Notre Dame (11-0) takes over our number one spot this week with Oregon (10-1) dropping down a spot after their loss to Stanford (9-2) last week. As is the norm, hello this week to Michigan (8-3), Utah State (9-2), Texas (8-2) and Northwestern (8-3).
Hopefully this is the most fluid college football poll that you read and enjoy how we put it together. So with the help of my crew of myself, Jerry Durney and Neil Walter here is this week’s 4Quarters top 25 poll.
Voting Key: 25 pts – 1, 24 pts – 2, 23 pts – 3, 22 pts – 4, 21 pts – 5, 20 pts – 6, 19 pts – 7, 18 pts – 8, 17 pts – 9, 16 pts – 10, 15 pts – 11, 14 pts – 12, 13 pts – 13, 12 pts – 14, 11 pts – 15, 10 pts – 16, 9 pts – 17, 8 pts – 18, 7 pts – 19, 6 pts – 20, 5 pts – 21, 4 pts – 22, 3 pts – 23, 2 pts – 24, 1 pt – 25
1 Notre Dame (Three First Place Votes) (11-0), 75 points – LW T3
2 Oregon (10-1, 7-1 Pac-12), 70 points – LW 1
3 Georgia (10-1, 7-1 SEC), 66 points – LW T3
4 Florida State (10-1, 7-1 ACC), 63 points – LW 5
5 Florida (10-1, 7-1 SEC), 61 points – LW 10
6 Alabama (10-1, 6-1 SEC), 60 points – LW 6
7 Texas A&M (9-2, 5-2 Big XII), 53 points – LW T11
8 Stanford (9-2, 7-1 Pac-12), 52 points – LW T7
9 Kansas State (10-1, 7-1 Big XII), 46 points – LW 2
T10 Ohio State (11-0, 7-0 B1G) – LW T15/UCLA (9-2, 6-2 Pac-12) – LW 14, 45 points
12 LSU (9-2, 5-2 SEC), 42 points – LW T7
T13 South Carolina (9-2, 6-2 ACC) – LW 9/Clemson (10-1, 7-1 ACC) – LW 13, 39 points
15 Nebraska (9-2, 6-1 B1G), 37 points – LW T15
16 Oklahoma (8-2, 6-1 Big XII), 29 points – LW T15
17 Oregon State (8-2, 6-2 Pac-12), 27 points – LW T11
18 Louisville (9-1, 4-1 Big East), 19 points – LW 18
T19 Northern Illinois (10-1, 7-0 MAC) – LW 19/Michigan (8-3, 6-1 B1G) – LW Not Ranked, 17 points
21 Utah State (9-2, 5-0 WAC), 16 points – LW Not Ranked
22 Kent State (10-1, 7-0 MAC), 15 points – LW 20
23 Texas (8-2, 5-2 Big XII), 13 points – LW Not Ranked
24 Rutgers (9-1, 5-0 Big East), 8 points – LW T22
25 Northwestern (8-3, 4-3 B1G), 6 points – LW Not Ranked
Dropping Out: Southern California (7-4, 5-4 Pac-12) – LW 21, Tulsa (9-2, 7-0 CUSA) – LW T22, UCF (8-3, 6-1 CUSA) – LW T24, San Diego State (8-3, 6-1 MWC) – LW T24
Receiving Votes: Oklahoma State (7-3, 5-2 Big XII) 5 points, Washington (7-4, 5-3 Pac-12) 4 points, Tulsa (9-2, 7-0 CUSA) 3 points, San Jose State (9-2, 4-1 WAC) 2 points, San Diego State (8-3, 6-1 MWC) 1 point
Mike’s Week 8 Ballot – 1 Notre Dame (25) 2 Oregon (24) 3 Florida State (23) 4 Ohio State (22) 5 Georgia (21) 6 Stanford (20) 7 Florida (19) 8 Texas A&M (18) 9 Alabama (17) 10 UCLA (16) 11 LSU (15) 12 South Carolina (14) 13 Kansas State (13) 14 Nebraska (12) 15 Northern Illinois (11) 16 Kent State (10) 17 Oregon State (9) 18 Utah State (8) 19 Clemson (7) 20 Oklahoma (6) 21 Michigan (5) 22 Northwestern (4) 23 Louisville (3) 24 San Jose State (2) 25 San Diego State (1)
Jerry’s Week 8 Ballot – 1. Notre Dame (25) 2 Oregon (24) 3 Ohio State (23) 4 Georgia (22) 5 Florida (21) 6 Florida State (20) 7 Alabama (19) 8 Texas A&M (18) 9 UCLA (17) 10 Stanford (16) 11 Kansas State (15) 12 South Carolina (14) 13 Clemson (13) 14 LSU (12) 15 Nebraska (11) 16 Oklahoma (10) 17 Michigan (9) 18 Oregon State (8) 19 Louisville (7) 20 Texas (6) 21 Oklahoma State (5) 22 Washington (4) 23 Utah State (3) 24 Tulsa (2) 25 Southern California (1)
Neil’s Week 8 Ballot – 1 Notre Dame (25) 2 Alabama (24) 3 Georgia (23) 4 Oregon (22) 5 Florida (21) 6 Florida State (20) 7 Clemson (19) 8 Kansas State (18) 9 Texas A&M (17) 10 Stanford (16) 11 LSU (15) 12 Nebraska (14) 13 Oklahoma (13) 14 UCLA (12) 15 South Carolina (11) 16 Oregon State (10) 17 Louisville (9) 18 Rutgers (8) 19 Texas (7) 20 Northern Illinois (6) 21 Utah State (5) 22 Kent State (4) 23 Michigan (3) 24 Northwestern (2) 25 Tulsa (1)
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