Two ballots came in this week that listed 9 teams and started with Clemson. our consensus #2. Pollsters have started to not even use the time or energy to type "Alabama." Michigan slid into the Top 4 replacing LSU, who narrowly missed the Top 10 after losing to Bama. West Virginia moves up to #7 after getting past Texas and Washington State makes an appearance this week. UCF dropped despite winning but still narrowly beat out LSU for that position. With only 11 teams receiving votes this week, there is a lot of agreement among voters about who the top 10 teams are, even if the order is a bit different on the respective ballots. The Poll Rank Team Points Last Week 1. Alabama 50 (5) 1 2. Clemson 45 2 3. Notre Dame 39 3 4. Michigan 34 6 5. Georgia 31 5 6. Oklahoma 22 7 7. West Virginia 15 10 8. Ohio State 11 9 9. Washington State 10 NR 10. UCF 9 8 Also receiving votes: LSU 8
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This week lived up to the drama as far as creating separation and narrowing down the playoff contenders. Both teams we put on Upset Alert survived another week.
3 Games That Mattered Georgia @ Kentucky The fancy commentators are calling this “Statement Saturday.” That’s a good description of this game. Georgia needed to make a statement. The Dawgs used a stingy defense to take Benny Snell’s influence out of the game early on. On offense Georgia moved the ball, especially with the running game. It would be tempting to try to say The real Kentucky showed up. In reality, Georgia just outplayed Kentucky. Georgia punches their ticket to Atlanta and Kentucky shifts their focus to trying to land a quality bowl game. Alabama @ LSU The Tigers accomplished what so many others failed at, they pushed Saban to playing Tua in the 4th. But Bama was too much and rolled to a 29-0 victory. This sealed the West for Alabama who will face Georgia in Atlanta for the SEC Championship. Notre Dame @ Northwestern The Irish pulled out a win in Evanston and should maintain their spot in the Top 4. Notre Dame continues to do the things they have to. On Saturday that meant surviving a late rally and outlasting two 4th quarter TDs by Northwestern. Look for the Irish to either maintain or improve their ranking after that LSU loss.
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