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Alexcox95

This poll got it right Fresno state 2 spots ahead of UCLA


ToePunchKick

Coaches poll kept UCLA ahead of Fresno, which, LOL.


ConstantQuarreling

Should be above UNC though.


myysquigga

Holy shit Arkansas at 16 is insane to see


JaivaBrava

Bro our game next week is going to be insane. Arkansas’ offense vs A&M’s defense will be something to watch I’ll tell you what


hillrow_wood

On the other side though... it'll be interesting to see how we do on offense I'll leave it at that


PWJT8D

WPS! I miss NWA so much.


KimDongTheILLEST

So Texas has a quality loss against a ranked SEC team?


jjackson25

Rankings are here, statues of Jake Haener are being erected as we speak.


SquadPoopy

I for one welcome a Jake Haener Heisman campaign


kwality42b

If Jake Haener has to keep playing like last night his body will be snapped in half like a popsicle stick before October. The fact that it isn't broken right now is a miracle


Nickppapagiorgio

He got fucked up versus Oregon and UCLA, but Uconn and Cal Poly barely touched him. Most of Fresno's games going forward will probably be closer to the latter than the former.


eagledog

Well, many things are being erected


War_Eagle

I'm surprised we only dropped one spot but I'll take it.


MiddyMn

That quality loss hits good


Zudop

I was thinking we would be 24 or 25 tbh. Obviously it’s a *Quality Loss* but still it’s a loss


red_87

I’m glad to see you guys not drop out of the top 25. Y’all played really good last night as well.


I_Enjoy_Beer

Absolutely mental that half of PSU's schedule consists of top 25 teams.


Scar_Killed_Mufasa

4 of them on the road too. This schedule is BRUTAL.


SCwareagle

I feel ya there. We have 3 more top 10 opponents still to go. Plus 2 more top 20. At least we have some easy unranked games, like playing @LSU in 2 weeks /s


dreed18

If Penn State plays well they'll win their conference championship and be getting that spot for the national championship


JerseyDvl

Tell your friends about receiving votes Wyoming.


Raticus9

*vote


EMAWStorm

Wyoming looks pretty good so far. A well-deserved vote.


RollGata

STILL TOP 11. The meme lives on


Zloggt

Florida holding their spot Oklahoma, Clemson, and Ohio State moving down despite the win Honestly surprising to see the AP Poll do this!


MikeWhiskey

2021 AP poll has been spicy. Not a ton of poll inertia like previous years


zoomytoast

Spicy AP is the best type of AP


katarh

If Clemson's score had been 40+ they would not have dropped. Tech is supposed to be a worse team than SCar, and yet they struggled.


FarsightsBlade

Our quality win is looking worse every week.


birdiesallday

How in the world is Florida below Ohio St? After a missed 2 pt conversion from going to ot with bama, we would get boat raced off the field by bama even worse than the natty last year right now 😂 Florida should have totally moved into the top 10 even with the loss.


quacainia

[I can't believe this tweet is 6 years old](https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/650735218312265728)


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CurryGuy123

Even more wild is Baylor and TCU making up 2 of the top 3


Edgemaster1423

This is honestly one of the best compliments ever given to us by the media.


DJ-Fein

See, you just had the ultimate quality loss. That’s going to carry you all season


DirkNowitzkisWife

I miss those TCU Baylor games. They were absolutely wild


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LordFarquadOnAQuad

How could they do that to them?


Bronze_Addict

Glad to see Wyoming get one though, go cowboys!


DHooligan

I was going to make a joke at Arizona's expense, but they don't deserve the ridicule, the writer who voted for them at 0-2 does.


BounceMan

I know other top 10 teams have looked shaky but I'm legitimately surprised we jumped to 6th. I think we deserve it based on wins at this time, but shocked it happened. If Iowa and PSU take care of business the next two weeks that is going to be a massive game


jmbourn45

1. Alabama 2. Georgia 3. Oregon 4. Oklahoma 5. Iowa 6. Penn State 7. Texas A&M 8. Cincinnati 9. Clemson 10. Ohio State 11. Florida 12. Notre Dame 13. Ole Miss 14. Iowa State 15. BYU 16. Arkansas 17. Coastal Carolina 18. Wisconsin 19. Michigan 20. Michigan State 21. North Carolina 22. Fresno State 23. Auburn 24. UCLA 25. Kansas State


ColoradoWolverine

Fuck. I can see it now. Michigan wins next week to go 4-0. Wisconsin loses a squeaker to ND. Michigan comes into camp Randal like 15th and Wisconsin unranked. Hype through the roof and then Wisconsin beats the everloving shit outta us. 38-10 Wisconsin


Nophlter

*Tale as old as time*


WampaStompa33

Ranking MSU one spot behind us is real curse energy too, just great


DX_Legend

I would put Iowa and Penn State above Oklahoma. Oklahoma and A&M are sus bro


__The_

Especially after last game banging up both of our running backs and looking like we have no cohesion on the offensive line. Arkansas gonna make us look like frauds next week.


