2018 AP Poll, USAT Coaches’ Poll and CFP Rankings

[Purple Stein]

How is South Florida getting ten votes? Might as well give ten votes to my muddy shoes.

 

[huskymedic]

AP Top 25 Poll (11/04/18)

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan
5. Georgia
6. Oklahoma
7. West Virginia
8. Ohio State
9. LSU
10. Washington State
11. UCF
12. Kentucky
13. Syracuse
14. Utah State
15. Texas
16. Fresno State
17. Boston College
18. Mississippi State
19. Florida
20. Washington
21. Penn State
22. North Carolina State
23. Iowa State
24. Michigan State
25. Cincinnati

Others receiving votes: Utah 110, Auburn 93, Wisconsin 37, Army 32, UAB 31, Northwestern 28, Iowa 17, Boise St. 15, Purdue 14, Buffalo 11, Oregon 9, San Diego St. 5, Duke 4, Texas A&M 3, Houston 3, Texas Tech 2.

 

[Adios]

UAB sure got rolling again quickly.

 

[Vowelguy]

How is South Florida getting ten votes? Might as well give ten votes to my muddy shoes.

Cinci at 25 is questionable. They have beaten 1 tam with a winning record (Ohio U).

 

[uconnphil2016]

It's insane that Cuse is now ranked 13th. Wow.

 

[Vowelguy]

UConn is 177 in Sagarin, which means it's behind 40+ 1AA teams.

3rd lowest in A, ahead of only UTEP & Rice.

 

[Tex-Lager93]

UAB sure got rolling again quickly.

Nice call out. How did they resurrect that program so quickly. All that talent in the South that’s not quite good enough for the bigger schools?

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

It's insane that Cuse is now ranked 13th. Wow.

Imagine if they held on vs Clemson..

 

[mike012]

Totally forgot Syracuse had Clemson on the ropes and let them go. They would be top 6 if they had won that

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Cuse, UCF, and Cincy were actually three of our “better” games

 

[uconnphil2016]

Cuse, UCF, and Cincy were actually three of our “better” games

That might be a fun game—ranking our games from best to worst. I think worst had to be Boise State. That game was hilarious.

 

[huskymedic]

CFP Rankings (11/06/18)

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan
5. Georgia
6. Oklahoma
7. LSU
8. Washington State
9. West Virginia
10. Ohio State
11. Kentucky
12. UCF
13. Syracuse
14. NC State
15. Florida
16. Miss. St
17. Boston College
18. Mich St.
19. Texas
20. Penn State
21. Iowa
22. Iowa State
23. Fresno State
24. Auburn
25. Washington

 

[huskymedic]

USAT/Amway Coaches Poll (11/11/18)

1 Alabama
2 Clemson
3 Notre Dame
4 Michigan
5 UGA
6 Oklahoma
7 West Virginia
8 Ohio St
9 Washington State
10 LSU
11 UCF
12 Syracuse
13 Utah St
14 Texas
15 PSU
16 Florida
17 Washington
18 Iowa St
19 Utah
20 Cincinnati
21 Kentucky
22 Boston College
23 Miss St
24 Boise St
25 UAB

Others Receiving Votes: Northwestern 87; Fresno State 64; Army 58; Buffalo 56; Virginia 44; Duke 38; NC State 37; Pittsburgh 30; Texas A&M 29; Michigan State 20; Auburn 19; Troy 17; Appalachian State 14; Missouri 13; San Diego State 10; Wisconsin 7; Arizona State 2; Tennessee 1.

 

[huskymedic]

AP Top 25 Poll (11/11/18)

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan
5. Georgia
6. Oklahoma
7. West Virginia
8. Washington State
9. Ohio State
10. LSU
11. UCF
12. Syracuse
13. Texas
14. Utah State
15. Florida
16. Penn State
17. Washington
18. Iowa State
19. Cincinnati
20. Kentucky
21. Utah
22. Boston College
23. Boise State
24. Northwestern
25. Mississippi State

Others Receiving Votes::Army 128, UAB 78, Fresno St. 61, Michigan St. 31, NC State 30, Buffalo 29, Pittsburgh 28, Duke 20, Texas A&M 16, Iowa 8, Arizona St. 6, Stanford 3, Auburn 3, Troy 1.

