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Michigan State achieved a rare feat this week, blazing upward three spots to claim the throne despite being ranked first on only one of the Bring On The Cats Top 25 Poll's 10 ballots.
This phenomenon is due mainly to the fact that almost all of our voters agree that the Spartans are in the top three, while several of us penalized the Buckeyes heavily for a lackluster performance against Northern Illinois.
Predictably, Ole Miss and LSU were big upward movers after each posted an impressive conference win last week.
I have no explanation for how Oklahoma State was able to rise that high. It certainly wasn't because of my ballot.
Further down, a pair of Pac-12 teams are tied for 17th, although it will surprise nobody if both manage to lose tonight, and an ex-Big 12 team is tied for 21st with the team that replaced its traitorous self.
Alabama's precipitous fall is due mainly to the presence in the balloting of resume voters such as myself and Jon Morse, who do not rank teams with losses at this early interval. Two other voters agreed with our reasoning.
The newest poll appears below:
Bring On The Cats Top 25 Poll — Week 3
| Rank | AP | Team | Record | Points | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Michigan State Spartans (1) | 3-0 | 233 |
 3 |
| 2 | 1 | Ohio State Buckeyes (6) | 3-0 | 231 |
 1 |
| 3 | 3 | TCU Horned Frogs (1) | 3-0 | 226 |
1 |
| 4 | 3 | Ole Miss Rebels (1) | 3-0 (1-0) | 211 |
10 |
| 5 | 5 | Baylor Bears | 2-0 | 205 | -- |
| 6 | 7 | Georgia Bulldogs (1) | 3-0 (2-0) | 200 | -- |
| 7 | 8 | LSU Tigers | 2-0 (2-0) | 177 |
6 |
| 8 | 9 | UCLA Bruins | 3-0 | 176 |
1 |
| 9 | 6 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 3-0 | 173 |
3 |
| 10 | 11 | Clemson Tigers | 3-0 (1-0) | 164 |
2 |
| 11 | 10 | Florida State Seminoles | 3-0 (1-0) | 145 | -- |
| 12 | 15 | Oklahoma Sooners | 3-0 | 138 |
3 |
| 13 | 14 | Texas A&M Aggies | 3-0 | 118 |
3 |
| 14 | 24 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 3-0 | 100 |
7 |
| 15 | 18 | Utah Utes | 3-0 | 92 |
4 |
| 16 | 17 | Northwestern Wildcats | 3-0 | 87 |
8 |
| 17 | 16 | Arizona Wildcats | 3-0 | 71 |
5 |
| 17 | 13 | Oregon Ducks | 2-1 | 71 |
3 |
| 19 | 12 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 2-1 (0-1) | 70 |
16 |
| 20 | 39 | Kansas State Wildcats | 3-0 | 68 |
2 |
| 21 | 25 | Missouri Tigers | 3-0 | 43 |
2 |
| 21 | 27 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 2-0 | 43 |
4 |
| 23 | 22 | BYU Cougars | 2-1 | 28 |
6 |
| 24 | 19 | USC Trojans | 2-1 (0-1) | 24 |
17 |
| 25 | 32 | Temple Owls | 3-0 (1-0) | 23 |
3 |
| Dropouts: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |||||
| Others Receiving Votes: Toledo 22, Texas Tech 20, Memphis 18, Georgia Tech 15, Iowa 12, Stanford 10, California 8, Indiana 7, Mississippi State 6, Miami 4, Wisconsin 4, Houston 3, Boise State 2, Florida 2, Arizona State 1 | |||||
As always, your voters are myself, EMAW 4 Ever, Jon Morse, JT VanGilder, Luke Thompson, nugget1224, PurpleBrunette, wildcat00 and KSUEMAW!