College Football Rankings: Week 2 AP Top 25 Poll
There’s a new AP top 25 poll and there’s a change in the top two after the first week of the season and the SEC sets a record.
After the Ohio State Buckeyes turned it back on in the second half in their opener against Virginia Tech on Monday night and won in convincing fashion, Cardale Jones, Braxton Miller and Ezekiel Elliott remain the top team in the AP top 25 poll for week 2.
The drama started at No. 2 where Alabama jumped TCU who struggled against Minnesota in their 23-17 win and the Crimson Tide dominated No. 20 Wisconsin 35-17 to secure the No. 2 spot, I predicted would happen.
TCU is no stranger to dropping in the polls despite a win after dropping from No. 3 to No. 6 in the playoff rankings at the end of last year despite a 55-3 win over Iowa State, but there’s plenty of time for TCU to get back to No. 2. Their conference rival, Baylor is right on their heels, however, and the Michigan State Spartans round out the top five. With the Spartans hosting No. 7 Oregon on Saturday, there will be a big shakeup in the top seven of the Week 3 AP top 25 poll.
The biggest winner in this week’s poll is Texas A&M who went from unranked to No. 16 after beating No. 16 Arizona State and is one of 10 teams from the SEC in the AP top 25 this week, including the entire SEC West, as the conference set a record for the most teams from a conference in the top 25.
Let’s check out the rest of the AP top 25:
| 1 | Ohio State (61) Record: 1-0 | PV Rank 1 |
Points
1,525
2
Record: 1-0
3
1,420
3
Record: 1-0
2
1,365
4
Record: 1-0
4
1,252
5
Record: 1-0
5
1,198
6
Record: 1-0
6
1,166
7
Record: 1-0
7
1,081
8
Record: 1-0
8
1,074
9
Record: 1-0
11
1,061
10
Record: 1-0
9
981
11
Record: 1-0
10
942
12
Record: 1-0
12
862
13
Record: 1-0
13
833
14
Record: 0-0
14
653
15
Record: 1-0
16
636
16
Record: 1-0
27
629
17
Record: 1-0
17
600
18
Record: 1-0
18
480
19
Record: 1-0
19
469
20
Record: 1-0
23
279
21
Record: 1-0
24
274
22
Record: 1-0
22
259
23
Record: 1-0
25
169
24
Record: 1-0
30
137
25
Record: 1-0
26
104
Do you think the voters got it right? Of course there’s going to be some arguments when you’re ranking 25 teams, so sound off in the comments section with your biggest objections.
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