College football rankings 2018: AP Top 25 Poll, Coaches Poll Top 25
By Andrew Olson
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After the Labor Day holiday weekend giving TV networks the opportunity for an extended college football kickoff weekend, fans had to wait an extra couple days for the new rankings to drop.
On Tuesday, new editions of the Associated Press Top 25 and the Coaches Poll dropped. With five ranked teams (all five were ranked in both polls) losing, there was plenty of anticipation to see how far the losers would fall and who would move up or into new spots.
Two of the five teams – Texas and Florida State – were bounced from both polls. The other three – Washington, Miami and Michigan – managed to remain ranked, but dropped. Texas was ranked below No. 20 in both Week 1 polls (No. 23 AP, No. 21 Coaches) before losing to unranked Maryland 29-34. Florida State had been No. 19 in both polls before falling to No. 20/No. 17 Virginia Tech 3-24 Monday night at home.
To fill the open spots created by UT and FSU’s departures, writers and coaches alike turned to SEC teams. In both polls, South Carolina and Florida occupy the final two spots. It’s worth noting that in the preseason edition of each poll, the Gamecocks and Gators were the two teams that received the most votes among those outside the top 25. It appears both the coaches and writers were satisfied by South Carolina’s 49-15 win against Coastal Carolina and Florida’s 53-6 victory over Charleston Southern to promote both teams to the Top 25.
AP Top 25:
- Alabama
- Clemson
- Georgia
- Ohio State
- Wisconsin
- Oklahoma
- Auburn
- Notre Dam
- Washington
- Stanford
- LSU
- Virginia Tech
- Penn State
- West Virginia
- Michigan State
- TCU
- USC
- Mississippi State
- UCF
- Boise State
- Michigan
- Miami
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Florida
Coaches Poll:
- Alabama
- Clemson
- Georgia
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- Wisconsin
- Auburn
- Notre Dame
- Stanford
- Penn State
- Washington
- USC
- Michigan State
- Virginia Tech
- LSU
- TCU
- West Virginia
- Mississippi State
- Boise State
- UCF
- Miami
- Michigan
- Oklahoma State
- South Carolina
- Florida
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
