The AP Poll’s significance will drop significantly when the first College Football Playoff rankings are unveiled at 8 p.m. EST on Tuesday night, but the poll always provides a glimpse at the current landscape of college football and how various media personalities view teams.
And thus, Week 11’s AP Poll becomes the last that will carry weight, as most people will opt for the official CFP rankings once they are available.
It remains to be seen if the playoff committee agrees with the poll voters however, as 9 SEC programs cracked this week’s AP Top 25.
The top 7 remained the same, with shuffling primarily from, the Big 12, ACC and SEC mixing up spots 8-25. The latter league owns 7 of the top 15 spots in this week’s poll as well.
1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Texas A&M
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Oregon
7. Ole Miss
8. BYU
9. Texas Tech
10. Notre Dame
11. Oklahoma
12. Virginia
13. Texas
14. Louisville
15. Vanderbilt
16. Georgia Tech
17. Utah
18. Miami
19. Missouri
20. USC
21. Michigan
22. Memphis
23. Tennessee
24. Washington
25. Cincinnati
LSU received 4 votes as the only other SEC team included.
It is worth noting that the poll voters still opted to move two-loss Oklahoma ahead of two-loss Texas despite their head-to-head result, while unbeaten Texas A&M remains ahead of Alabama. Those are two talking points worth monitoring Tuesday night during the CFP ranking reveal.
Parker is currently the sports editor for the Enterprise-Journal in McComb, Mississippi. He's a graduate from Mizzou who has experience covering the Tiger football and basketball beats for SB Nation, and he's worked for a variety of sports news outlets in the past.
