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2016 college football rankings, Week 4: Notre Dame and Oregon Drop

The latest AP and Coaches Rankings

By nickdempsey

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NCAA Football: Southern California at Stanford Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

It was another tough weekend for USC who once again seemed unprepared to compete against a tough opponent. Other top 25 teams from around the country also had tough days on Saturday leading to plenty of shakeups in the rankings.

AP Poll

  1. Alabama
  2. Ohio State
  3. Louisville
  4. Michigan
  5. Clemson
  6. Houston
  7. Stanford
  8. Michigan State
  9. Washington
  10. Texas A&M
  11. Wisconsin
  12. Georgia
  13. Florida State
  14. Tennessee
  15. Miami
  16. Baylor
  17. Arkansas
  18. LSU
  19. Florida
  20. Nebraska
  21. Texas
  22. San Diego State
  23. Ole Miss
  24. Utah
  25. Oklahoma

Coaches Poll

  1. Alabama
  2. Ohio State
  3. Clemson
  4. Louisville
  5. Michigan
  6. Stanford
  7. Houston
  8. Michigan State
  9. Washington
  10. Wisconsin
  11. Georgia
  12. Tennessee
  13. Texas A&M
  14. Florida State
  15. Baylor
  16. Florida
  17. LSU
  18. Arkansas
  19. Miami
  20. Nebraska
  21. TCU
  22. Ole Miss
  23. Utah
  24. Texas
  25. Iowa

rankings used here

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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