College football rankings 2018: AP Top 25 Week 2 prediction

The Week 2 AP Top 25 is scheduled will be released Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. ET. The USA Today Coaches Poll will be released sometime before the AP Top 25 Poll.

Both polls will certainly look different, too.

Two AP preseason Top 25 ranked teams — No. 23 Texas and No. 19 Florida State — should fall out of the top 25. Texas lost to Maryland, and Florida State lost to No. 20 Virginia Tech.

Meanwhile, the South Carolina Gamecocks should enter the top 25 after the win over Coastal Carolina. The Gamecocks were ranked just outside the top 25 in the Week 1 poll.

Two top 10 teams lost last week in No. 6 Washington and No. 8 Miami. LSU humbled Miami, and Auburn held on to beat Washington. The Hurricanes will likely drop to somewhere in the 20s (we have them at No. 24), while Washington shouldn’t fall out of the top 10.

You can view the Week 1 AP Top 25 poll here.

Here’s how we project the Week 2 AP Top 25 Tuesday afternoon:

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Georgia
4. Wisconsin
5. Ohio State
6. Oklahoma
7. Auburn
8. LSU
9. Notre Dame
10. Washington
11. West Virginia
12. Stanford
13. USC
14. Virginia Tech
15. Michigan State
16. TCU
17. Penn State
18. Mississippi State
19. Michigan
20. UCF
21. Boise State
22. Oregon
23. Ole Miss
24. Miami
25. South Carolina

SDS Staff

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