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AP College Football Poll Completely Rewritten After Crazy Week One

By George Stockburger

Sep 4, 2016; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns head coach Charlie Strong reacts during the third quarter against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 4, 2016; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns head coach Charlie Strong reacts during the third quarter against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports /
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After the greatest opening weekend in college football history, the AP Top 25 Poll has been completely rewritten. Four teams who were not previously ranked sneaked in, while two top five teams bottomed out of the AP College Football Poll.

An unbelievable couple of days of college football has resulted in the AP college football poll getting a facelift. While Alabama remains number one after dominating USC, there is a new member of the top four.

After Oklahoma was upset by Houston, Florida State climbed up to the third ranking after the greatest comeback in school history. Ohio State reentered the conversation after outscoring Bowling Green by 67 points.

The biggest free-fall was felt by LSU, who fell from the fifth ranked team all the way down to 21. Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and Tennessee also took dramatic falls after a poor showing in their respective openers.

Sep 3, 2016; Green Bay, WI, USA; Wisconsin Badgers players celebrate defeating the LSU Tigers by doing the Lambeau Leap following the game at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 3, 2016; Green Bay, WI, USA; Wisconsin Badgers players celebrate defeating the LSU Tigers by doing the Lambeau Leap following the game at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /

Wisconsin entered the conversation, seeing their number of votes inflated from an unranked 42 to the tenth ranked 759.

Texas A&M, Miami (FL), and Texas also entered the top 25 rankings with much fanfare. The Longhorns received just 12 votes in the initial pre-season poll, but jumped just a few votes shy of the top 10.

The SEC continues to dominate the poll with six teams represented in the poll. The Big Ten and Big Twelve enter this week with five teams ranked heading into the second week.  Of the remaining conferences represented, the ACC has four teams, the PAC-12 has three, the AAC has one, and Notre Dame comes in as the only Independent team.

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    1. Alabama (54)
    2. Clemson (2)
    3. Florida State (4)
    4. Ohio State 
    5. Michigan (1)
    6. Houston
    7. Stanford
    8. Washington
    9. Georgia
    10. Wisconsin
    11. Texas
    12. Michigan State
    13. Louisville
    14. Oklahoma 
    15. TCU
    16. Iowa
    17. Tennessee
    18. Notre Dame
    19. Ole Miss
    20. Texas A&M
    21. LSU
    22. Oklahoma State
    23. Baylor
    24. Oregon
    25. Miami (FL)

    Other’s receiving votes: Florida 117, UCLA 62, Boise State 50, Utah 43, San Diego St. 37, North Carolina 23, Auburn 13, Nebraska 13, Pittsburgh 7, BYU 5, Navy 2, Colorado 1, West Virginia 1

    Next: 2017 NFL Draft: Week 1 Prospect Stock Report

    The Gators finished just 20 votes behind their cross-state counterparts in Miami to break into the top 25.

    Louisville will kick-off the second week of college football among ranked teams as they face Syracuse Friday evening. Saturday games include Alabama versus Western Kentucky, Texas versus UTEP, and Clemson facing Troy.

    Other’s receiving votes: Florida 117, UCLA 62, Boise State 50, Utah 43, San Diego St. 37, North Carolina 23, Auburn 13, Nebraska 13, Pittsburgh 7, BYU 5, Navy 2, Colorado 1, West Virginia 1

    Next: 2017 NFL Draft: Week 1 Prospect Stock Report

    The Gators finished just 20 votes behind their cross-state counterparts in Miami to break into the top 25.

    Louisville will kick-off the second week of college football among ranked teams as they face Syracuse Friday evening. Saturday games include Alabama versus Western Kentucky, Texas versus UTEP, and Clemson facing Troy.

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