The Week Six edition of the Bleacher Creature poll is full of surprises.
The top four teams did a bit of reshuffling, South Florida dropped 11 spots after losing to Pitt, while Auburn fell only seven spots after its second loss. Ohio State's win over Wisconsin was enough to push the Buckeyes past Florida and only five points behind Georgia, and Michigan State jumped six spots and makes its first top-20 appearance this season.
The Big 12 is the current king of the conferences, with four top-10 teams and six teams in the top 25. Close on the heels of the Big 12 is the ever-present SEC, with three top-10 teams and six in the top 25.
The Bleacher Creature Top 25 Poll (Week Six)
1. Oklahoma (21) 5-0 549 last week: 1
2. Missouri (1) 5-0 506 last week: 4
3. Alabama 6-0 494 last week: 2
4. LSU 5-0
484 last week: 35. Texas 5-0 465 last week: 5
6. Penn State 6-0 450 last week: 6
7. Texas Tech 5-0 393 last week: 8
8. Brigham Young 5-0 382 last week: 7
9. USC 3-1 369 last week: 10
10. Georgia 4-1 329 last week: 10
11. Ohio State 5-1 324 last week: 13
12. Florida 4-1 307 last week: 12
13. Utah 6-0 278 last week: 15
14. Vanderbilt 5-0 262 last week: 19
15. Boise State 4-0 230 last week: 16
16. Kansas 4-1 192.5 last week: 17
17. Oklahoma State 5-0 187 last week: 20
18. Virginia Tech 5-1 138 last week: 21
19. Michigan State 5-1 124 last week: 25
20. South Florida 5-1 111 last week: 9
21. Auburn 4-2 76.5 last week: 14
22. Ball State 6-0 69 last week: unranked
23. North Carolina 4-1 61 last week: unranked
24. California 4-1 59 last week: unranked
25. Wake Forest 3-1 58 last week: unranked
Others Receiving Votes: Tulsa 53, Northwestern 43, W
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about 1 month ago
WOW!! My poll must just be wildly different from all of the rest of you as I have no Idea how wisky has 2 times as many votes as ND when Wisky has lost 2 in a row and looked not so good doing so. I was going to say our top tens are way off but really it's all way off to me, to each his own. P.S. tell Chase Daniel that rumar has it OSU plans to pass gas in his general direction...My Ballot:
1) Oklahoma
2)LSU
3)Texas
4)Penn State
5)BYU
6)Alabama
7)Mizzou
8)Tulsa
9) Utah
10)Boise
11)Texas Tech
12)Oklahoma State
13)Ball State
14) Virginia Tech
15)Vandy
16)USC
17) Ohio State
18)Kansas
19)Georgia
20)Florida
21)Wake Forest
22)Michigan State
23)Northwestern
24) Cal
25)Notre Dame
from about 1 month ago
Mitch,
You, Lisa and myself are on that Ball State bandwagon! I've got em' at 15!
about 1 month ago
Nice...but come on people! Give Wisconsin a break...and put Northwestern in the Top 25. Also, move Kansas down, they aren't good. Just because they won doesn't mean they should move up, especially since they should've lost and they barely won. Boise State is not good, and they play nobody...but nobody will listen to me and Boise continues to move up.
Also...how does Tulsa get more Top 25 votes than Northwestern? I'm surprised that more people didn't drop Kansas or put in Northwestern.
from about 1 month ago
Northwestern hasn't really beaten anybody yet. They've got their biggest test of the year this saturday.
from about 1 month ago
Now, Issac, Tulsa might be better than Nortwestern. I can see Tulsa going far this year.
from about 1 month ago
Maybe Northwestern doesn't play anybody, but who does Tulsa play? Also, I highly doubt Tulsa is better than Northwestern, but either way, either Northwestern or both of them should be in the Top 25. If Tulsa is better, than they should be in the Top 25, but so should Northwestern. What good team has Florida played so far? They lost to Ole Miss. Who does Boise State play, if you want to go that far. The Big 10 is better than the WAC, and I think beating Iowa is better than beating UL Lafayette. Many teams in that Top 25 haven't played anyone yet, so why isn't an undefeated Northwestern team in?
about 1 month ago
Wow Mitch, you must think VERY highly of Ball State.
1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Missouri
4. Texas
5. Penn State
6. LSU
7. BYU
8. Texas Tech
9. USC
10. Georgia
11. Vanderbilt
12. Florida
13. Ohio State
14. Utah
15. Boise State
16. South Florida
17. Michigan State
18. Virginia Tech
19. Kansas
20. Auburn
21. UNC
22. Wake Forest
23. Ball State
24. Pitt
25. Northwestern
I'm very wary of Northwestern as their best win so far is a .500 Iowa team that keeps making dumb mistakes. If they win this weekend, they'll jump into my top 20.
Gotta give Pitt some respect for a win over a talented USF squad, as well.
Wisconsin has looked terrible two weeks in a row. Their offense is almost as bad as Michigan's. And Kansas almost embarrassed themselves this week, so despite the win, they drop a couple of spots from where I've had them.
from about 1 month ago
About time we see some love for Pitt!
about 1 month ago
Interesting as always Kristofer! Can't really say much since my vote was in there, but if you want reasonings behind my rankings you can check out my latest article:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/65792-college-football-power-rankings-week-six
about 1 month ago
i had pretty much the same thing....glad ball st and cal got some love!
about 1 month ago
great job! yeah for Ball State and Cal.
about 1 month ago
Hmm, I voted... I must have missed a step in getting them submitted?
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