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All of the major college football polls are in for the week and you're not going to believe this but the Syracuse Orange didn't receive any votes. Go figure.
A bunch of upcoming SU opponents did get listed, however, including Florida State (1/1), Notre Dame (16/15), Clemson (23/24) and Louisville (25/UNR).
| AP | Coaches | Sagarin | |
| 1 | Florida State (46) | Florida State (57) | Oregon |
| 2 | Alabama (1) | Alabama | Alabama |
| 3 | Oregon (5) | Oklahoma (2) | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Oklahoma (2) | Oregon (2) | Florida State |
| 5 | Auburn | Auburn | Texas A&M |
| 6 | Georgia (2) | Michigan State | Georgia |
| 7 | Michigan State | Ohio State | Stanford |
| 8 | Ohio State | Georgia (1) | Baylor |
| 9 | Texas A&M (2) | Baylor | Auburn |
| 10 | Baylor | Stanford | Michigan State |
| 11 | UCLA | UCLA | UCLA |
| 12 | LSU (1) | LSU | Ohio State |
| 13 | Stanford | Texas A&M | LSU |
| 14 | USC | USC | USC |
| 15 | Ole Miss | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
| 16 | Notre Dame | Arizona State | Wisconsin |
| 17 | Arizona State | Ole Miss | Florida |
| 18 | Wisconsin | Nebraska | Kansas State |
| 19 | Nebraska | Wisconsin | South Carolina |
| 20 | Kansas State | Kansas State | Clemson |
| 21 | South Carolina | South Carolina | Ole Miss |
| 22 | North Carolina | Missouri | Washington |
| 23 | Clemson | North Carolina | Oklahoma State |
| 24 | Missouri | Clemson | Texas |
| 25 | Louisville | Texas | Arizona State |
Meanwhile, the ACC handed out their player of the week accolades and Syracuse punter/makeshift quarterback Riley Dixon split the Specialist of the Week honor for his work in SU's 27-26 (2OT) win over Villanova.
Dixon, who also serves as the Orange holder, threw what proved to be the game-winning touchdown pass to Kendall Moore in the second overtime of SU's 27-26 victory against Villanova. On fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line, Syracuse faked a field goal. Dixon rolled left and threw the first TD pass of his career to give the Orange a 27-20 advantage. The Orange defense rose up on the Wildcats' second OT possession, denying Villanova's potential game-winning, two-point conversion. In addition to the touchdown, Dixon punted five times for 217 yards (43.4 avg.) with a long of 51 yards. He placed two of his kicks inside the 20.