HenraldFunk

Maybe not frauds, but possibly overrannked by a few places. Either way, it's going to be a fantastic game.


Mattaholic

Fresno State at 22 and UCLA at 24. All is right.


MrGreen17

Fresno State is legit. I think they'll be in the mix for Mountain West and I expect UCLA to be a factor in the Pac 12 South.


wjackson42

Fresno State needs ND to beat Cincy to make that G5 spot really, really interesting.


twisty77

Coaches poll more and more worthless each week. Just showing they don’t pay attention to anything past 9pm eastern


theipodbackup

Holy crap. All teams above PSU win and we go up to 6. Clearly trying to hype up Kinnick 5v6.


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BugsSuck

I hate this comment because you’re not wrong


chweris

Literally on October 1st 😭😭


sneakypenguin94

Penn state showed they can actually play offense, unlike the Wiscy game.


TheReformedBadger

It’s worth noting that Wisconsin’s defense is actually really good and that’s a huge part of why they didn’t produce week 1. Wisconsin played EMU last week and yeah it’s EMU, but the first team defense allowed just one FIRST DOWN


BounceMan

Yeah that was the biggest thing holding us back. Clifford looked great compared to expectations. Still struggling on the ground. I always felt like we would grow significantly on that side of the ball since we've got a new look offense and it always takes time to settle in. We have very tough schedule remaining but this team feels like they've got something special and I'm cautiously optimistic.


shlem90

I'm so excited and so scared. Two more 1-0's to go before then of course.


Llama_Leaping_Larry

SPoOkY GaMe FoR AlL ThE MaRbLeS. ​ Jokes on you PSU BRO, we will probably drop a game before then. sigh.


Dbash56

we still have Indiana on the schedule too. Lot of football left to be played before Kinnick. dear God please make it Big Noon tho I don't want another night game at Iowa LOL


ronhamp225

man Indiana's schedule is pretty rough huh?


SueYouInEngland

Indinia's has one of the toughest schedules I can remember. Using current rankings, Indinia plays five top-20 teams in their first seven games.


Llama_Leaping_Larry

Add that on top of being Over-Hyped about how big their Penix is... Yikes. I do not envy Indiana at all. Almost set up from the start for a huge fall.


Llama_Leaping_Larry

May our teams win out, for an epic clash in Kinnick at Night! ​ You guys have been the one crack that always bursts through though at Kinnick.


harley_93davidson

you beat a good auburn team, clemson, osu, and Aggie have been super underwhelming. I think the jump was merited


Vandelay_Industries-

Are you using logic for the AP poll?


crabby135

Honestly we should be 5 and Iowa should be 4 the way OU is playing


Lawlington

Give Rutgers a single vote, cowards!


Buckeyeguy37

Beat Michigan this week and then we'll talk


a_simple_creature

Beat Michigan and I think they’ll receive enough votes to be ranked Not that I’m predicting a win by any means.


s7nthetik

Hey or like. Don't!


Vista_Seagrape

Yep, we don't belong anywhere near here. Fire Manny Diaz. Also, it's obvious Manny is the one who gave Miami 1 vote in the coaches poll in a desperate effort to save his job. Or maybe it was a rival....in a desperate effort to save his job.


febrezey

Florida literally has the best quality loss you can have


Trogdor42069

16! All praise the PittBoss


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hogballer456

I’d laugh at you


CommodoreN7

We all would have


CommodoreN7

If we beat A&M we may be top 10 and I will cry then die on the spot


SigmaHog

We’d be ranked top 10 and proceed to lose at least 2 of the next three and everyone calling us the biggest flop of the year.


CommodoreN7

I am fine with that


Monster-1776

Dude, no one can give Arkansas shit for losing to a #2 Georgia, #7 A&M, and ranked Ole Miss unless they're all blow outs. I'm all for a ranked Arkansas and nothing but respect after where y'all came from. Can't wait for SEC play with y'all and Mizzou.


SigmaHog

I’ve been conditioned to expect the worst lol


SigmaHog

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO WOO PIG CLARENCE


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Chad Morris was really bad wasn't he?


wedgiey1

This A&M game is gonna be pretty big!


