The latest Associated Press Top 25 ranking this week somehow managed to keep Georgia ahead of South Carolina and Stanford ahead of USC. This after Georgia lost at South Carolina this weekend and Stanford was edged by USC the previous week. Good luck figuring that all out. The top five remain the same as last week, with No. 1 Florida State receiving 37 first-place votes. No. 2 Oregon received 17 first-place votes, followed by Alabama (1 first-place vote), Oklahoma (2 first-place votes) and Auburn.
No. 6 Texas A&M and No. 7 Baylor each moved up one spot in this week’s AP poll, followed by LSU and Notre Dame each moving up two spots. No. 10 Ole Miss rounds out this week’s top 10 after moving up four spots following a blowout win over Louisiana-Lafayette. The Rebels leaped over No. 11 Michigan State (up two spots), No. 12 UCLA and past No. 13 Georgia. Georgia dropped seven spots in the AP ranking but finished 11 points higher than No. 14 South Carolina. Arizona State moved up a spot to No. 15 this week, swapping places with Stanford. USC dropped eight spots in the AP poll after losing at Boston College Saturday night, to No. 17.
No. 18 Missouri moved up two spots following a win against UCF and No. 19 Wisconsin dropped a spot during their bye week. Kansas State also dropped a spot in a bye week down to No. 20.
After debuting in the AP Top 25 last week, BYU moved up four spots to No. 21 this week after beating Houston at home Thursday night. BYU is followed by No. 22 Clemson (up one spot) and Ohio State (down one spot). Nebraska returns to the top 25 this week at No. 24. The Huskers are followed by Oklahoma State to complete the top 25. The Cowboys are making their first appearance in the AP poll this season.
The coaches poll also came out today with the same head-scratching ranking of Georgia ahead of South Carolina.
