DISCLAIMER: This poll does not reflect the results of either Tuesday or Thursday night.
This week's Bring On The Cats Top 25 Poll was not quite as static as the Associated Press, thanks to some voters re-evaluating their previous respect for the Big Ten Conference, and not quite as loony as the Selection Committee.
Still, you know things are pretty sedate when the biggest mover rises four spots (North Carolina) and no one dropped by more than three. (And that team was Duke, which BOTC considers to have sustained an asterisk loss.)
Ohio State shed two first-place votes (one to LSU and one to TCU) during its bye week and some other minor shuffling occurred elsewhere throughout the poll, but otherwise, this was the calm before Saturday's mega-storm.
As I did last year, I have added the College Football Playoff rankings to this chart for your comparison convenience.
For this week's poll results, scroll down:
Bring On The Cats Top 25 Poll — Week 9
Rank | AP | CFP | Team | Record | Points | Delta |
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1 | 3 | 1 | Clemson Tigers (4) | 8-0 (5-0) | 234 | — |
2 | 4 | 2 | LSU Tigers (2) | 7-0 (4-0) | 229 | — |
3 | 2 | 6 | Baylor Bears (1) | 7-0 (4-0) | 222 | 1 |
4 | 5 | 8 | TCU Horned Frogs (1) | 8-0 (5-0) | 217 | 2 |
5 | 1 | 3 | Ohio State Buckeyes (2) | 8-0 (4-0) | 216 | 2 |
6 | 6 | 7 | Michigan State Spartans | 8-0 (4-0) | 201 | 1 |
7 | 7 | 4 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 7-1 (4-1) | 181 | — |
8 | 12 | 14 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 8-0 (5-0) | 171 | 1 |
9 | 10 | 9 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 8-0 (4-0) | 169 | 1 |
10 | 8 | 5 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 7-1 | 146 | 1 |
11 | 9 | 11 | Stanford Cardinal | 7-1 (6-0) | 145 | 1 |
12 | 15 | 13 | Memphis Tigers | 8-0 (4-0) | 141 | 1 |
13 | 13 | 12 | Utah Utes | 7-1 (4-1) | 140 | 1 |
14 | 11 | 10 | Florida Gators | 7-1 (5-1) | 133 | — |
15 | 14 | 15 | Oklahoma Sooners | 7-1 (4-1) | 117 | 1 |
16 | 18 | 25 | Houston Cougars | 8-0 (4-0) | 104 | — |
17 | 17 | 16 | Florida State Seminoles | 7-1 (5-1) | 91 | — |
18 | 20 | 24 | Toledo Rockets | 7-0 (4-0) | 78 | — |
19 | 16 | 17 | Michigan Wolverines | 6-2 (3-1) | 60 | 1 |
20 | 23 | 22 | Temple Owls | 7-1 (4-0) | 51 | 1 |
21 | 19 | 18 | Ole Miss Rebels | 7-2 (4-1) | 50 | 1 |
22 | 21 | NR | North Carolina Tar Heels | 7-1 (4-0) | 37 | 4 |
23 | 22 | 23 | UCLA Bruins | 6-2 (3-2) | 26 | 2 |
24 | 30 | NR | Duke Blue Devils | 6-2* (3-1*) | 49 | 3 |
25 | 24 | 20 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | 6-2 (2-2) | 15 | 1 |
Dropout: Pittsburgh Panthers | ||||||
Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M 14, USC 10, Navy 9, Pittsburgh 6, Wisconsin 6, Appalachian State 3, Georgia 3 |
As always, your voters are myself, EMAW 4 Ever, Jon Morse, JT VanGilder, Luke Thompson, nugget1224, PurpleBrunette, wildcat00 and KSUEMAW!