia’s strength of schedule, they are not the eleventh best team in the nation. The win against Miami was impressive, but they were still outgained in that game and their quarterback play is still unproven.

Underrated

Unranked Texas A&M

Granted, their first game was against an FCS opponent, but Texas A&M may be better than people think in year one under Jimbo Fisher. They’ll have a true measuring stick game this week against Clemson, and while I don’t think they will win, I think they’ll be impressive enough in the game to go on an potentially finish the season with eight or nine wins, which would vault the Aggies into the year’s final polls.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#3 UGA at #24 South Carolina

#17 USC at #10 Stanford

Upset Alert

Last week, I picked Ole Miss correctly in a mild upset. This week, I’ve got USC going to Stanford and knocking off the Cardinal.