A record-setting 10 SEC teams were ranked in this week’s Associated Press poll, including every single SEC West team.
Everyone knew Texas A&M would jump into the top 25 when it upset No. 15 Arizona State Saturday night, but not many saw Mississippi State sliding in at No. 25. What a division!
How impressed was the Associated Press with TAMU? The Aggies went from “also receiving votes” at No. 27 to No. 16, jumping Ole Miss, Arkansas and Mississippi State in their own division.
Now that the two major polls have been released after Week 1 action, let’s compare them side by side:
| Coaches’ Poll | AP Poll |
| 1. Ohio State | 1. Ohio State |
| 2. Alabama | 2. Alabama |
| 3. TCU | 3. TCU |
| 4. Baylor | 4. Baylor |
| 5. Oregon | 5. Michigan State |
| 6. Michigan State | 6. Auburn |
| 7. Auburn | 7. Oregon |
| 8. Florida State | 8. USC |
| 9. Georgia | 9. Notre Dame |
| 10. USC | 10. Georgia |
| 11. Notre Dame | 11. Florida State |
| 12. Clemson | 12. Clemson |
| 13. UCLA | 13. UCLA |
| 14. Ole Miss | 14. LSU |
| 15. LSU | 15. Georgia Tech |
| 16. Georgia Tech | 16. Texas A&M |
| 17. Oklahoma | 17. Ole Miss |
| 18. Arkansas | 18. Arkansas |
| 19. Texas A&M | 19. Oklahoma |
| 20. Arizona | 20. Boise State |
| 21. Missouri | 21. Missouri |
| 22. Boise State | 22. Arizona |
| 23. Tennessee | 23. Tennessee |
| 24. Wisconsin | 24. Utah |
| 25. Utah | 25. Mississippi State |
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.
