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Colorado jumped into the rankings this week after their defeat of Stanford. Utah moved to 16 in the Coaches and 17 in the AP. The Utes this week have the opportunity to cause chaos in the playoff race this week when they take on the Washington Huskies who moved into 4th place in both polls after the Ohio State Buckeyes lost to Penn State. Washington State came in as the top team in the others receiving votes and the USC Trojans picked up a few votes in the AP Poll.
AP Poll
- Alabama
- Michigan
- Clemson
- Washington
- Louisville
- Ohio State
- Nebraska
- Baylor
- Texas A&M
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Florida State
- Boise State
- Florida
- Auburn
- Oklahoma
- Utah
- Tennessee
- LSU
- Western Michigan
- North Carolina
- Navy
- Colorado
- Penn State
- Virginia Tech
Others Receiving Votes:
Washington St. 84, Houston 67, Oklahoma St. 62, Arkansas 14, Troy 6, Southern Cal 5, San Diego St. 2, Pittsburgh 2, SMU 1
Coaches Poll
- Alabama
- Michigan
- Clemson
- Washington
- Louisville
- Nebraska
- Baylor
- Ohio State
- West Virginia
- Texas A&M
- Wisconsin
- Florida
- Boise State
- Florida State
- Oklahoma
- Utah
- Auburn
- Tennessee
- LSU
- North Carolina
- Western Michigan
- Navy
- Colorado
- Houston
- Virginia Tech
The Associated Press Top 25: The longest-running and best-respected human poll. Didn't have any official bearing on the latter years of the BCS, and doesn't have any official bearing on the Playoff. Most outlets (including SB Nation) will use the AP's rankings as the standard until the committee takes over in November, though. Usually comes out on Sundays about 2 p.m. ET.
The USA Today Coaches Poll: Formerly part of the BCS, and now just a poll. It tends to react more cautiously than the AP's. Though polling athletic departments in order to rank other athletic departments is dubious, we still want multiple human polls in here, and this is the other big one. Releases early Sunday afternoons.
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