Just three voters this past week, so one outlier poll could have a major impact on where teams stand. And despite a minimal number of upsets in week one's action, there was plenty of movement reflected in the rankings this time around.
Your voters, for yelling purposes: Orangeman: Fighter of the Nightman, Highsocks21 and myself.
1. Alabama Crimson Tide (3) (LW: 1)
High: 1/Low: 1
2. Clemson Tigers (LW: 4)
High: 2/Low 5
3. Auburn Tigers (LW: 10)
High: 3/Low: 6
4. Oklahoma Sooners (LW: 9)
High: 3/Low: 7
5. Ohio State Buckeyes (LW: 8)
High: 2/Low: 8
6. Wisconsin Badgers (LW: 7)
High: 3/Low: 7
7. Georgia Bulldogs (LW: 2)
High: 4/Low: 9
8. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (LW: 12)
High: 6/Low: 14
9. Washington Huskies (LW: 3)
High: 8/Low: 10
10. West Virginia Mountaineers (LW: 21)
High: 10/Low: 13
11. Stanford Cardinal (LW: 13)
High: 9/Low: 15
12. TCU Horned Frogs (LW: 15)
High: 9/Low: 19
13. USC Trojans (LW: 11)
High: 6/Low: 21
14. LSU Tigers (LW: NR)
High: 11/Low: 22
15. UCF Knights (LW: 22)
High: 13/Low: 20
16. Boise State Broncos (LW: 25)
High: 15/Low: 19
17. Virginia Tech Hokies (LW: NR)
High: 14/Low: 20
18. Oregon Ducks (LW: 17)
High: 16/Low: 22
19. Mississippi State Bulldogs (LW: 16)
High: 11/Low: NR
20. Penn State Nittany Lions (LW: 6)
High: 12/Low: NR
21. Miami Hurricanes (LW: 5)
High: 15/Low: NR
22. South Carolina Gamecocks (LW: NR)
High: 15/Low: NR
23. Maryland Terrapins (LW: NR)
High: 18/Low: NR
24. Northwestern Wildcats (LW: NR)
High: 20/Low: NR
25. Michigan Wolverines (LW: 14)
High: 21/Low: NR
Also receiving vote: Oklahoma State, Syracuse, Hawaii, Cincinnati, New Mexico, Boston College
Conferences: B1G (6), SEC (6), Pac-12 (4), ACC (3), Big 12 (3), AAC (1), Independent (1), MWC (1)
Dropped out: Michigan State (18), Texas (19), Florida State (21), Arizona (23), FAU (24)
Some other facts about the votes:
- Seven different teams got votes among the top four on at least one ballot
- The SEC has the most top 10 teams of any conference, with three
- 13 different teams received at least one top-10 vote
- Alabama (obviously) had the shortest range between its highest and lowest vote, since it received all three first-place votes
- Mississippi State had the longest range between its highest and lowest vote, at 11th and unrated
- Two voters (Orangeman and myself) both picked Hawaii at 24th -- but that wasn't enough to get them into this poll; same goes for Syracuse (Orangeman, HighSocks21), which received two different selections at 23rd
- 18 teams appeared on all three ballots
- HighSocks21 was the only voter to rank Cincinnati and New Mexico
- Orangeman was the only voter to rank Oklahoma State and Boston College
- I was the only voter to have all teams appear on at least one other ballot
- I was also the only voter to have Wisconsin and Georgia in my top four; HighSocks21 was the only one to include Ohio State
- There were five different ties: Notre Dame and Washington (8th), USC and LSU (13th), Boise State and Virginia Tech (17th), Mississippi State and Penn State (19th); Maryland, Northwestern and Oklahoma State (24th)
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