🏈 New AP Poll...

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

If you go with the "current" rankings argument, which I'm not a huge fan of but that's the standard that most seem to always want to hold Alabama to, then the Tide has played 2 Top 7 teams in 4 games. They beat UGA by 17 and Texas A&M by 28. Pretty impressive considering a few days ago half the staff needed to be fired and Saban was quarantined in his attic with the bat flu.



AP Top 25

Rank	Team	Points (No. 1 votes)	W-L
1	Clemson	1,542 (54)	5-0
2	Alabama	1,494 (8)	4-0
3	Notre Dame	1,337	4-0
4	Georgia	1,300	3-1
5	Ohio State	1,223	0-0
6	Oklahoma State	1,137	3-0
7	Texas A&M	1,054	3-1
8	Penn State	1,033	0-0
9	Cincinnati	1,028	3-0
10	Florida	942	2-1
11	Miami	887	4-1
12	BYU	875	5-0
13	Oregon	841	0-0
T-14	North Carolina	677	3-1
T-14	Wisconsin	677	0-0
16	SMU	638	5-0
17	Iowa State	511	3-1
18	Michigan	489	0-0
19	Virginia Tech	411	3-1
20	Kansas State	399	3-1
21	Minnesota	234	0-0
22	Marshall	227	4-0
23	N.C. State	199	4-1
24	USC	192	0-0
25	Coastal Carolina	185	4-0

Moved in: Marshall; N.C. State; Coastal Carolina.

Others receiving votes: Memphis 76; Oklahoma 74; Tulsa 58; West Virginia 57; Auburn 48; Iowa 42; Louisiana-Lafayette 40; Liberty 37; Utah 36; UAB 30; Army 29; Arkansas 15; Air Force 14; Kentucky 12; Tennessee 11; Virginia 9; Arizona State 9; Washington 8; South Carolina 8; Indiana 4; Texas 1.

 

[doemasters]

Where’s Auburn? Oh I see them under others listed now

 

[bamaledge]

Wait! Wait! Wait!
Where is UCF?
Somebody made a huuuuge mistake!

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Where’s Auburn? Oh I see them under others listed now

Honestly shocked they have that many votes...

Wait! Wait! Wait!
Where is UCF?
Somebody made a huuuuge mistake!

I saw about 3 minutes of the UCF/Memphis game (the ending), which was just enough to see a UCF's kicker try to fight another UCF player and leave me with a smile.

 

[TerryP]

Moved in: Marshall; N.C. State; Coastal Carolina.

That won't last long. They lost their starting QB this past weekend.

 

[planomateo]

Absolutely horse shit that the B1G and Pac-12 are in the AP Polls at the moment.

The AP has just made their stats more meaningless with this decision.

 

[Davestwin]

Well, we definitely know the 2020 polls don’t take into account strength of schedule. Clemson’s a very good team but they’re in an extremely weak conference. Alabama’s a very good team and they’re in an extremely strong conference. Yet, six ACC teams and only four SEC teams are ranked. What a joke. This will, even more so this season than usual, provide Clemson with a huge advantage to not only make the playoffs but it will also give them a huge advantage going into the playoffs. To get there they in essence will have played the equivalent of eight scrimmages, one Spring game (Miami) and one regular season game (Norte Dame). They can start preparing for their playoff opponents at any time with a very well rested roster.

 

[rick4bama]

Look here if the teams that haven't played a down wasn't in the Top 25. Then these team would be Memphis ,Oklahoma , Tulsa , West Virginia , Auburn , Iowa 42; Louisiana-Lafayette .

 

[bama alum]

Only 8 first place votes...Bitchslapped the #3 team while the "#1" team beat up a patsy...I knew Clemson would still be #1; however, I thought Bama would have garnered quite a few more first-place votes.

 

[tider79]

The fact that Notre Dame is third is laughable...I would so love to get a match up with them....however Clumpson is gonna expose the domers.

 

[rammerjammer]

The fact that Notre Dame is third is laughable...I would so love to get a match up with them....however Clumpson is gonna expose the domers.

Clempsum and ND meet in a couple weeks. Should be an interesting game. If ND wins, I would not be surprised to see them jump us to take over the number 1 spot.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

The fact that Notre Dame is third is laughable...I would so love to get a match up with them....however Clumpson is gonna expose the domers.

...and just like their Miami win, they'll get over inflated media credit for it. Not that they need it, IMO, they are deserving of their ranking, but yes, ND is ranked way too high.

 

[TerryP]

Only 8 first place votes...Bitchslapped the #3 team while the "#1" team beat up a patsy...I knew Clemson would still be #1; however, I thought Bama would have garnered quite a few more first-place votes.

They picked up a few only have two after week six, eight after week seven (AP poll.) UGA had one in week six, Clemson had 59 (now 54.)

 

[50+yeartidefan]

My take...was Tennessee got votes...wtf

 

[planomateo]

The AP screwed Alabama pushing us outside the top 10 yet puts teams who haven't played yet in the top 10.

 

[TerryP]

The AP screwed Alabama pushing us outside the top 10 yet puts teams who haven't played yet in the top 10.

OK, I'm just waking up. Still, you've lost me here. "Pushing us outside the top 10?"

 

[planomateo]

OK, I'm just waking up. Still, you've lost me here. "Pushing us outside the top 10?"

Perhaps I've mixed up with CFP rankings?

 

[TerryP]

Perhaps I've mixed up with CFP rankings?

Ah, ok. Last season, CFP rankings.

 

[#80]

The way things are going we will have to beat Clumpson in the NCG for CNS consecutive years of being ranked at #1 for at least one week of the year.

 

[TerryP]

The way things are going we will have to beat Clumpson in the NCG for CNS consecutive years of being ranked at #1 for at least one week of the year.

And that's the only reason I care about the AP poll: a record.