AP Poll and Coaches Poll Released Week 2: Alabama is New #1

1. Alabama (45) 1-0 1,481 2
2. USC (11) 1-0 1,435 1
3. LSU (4) 1-0 1,382 3
4. Oregon 1-0 1,295 5
5. Oklahoma 1-0 1,170 4
6. Florida St. 1-0 1,135 7
7. Georgia 1-0 1,083 6
8. Arkansas 1-0 992 10
9. South Carolina 1-0 980 9
9. West Virginia 1-0 980 11
11. Michigan St. 1-0 915 13
12. Clemson 1-0 788 14
13. Wisconsin 1-0 664 12
14. Ohio St. 1-0 634 18
15. Virginia Tech 1-0 604 16
16. Nebraska 1-0 603 17
17. Texas 1-0 584 15
18. Oklahoma St. 1-0 558 19
19. Michigan 0-1 446 8
20. TCU 0-0 355 20
21. Kansas St. 1-0 339 22
22. Notre Dame 1-0 198 NR
23. Louisville 1-0 190 25
24. Florida 1-0 145 23
25. Stanford 1-0 131 21

Texas St. Recieving 10 points.

Can tell they ran out of teams to rank at the end with Florida and Stanford on there.

Bama is the defending champ (not that this should factor) but they look great.

They should be the clear cut #1

Top 4 should be clear cut right now too.

But...

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5. Oklahoma 1-0 1,170 4
6. Florida St. 1-0 1,135 7
7. Georgia 1-0 1,083 6
8. Arkansas 1-0 992 10
9. South Carolina 1-0 980 9
9. West Virginia 1-0 980 11

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This could be completely re-arranged and teams like South Carolina and Georgia and Oklahoma should be moved down until they prove that they deserve it.

And why preseason polls fail - especially the idiotic and rarely fluid Coaches Poll.

Notre Dame should be ranked way ahead of Stanford who shouldn't be ranked at all.

After just one week here's my way too early ranking:

1) Alabama
2) LSU
3) USC
4) Oregon
5) WVU
6) Ok State
7) FSU
8) Arkansas
9) Clemson
10) OU
11) tOSU
12) Tennessee
13) UGA
14) Michigan State
15) South Carolina
16) Kansas State
17) Nebraska
18) Va Tech
19) TCU
20) Michigan
21) Louisville
22) Wisconsin
23) Texas
24) Notre Dame
25) Florida

Note my list has Tenn higher than most (#12), drops South Carolina and UGA below most, drops Michigan to 20 and pulls tOSU up to 11

I think you should put Bama #1 and either LSU or USC #2 since Bama played at least a BCS opponent. Several teams looked great against dogshit opponents (I'm looking at you Oregon, WVU, Ok State, tOSU) and could change a bit in the future.

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Others receiving votes: Boise State 79, Tennessee 73, Brigham Young 63, North Carolina 48, Baylor 38, Utah 34, Washington 15, Georgia Tech 14, Ohio 10, TEXSTATE 10, Missouri 7, Texas A&M 5, South Florida 5, UCF 4, Mississippi State 3, Auburn 3, Cincinnati 2

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I remember when LSU beat Oregon (much better than this overrated Michigan bunch) in similar fashion last year and they jumped OU and Alabama for #1 after Week 1..

Ohh.. Wait.. We did not.

I know the preseason coaches poll was very close 1-2-3 but has a team ever dropped from 1 to 3 after winning the previous week?