(Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-US PRESSWIRE)
Now that the first Saturday of the college football season is behind us, we get to look forward to how the polls will stack up, and who got rewarded. We had our first 60-plus point performance, and our first 80-plus point game as well. There were close calls and blowouts all throughout the TOp 25 and some teams have yet to make their debut. But before we get too far past our first Saturday, let’s take a look at the unofficial Fansided.com Top 25 for next Saturday.
NOTE: This will be updated as Top 25 teams play throughout the week…looking at you Virginia Tech.
Fandsided.com Top 25 (1-15)
|
RANK |
TEAM |
Wk. 1 RESULT |
PREVIOUS RANK |
|
1 |
USC |
W, 49-10 over Hawaii |
1 |
|
2 |
Alabama |
W, 41-14 over #8 Michigan |
2 |
|
3 |
LSU |
W, 41-14 over No. Texas |
3 |
|
4 |
Oregon |
W, 57-20 over Arkansas St. |
5 |
|
5 |
Oklahoma |
W, 17-7 over UTEP |
4 |
|
6 |
Georgia |
W, 45-23 over Buffalo |
6 |
|
7 |
Florida State |
W, 69-3 over Murray St. |
7 |
|
8 |
Arkansas |
W, 49-24 over Jacksonville St. |
10 |
|
9 |
West Virginia |
W, 69-34 over Marshall |
11 |
|
10 |
South Carolina |
W, 17-13 over Vanderbilt |
9 |
|
11 |
Wisconsin |
W, 26-21 over Northern Iowa |
12 |
|
12 |
Michigan State |
W, 17-13 over #24 Boise St. |
13 |
|
13 |
Clemson |
W, 26-19 over Auburn |
14 |
|
14 |
Texas |
W, 37-17 over Wyoming |
15 |
|
15 |
Michigan |
L, 14-41 to #2 Alabama |
8 |
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The biggest fall will be Michigan. Voters may have been more forgiving if Michigan had actually made it an entertaining football game. Because Michgan got blown away by Alabama, they will surely suffer in the rankings, but in that same breath it was a loss against the No. 2 team in the country so the fall won’t be as severe as it could have been.
With Michigan falling to 15 in out unofficial poll, teams are reaping the benefit — namely Arkansas. West Virginia also climbs into the Top 10 after a severe beat down of Marshall. Because South Carolina struggled past Vanderbilt, they end up falling two spots to No. 10. It’s not a horrible fall but the Gamecocks don’t get any breaks for playing a sloppy football game.
The same is said for Oklahoma, who inched past unranked UTEP. The game ended up looking like it was more one-sided then it actually was. Yeah, Oklahoma pulled away in the fourth quarter but in comparison the the blowouts had by LSU, Alabama and especially Oregon, Oklahoma falls just one spot to No. 5.
Because Michigan falling to No. 15 vacated some spots just outside the Top 10, Texas, Clemson, Michigan State and Wisconsin all move up one spot. Only Texas really performed like a contending team but their weighted against those had by the other three schools doesn’t really hold water. But Wisconsin, Michigan State and Clemson winning by slim margins in their games really hurt their chances of sliding into the Top 10. Had Clemson dominated for more of the game than they did against Auburn, they may have been considered to pass Michigan State and even Wisconsin.
