The weekend of college football is officially over, and that means that it is time to see what the coaches and the media thought of the action. While there weren’t a ton of big upsets this week, there was some movement at both the top and the bottom of the polls, with a lot of new teams moving in. Near the top, though, Clemson had a rough outing and barely escaped with a win over Syracuse at home — which made voters realize that they may not be truly legit.
The Alabama Crimson Tide remained on top of the Top 25 Associated Press Poll with 61 of the 64 first-place votes. As reported by the Associated Press , the Ohio State Buckeyes and Clemson Tigers also each received a first-place vote — while one was not given out at all.
Clemson is still in the Top 5 of both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll, but they also dropped position in both of them. With a quarterback controversy and then a big injury on Saturday, the Tigers barely got by Syracuse. The Clemson Tigers dropped one spot in the AP while falling two spots — to number four — in the Coaches Poll.
Georgia is number two in both and is followed by Ohio State at three and Clemson at four. In the AP Top 25, the LSU Tigers hold the number five spot while the Oklahoma Sooners possess that ranking in the Coaches Poll, with LSU at number six.
For the second straight week, there was major turnover at the bottom of the Top 25. Read the story: https://t.co/jKhRjhkmxC
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Here is the Associated Press Top 25 Poll after Week 6 of the 2018 season:
1.) Alabama Crimson Tide 2.) Georgia Bulldogs 3.) Ohio State Buckeyes 4.) Clemson Tigers 5.) LSU Tigers 6.) Notre Dame Fighting Irish 7.) Oklahoma Sooners 8.) Auburn Tigers 9.) West Virginia Mountaineers 10.) Washington Huskies 11.) Penn State Nittany Lions 12.) UCF Golden Knights 13.) Kentucky Wildcats 14.) Stanford Cardinal 15.) Michigan Wolverines 16.) Wisconsin Badgers 17.) Miami Hurricanes 18.) Oregon Ducks 19.) Texas Longhorns 20.) Michigan State Spartans 21.) Colorado Buffalos 22.) Florida Gators 23.) NC State Wolfpack 24.) Virginia Tech Hokies 25.) Oklahoma State Cowboys
Here is the Top 25 Coaches Poll after Week 6 of the 2018 season:
1.) Alabama Crimson Tide 2.) Georgia Bulldogs 3.) Ohio State Buckeyes 4.) Clemson Tigers 5.) Oklahoma Sooners 6.) LSU Tigers 7.) Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8.) West Virginia Mountaineers 9.) Auburn Tigers 10.) Washington Huskies 11.) Penn State Nittany Lions 12.) Wisconsin Badgers 13.) UCF Golden Knights 14.) Stanford Cardinal 15.) Kentucky Wildcats 16.) Michigan Wolverines 17.) Miami Hurricanes 18.) Oregon Ducks 19.) Michigan State Spartans 20.) Texas Longhorns 21.) Oklahoma State Cowboys 22.) Colorado Buffalos 23.) Virginia Tech Hokies 24.) Boise State Broncos 25.) NC State Wolfpack
Some may say that it is still early in the season, and that anything is possible to happen before all is said and done. That is entirely true –and there is still a lot of football to be played in the 2018 NCAA season — but it is also accurate to say that every game counts. Even with a win, the Clemson Tigers ended up dropping a couple of spots, knocking them out of the playoffs if they were to start today. For now, the Associated Press and Coaches Top 25 Polls rest as they stand — but next week will likely bring more changes.
