AP Top 25: After Week 6

Week 6 of the college football season was an interesting one. We saw the #1 team in the country go down, another marquee matchup among two highly ranked teams in Alabama-Georgia, some other contenders tested, and some memorably moments and plays. Plus, UNC even picked up a pretty decent win, taking down previously unbeaten Pitt.

A weekend like that lead to a bit of a shakeup in the AP Poll. Let’s check on where the ranking fell this week.

AP Top 25

1. Georgia (66 first place votes)
2. Notre Dame (1)
3. Miami (FL) (2)
4. Ohio State
5. Indiana (1)
6. Alabama
7. Texas
8. BYU
9. Ole Miss
10. Texas Tech
11. Utah
12. UCLA
13. Missouri
14. Tennessee
15. Kentucky
16. Mississippi State
17. Iowa
18. Oklahoma State
19. USC
20. Houston
21. Wake Forest
22. LSU
23. Boise State
24. SMU
25. Northwestern

Where is UNC?

Taking down Pitt is a solid enough win for the Tar Heels, but it wasn’t enough to get them any votes in the AP Poll, never mind get them into the Top 25. One person in the Coaches Poll did give them a vote, though, so that’s something.

Biggest Winners

We have a new #1 as Georgia has taken the top spot after beating Alabama in conjunction with Texas getting upset by Oklahoma. However, we have some big risers among the news teams entering this week’s Top 25. Northwestern and Wake Forest went from unranked to #25 and #21 respectively, while Kentucky jumped all the way into the top 15 after knocking off LSU.

Biggest Losers

On the other side of Kentucky’s jump is LSU, as the Tigers held onto a ranking, but did fall all the way to #22 after being in the top ten last week. Meanwhile, Carolina knocked Pitt not only out of the rankings but of the voting totals entirely. Considering how they looked with a backup quarterback, they might not be back, either.

Conference Breakdown

• SEC: 9
• Big Ten: 6
• Big 12: 5
• ACC: 3
• Independent: 1
• Pac-12: 1

Marquee Matchups This Week

• #4 Ohio State (5-1, 3-0 Big Ten) at #5 Indiana (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) – Saturday at 12:00 PM ET on FOX
• #6 Alabama (5-1, 3-1 SEC) at #14 Tennessee (5-1, 2-1 SEC) – Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on ABC
• #2 Notre Dame (6-0) at #8 BYU (5-0) – Saturday at 7:30 PM ET on ABC

Upset Alert?

• Arizona State (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) at #10 Texas Tech (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) – Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on FOX
• Wisconsin (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) at #12 UCLA (5-0, 3-0 Big Ten) – Saturday at 7:30 PM ET on NBC
• #21 Wake Forest (5-1, 3-1 ACC) at Cal (3-3, 2-1 ACC) – Saturday at 10:30 PM ET on ESPN2
• Also of note is Oklahoma vs. #15 Kentucky, but the Sooners opened as the betting favorites, so I couldn’t count that.

Coaches Poll

1. Georgia (60 first place votes)
2. Notre Dame (3)
3. Miami (FL) (1)
4. Indiana (9)
5. Ohio State (1)
6. Texas
7. Alabama
8. BYU
9. Texas Tech
10. Ole Miss
11. Utah
12. UCLA
13. Missouri
14. Tennessee
15. USC
16. Iowa
17. Kentucky
18. Houston
19. Mississippi State
20. Oklahoma State
21. LSU
22. SMU
23. Wake Forest
24. Boise State
25. Oregon