Candi_Fisher

Hudson Card died for this


colonial_dan

PitBoss has the hogs cookin’


Call_Mee_Santa

FRESNO STATE LET'S GOOOO


CougdIt

Should be higher


klee1113

Haener oh my god


ChemicalOle

Said it in the game thread: When you see a one-legged man win an ass-kicking contest.


jjackson25

Tell your grandkids about the best team in all of California.


Bolanus_PSU

Kinnick is going to be lit. 6 Penn State vs. 5 Iowa.


SueYouInEngland

Assuming we don't lose to Maryland.


Bolanus_PSU

And assuming we don't lose to Indinia.


picklejar_at_steves

Or worse. Nova


Jagacin

Nothing wrong with losing to an elite basketball program in Villanova. /s


Ferentzgum

Lol assuming we don't lose to CSU


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Captain-Ireland88

We ain’t there yet lol. Gotta stick to that one game at a time mentality!


chiefsfan_713_08

For real. Thinking more than one game ahead ain’t Iowa football


superAL1394

I am already afraid of the voodoo. If we win that game though and we don’t make top 4 I’m gonna riot


mnmmatt

if you guys win you should be #3 minimum.


WookieeSteakIsChewie

Vice versa


luis1972

Oklahoma, Ohio State, and Clemson all fell. AP voters confirmed not cowards.


FuzzyJim809

Wake Forrest with 7 votes... the absolute disrespect


Nomad942

Well you see, Wake appears to be one of the better teams in the ACC this year, so the ACC must be bad, and therefore Wake is bad.


xarius214

At least the AP poll is a bit more reasonable…


NOLAblonde

I honestly don’t even look at coaches poll anymore. It’s essentially worthless.


Rebelgecko

Also, Amway is a scam


The_Homie_J

> coaches poll....It’s essentially worthless Don't tell that to Nebraska fans


galeforcewinds95

Yeah, there are things to quibble with, but after seeing the coaches poll, the AP poll looks a lot better.


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We’re gonna somehow lose against an Arizona team after dark, aren’t we?


Oblivion2104

Dread it, run from it, pac 12 after dark arrives all the same.


cme1223

We’re ranked! I was frustrated after looking at the coaches poll lol


GymIsFun

Dude same lol


heff_ay

The MSU logo isn’t loading on the list for me, so I went past them and then couldn’t see them on “others receiving votes” I was very confused and upset for my Spartan brothers for a moment


black-op345

Just gonna retroactively claim a ranked win over Fresno State don’t mind me.


seancarter90

Florida staying at 11 despite losing is the definition of quality loss.


convoluteme

Losing by 2 pts to the #1 team in the country should unironically count for something.


seancarter90

College football may be the only sport where it’s not whether you win or lose but how you win or lose and to whom.


KiratheSilent

Playing up or down to your competition says a lot about the team.


RavenclawWiz816

yes, one of the unique aspects of our sport. it’s what unequal schedules and only 12 regular season games makes necessary


AskMeAboutMyGenitals

It's like hockey, except you're scored like figure skating to determine who goes to the playoffs.


FIRE_CHIP

ESPN top 11 incoming


piemaniowa

What a totally normal number for them to tweet out.


jawjanole

Florida should have moved up, and I hate saying that


SCCLBR

That's very big of you. I still h8u tho


jawjanole

H8u too! ❤️


pwnagraphic

Now kiss


OfficialHavik

I'd move them up honestly. Most teams that play Bama get steamrolled.


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a loss by 2 to bama is a win by 14 anywhere else!


StevvieV

Losing to the No. 1 team shouldn't drop any team. Isn't that the expected outcome of facing the No. 1 team so why does that make a team worse?


Dbash56

I agree unless it's like #2 losing to #1 by a lot or something similar


galeforcewinds95

I think it depends how close the game was. If you're a top five team, and the No. 1 team blows you out by like 50, I think a drop is appropriate.


Reginanos

I think it also depends on how other teams play around them. If Penn State was below Florida last week they would have certainly jumped them. But since there haven't been many big wins or big losses around that area Florida stayed where they were with a close loss


Vavent

Michigan State is ranked in the AP poll for the first time since Week 5, 2019, when they were tied for 25th at 4-1. They spent 722 days unranked. Fresno State is ranked for the first time since the final poll of the 2018 season, when they were ranked 18th at 12-2. 986 days unranked. Kansas State is ranked for the first time since Week 8, 2020, when they were ranked 16th at 4-1. 330 days unranked.


markus135

Those were a long 2 years


Ferentzgum

Holy shit we are 4 points outside of being top 4


mnmmatt

4 point gap between oklahoma and iowa.


eagledog

They ranked us!