 

[huskymedic]

CFP Rankings (11/13/18)

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan
5. Georgia
6. Oklahoma
7. LSU
8. Washington State
9. West Virginia
10. Ohio State
11. UCF
12. Syracuse
13. Florida
14. Penn State
15. Texas
16. Iowa State
17. Kentucky
18. Washington
19. Utah
20. Boston College
21. Miss St.
22. Northwestern
23. Utah State
24. Cincinnati
25. Boise State

 

[huskymedic]

USAT/Amway Coaches Poll (11/18/18):

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan
5. Georgia
6. Oklahoma
7. Washington State
8. LSU
9. Central Florida
10. Ohio State
11. Texas
12. West Virginia
13. Florida
14. Penn State
15. Utah State
16. Washington
17. Utah
18. Kentucky
19. Syracuse
20. Mississippi State
21. Northwestern
22. Boise State
23. Fresno State
24. Army
25. Pittsburgh

Others Receiving Votes: Iowa State 85; Cincinnati 74; Texas A&M 57; NC State 51; Wisconsin 32; Missouri 27; Boston College 22; Auburn 20; Appalachian State 18; Troy 16; UAB 12; Iowa 12; Georgia Tech 10; Duke 7; Oklahoma State 3; Virginia 2; South Carolina 1; Buffalo 1; Georgia Southern 1.

 

[huskymedic]

AP Top 25 Poll (11/18/18):

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan
5. Georgia
6. Oklahoma
7. Washington State
8. UCF
8. LSU (tied w/ UCF)
10. Ohio State
11. Texas
12. West Virginia
13. Florida
14. Utah State
15. Penn State
16. Washington
17. Kentucky
18. Utah
19. Syracuse
20. Northwestern
21. Boise State
22. Mississippi State
23. Army
24. Pittsburgh
25. Iowa State

Others receiving votes: Fresno St. 100, NC State 45, Cincinnati 43, Missouri 34, Texas A&M 29, Auburn 11, Stanford 8, Iowa 8, UAB 5, Houston 3, Wisconsin 2, Buffalo 1, Troy 1.

 

[UConnDan97]

I'm convinced that UCF could go undefeated five years in a row and not get to sniff the college playoffs. LSU is higher in the coaches poll with 2 losses. Unreal...

 

[huskymedic]

CFP Rankings (11/20/18)

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan
5. Georgia
6. Oklahoma
7. LSU
8. Washington State
9. UCF
10. Ohio State
11. Florida
12. Penn State
13. West Virginia
14. Texas
15. Kentucky
16. Washington
17. Utah
18. Mississippi State
19. Northwestern
20. Syracuse
21. Utah State
22. Texas A&M
23. Boise State
24. Pittsburgh
25. Iowa State

 

[huskymedic]

USAT/Amway Coaches Poll (11/25/18):

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Georgia
5. Oklahoma
6. Ohio State
7. UCF
8. Michigan
9. Texas
10. Florida
11. Washington
12. Penn State
13. Washington State
14. LSU
15. Kentucky
16. West Virginia
17. Utah
18. Syracuse
19. Mississippi State
20. Boise State
21. Northwestern
22. Texas A&M
23. Fresno State
24. Utah State
25. Army

Others Receiving Votes: Iowa State 103; Cincinnati 82; NC State 55; Missouri 33; Iowa 20; Appalachian State 14; Pittsburgh 13; Memphis 6; UAB 4; Stanford 3; Oregon 3; Buffalo 3; Wisconsin 1; California 1; Georgia Southern 1.

 

[UConnDan97]

I just can't believe that a team can go undefeated two consecutive years and still will not be able to play in a four team playoff.

Last year was unfair. This year is disgusting...

 

[Purple Stein]

UCF isn’t as good this year as they were last year, and the injury to Milton is devastating. I don’t mind them not qualifying for a 4 team contest this year as I don’t think they’ll show well.

If tOSU leapfrogs them in the playoff poll, though, that would be full on ridiculous, IMHO.

 

[UConnDan97]

UCF isn’t as good this year as they were last year, and the injury to Milton is devastating. I don’t mind them not qualifying for a 4 team contest this year as I don’t think they’ll show well.

If tOSU leapfrogs them in the playoff poll, though, that would be full on ridiculous, IMHO.

"Showing well" is not the point. They've more than earned a chance to play for it. This is just more evidence that the so called power 5 are behaving as a monopoly, and the NCAA is a sham...

 

[Adios]

I'm convinced that UCF could go undefeated five years in a row and not get to sniff the college playoffs. LSU is higher in the coaches poll with 2 losses. Unreal...

Depends who they have scheduled OOC.

 

[UConnDan97]

Depends who they have scheduled OOC.

No, it doesn't.

If that's what's keeping them out, then the NCAA has one of two options:

1) create the conferences in FBS such that all have a strength of schedule that one can live with in order to call them the 4th ranked team in the country (which is what we're talking about).

2) stop this sham that the non p5 FBS teams are actually FBS. Of course, doing that would probably elicit law suits, etc., which is why they don't explicitly state it and continue with this robbery.