College football rankings: AP Top 25 Poll prediction

The AP Top 25 Poll comes out Tuesday, September 3.

College football’s week 1 is officially in the books, and only one ranked team lost this week: No. 11 Oregon. The Auburn Tigers beat the Ducks Saturday night 27-21.

Will any ranked teams fall out of the AP Top 25 poll? We predict one team will in Iowa State. The No. 21 Cyclones struggled with Northern Iowa and won in triple overtime 29-26.

AP Top 25 Poll Prediction

1. Clemson (1-0) def. Georgia Tech, 52-14
2. Alabama (1-0) def. Duke, 42-3
3. Georgia (1-0) def. Vanderbilt, 30-6
4. Oklahoma (1-0) def. Houston 49-31
5. Ohio State (1-0) def. Florida Atlantic, 45-21
6. LSU (1-0) def. Georgia Southern, 55-3
7. Michigan (1-0) def. Middle Tennessee State, 40-21
8. Auburn (1-0) def. No. 11 Oregon, 27-21
9. Florida (1-0) def. Miami, 24-20
10. Notre Dame (1-0) def. Louisville 35-17
11. Texas (1-0) def. Louisiana Tech 45-14
12. Texas A&M (1-0) def. Texas State, 41-7
13. Washington (1-0) def. Eastern Washington, 47-14
14. Utah (1-0) def. BYU, 30-12
15. Penn State (1-0) def. Idaho, 79-7
16. UCF (1-0) def. Florida A&M, 62-0
17. Wisconsin (1-0) def. USF, 49-0
18. Michigan State (1-0) def. Tulsa, 28-7
19. Oregon (0-1) lost to No. 16 Auburn, 27-21
20. Iowa (1-0) def. Miami (Ohio), 38-14
21. Virginia (1-0) def. Pitt, 30-14
22. Syracuse (1-0) def. Liberty, 24-0
23. Washington State (1-0) def. New Mexico State 58-7
24. Nebraska (1-0) def. South Alabama, 35-21
25. Stanford (1-0) def. Northwestern, 17-7

Projected to drop out of the Top 25: No. 21 Iowa State (1-0) def. Northern Iowa 29-26 (3OT)

SDS Staff

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