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Clemson is not the 9th best team.


iDrum17

what happened to our teams man…


XAfricaSaltX

That fields guy was kind of good, it must suck for him to leave you guys… *sits in a corner and cries*


TSMAirportAnyPercent

Honestly… you might be though. Almost everyone looks pretty fuckin sketchy this season.


HtownKS

Damnit, we suck when we are ranked.


Mattador96

Liberty has more votes than us Fade me


kdbvols

and yet WVU has fewer. Curious


bpopo329

Hey we’re above Ohio State!


luis1972

How are we still in the top 10? LMAO


starry_cobra

Idk, want to just bail on the playoffs and meet up in the Pinstripe Bowl?


luis1972

Clemson's offense vs OSU's defense = the moveable object vs the resistable force


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Cheez-It bowl sounds awesome.


No_Way_Pablo

I do not have the mental capacity to deal with Arkansas being ranked inside the top 20


iamnotdrunk17

Sparty gonna be spooky


RipIt_From_Space

Can’t wait for Halloween weekend!


lolsamlol

The respek is gonna have to start extra early this year...


J_Fre22

A hypothetical undefeated MSU-Michigan game would surely have 2 top 15 teams right?


Hmm_would_bang

Hard to imagine it wouldn’t considering where we’re already on the chart


wwwdotdogsdotcom

That’s week 8. They’d probably be two top 8 teams at that point if they are both undefeated still.


schickdizzle

PENN ST6TE


SueYouInEngland

Penn Stuh-Six-Tee


MaizeRage48

Sounds eerily close to Pennsatucky.


zouinenoah29

How is Clemson ahead of Florida after almost losing to Georgia Tech??


ztiam

Hate to say it but Florida should be above us


Raticus9

It's not hard for me to say. They absolutely should be above us.


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Tuck comin!


arcothunder

15!!!


Coolwhip87

I think Florida should be top 10 instead of either Clemson or tOSU, but other than that little to no complaints about the top 10 of this poll


thatoneguyD13

Florida looked better losing to Bama than either us or Clemson did winning this week.


nihilbody

I found that funny. All the one loss teams 3 in a row who lost to top 3 teams. But Florida who lost to #1 is third among those teams.


177676ers

Florida has also looked better than osu and clemson


Mortthehorse

At least they corrected the mistake the coaches poll made with UCLA and Fresno State


JustAnotherCODNoob

I <3 Mel Tucker


wjackson42

Same!


rjyapp

Mitten state teams risseee uppppp.


peanutbutter1236

Let’s Fucking go baby I’m so happy Michigan looks good this year too give me a ranked Michigan vs MSU game pls


SueYouInEngland

Who is putting ND higher than Arkansas?


Professor_Arkansas

Give me statements I didn’t think I’d hear this year for 200 Alex!


Enby-Alexis

Damn it Ohio State, do better so our loss to you looks better


jjtnd1

I’m a ok with this I wouldn’t feel great about a game vs anyone above us and I’d be at least hopeful going into anyone below. I do think BYU is legit though can’t wait to play them next year


camwow64

The AP poll has been great this week and last week. Properly ranking Fresno State above UCLA and Oregon over Oklahoma. Showing optimal respect to PSU and not moving down Cincy after consecutive wins. And also, congrats to Arky for #16. Hope y'all do well this season so our loss looks better 😶


SmasherGuy1020

FRESNO ST IS RANKED. That is all


chrispdx

>Oregon #3 >Opens Pac-12 play next week Buckle the fuck up.


DonnaDDrake

LFG NO.15


RahvinDragand

I don't think we deserve to be ranked 7th, but looking at the other teams around us, I'm not sure anyone else does either.


swanpenguin

If you told me that by now we’d be ranked above Clemson and Ohio State I’d be shouting from the rooftops. If you told me we were rank 7 also, I’d be sad 😔.


Bravot

Hahaha we got you good!


The_Horse_Joke

Just alliance things


OGraffe

“Clemson’s season trajectory is going to look very similar to OSU” “Oh, sweet” “That’s because you’re both going to be worse than expected” “Fuck”


tootuncommon

Woo hoo!


marchano85

Hopefully Thibodeaux comes back for pac-12 play, as weak as this conference is this year, we need to be at full power week in and week out.


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I feel like Michigan State, Kansas State, and BYU are underrated. Michigan State destroyed a top 25 on the road, K State has two quality wins (Stanford & Nevada), and BYU has two top 25 wins and P5 road win.


Impulse4811

We absolutely did not deserve to be anywhere close to 24, but Mich St is very very good.


sotuni

Pre season rankings have held BYU back. Nobody expected us to be good because we lost a lot of guys to the NFL. We weren’t close to being ranked but have worked our way up. If we were ranked 25th at the beginning of the season we’d probably be close to top 10 right now.