Coaches Poll:

1) Alabama
2) Ohio State
3) Clemson
4) Penn State
5) Southern California
6) Oklahoma
7) Washington
8) Michigan
9) Florida State
10) Oklahoma State
11) Wisconsin
12) LSU
13) Auburn
14) Stanford
15) Georgia
16) Louisville
17) Miami
18) Virginia Tech
19) Kansas State
20) South Florida
21) Tennessee
22) Washington State
23) Utah
24) Florida
25) Notre Dame

Others receiving votes: TCU 80; Colorado 78; Maryland 60; West Virginia 54; UCLA 47; Oregon 42; Arkansas 37; Boise State 36; Nebraska 30; Mississippi State 28; Memphis 21; Pittsburgh 19; Northwestern 15; San Diego State 12; North Carolina State 9; Iowa 8; South Carolina 8; Minnesota 6; Kentucky 6; California 5; Navy 5; Syracuse 4; Texas 3; Vanderbilt 3; Central Florida 3; Arizona 3; Houston 3; Army 2; Georgia Tech 1.

AP Poll:

1) Alabama
2) Ohio State
3) Clemson
4) Penn State
5) Oklahoma
6) Southern California
7) Washington
8) Michigan
9) Wisconsin
10) Florida State
11) Oklahoma State
12) LSU
13) Auburn
14) Stanford
15) Georgia
16) Miami
17) Louisville
18) Virginia Tech
19) Kansas State
20) Washington State
21) South Florida
22) Florida
23) TCU
24) Notre Dame
25) Tennessee

Others Receiving Votes: Utah 96, UCLA 82, West Virginia 70, Colorado 65, Maryland 45, Oregon 44, South Carolina 44, Boise St. 22, Northwestern 20, Houston 14, San Diego St. 11, Texas Tech 4, Kentucky 4, Iowa 3, California 2, Navy 1, Vanderbilt 1, Pittsburgh 1, Mississippi St. 1, Nebraska 1, Michigan St. 1

Proof positive it's time to put these things down for good (the coaches). NCSU loses to SC, still has more votes than SC. Pitt should have lost to Youngstown State, but still receives votes; has more than either of those two combined.

Dang, they didn't give much love to the winner or the loser of Tech/WVU. Guess WVU will have to earn its way back in the old fashioned way - winning.

Oklahoma State actually drops a spot in the AP after dominating Tulsa.

(09-05-2017 01:36 PM)Tigeer Wrote:  Dang, they didn't give much love to the winner or the loser of Tech/WVU. Guess WVU will have to earn its way back in the old fashioned way - winning.

It's so dumb. WVU was ranked one spot behind VT, and the game was tied until late in the 4th with both teams looking good. Clearly the teams were very close, and the original rankings very well might have been right on the money.

The only poll that really matters in the CFP era is the CFP poll. The AP poll is nice to have during the year, as well, but it essentially means diddly-squat. The coaches' poll is useless. It is known that many coaches listed on the poll don't even do the actual voting nor do they watch or pay attention to most if any games beyond their own (and maybe their conference rivals.)

That being said, preseason polls are crap as there is (almost) zero objectivity to the voting. Sure #1 Alabama beat then #3 Florida St 24-7. But what if Florida St doesn't win a game this season? That first game win then doesn't mean anything.

preseason polls do a pretty damn good job in predicting things...

in the 3 years of the playoffs-
2014- 3/4 teams in the top 4 made playoff, along with #5
2015- 1/4 teams in top 4 made playoff, along with #5,12,19
2016- 2/4 teams in top 4 made playoff, along with #6,14

so 6/12 teams in top 4 in the 3 years made the playoff, and 9/12 of the teams that made the playoffs were in the AP top 6 preseason. So it's a pretty good indicator IMO.