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Coming off a close conference victory over Northwestern 24-15, Wisconsin held steady in the polls. With no teams ranked in the top seven falling on Saturday, Wisconsin did just enough to maintain their ranking of No. 9 in the Coaches Poll and No. 8 in the AP Poll.
Staying put this week!#OnWisconsin pic.twitter.com/0oQNwMhfAd
— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) September 29, 2019
Let’s look at how the polls shape up for the rest of the Big Ten and across the nation.
#Badgers stay at No. 9 in Coaches Poll and there is a new No. 1!https://t.co/ELU5GSEgXm
— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) September 29, 2019
The B1G
No. 5 Ohio State continued their stranglehold as the top ranked team in the conference, as they blew the doors off of Nebraska 48-7 on Saturday evening. The Buckeyes actually leapfrogged LSU in the polls to move up to that fifth spot.
No. 12 ranked Penn State also retained their ranking after a 59-point blowout over Maryland and Iowa moved up after a big home victory over Middle Tennessee State. Iowa now is ranked No. 14 in both polls.
Michigan rebounded nicely after last week’s loss to Wisconsin, with a dominant win over Rutgers (Editor’s note: who just fired their coach, natch). The Wolverines moved up two spots to No. 18 in the Coaches Poll and No. 19 in the AP Poll.
Offensive coordinator Josh Gattis was down on the field yesterday and #Michigan looked great against Rutgers. Jim Harbaugh and players talked about the move.
— Brandon Brown (@BSB_Wolverine) September 29, 2019
Harbs: https://t.co/HB8ih4vW4Z
Shea: https://t.co/piWQdhpSQE
CT: https://t.co/wx3LrAE5O6
DPJ: https://t.co/KKDRPaGJgw pic.twitter.com/zPnTZluHE4
Michigan State slid back into the rankings, at No. 23, according to the coaches.
Nationwide musings
- After barely beating North Carolina, Clemson dropped out of the No. 1 spot for the first time this season. Alabama took their spot atop both of the rankings.
- Notre Dame continued to stay in the top ten after their victory this weekend over Virginia. Virginia fell the most for any team still in the rankings.
- Two loss Texas A&M is still the only team that has lost more than one game in the polls.
- Wake Forest, and SMU are the only undefeated five win team in the rankings that are not in the top ten.
#20 in the Coaches Poll! pic.twitter.com/Ilyh1soaak
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) September 29, 2019
- The B1G and SEC lead all of the Power 5 conferences with six ranked teams each. The other main conferences each have three ranked members.
POLL ALERT: Alabama jumps to No. 1 in AP Top 25 presented by @askRegions; Clemson, Georgia, Ohio St, LSU round out top five. No. 24 SMU ranked for first time since 1986.
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) September 29, 2019
Full poll: https://t.co/DWCBw9xytP
More AP college football: https://t.co/lyS9Elfx0c pic.twitter.com/53alKdNrDY
Newcomers
AP Top 25: Arizona State (20), Oklahoma State (21), Wake Forest (22), SMU (24).
Coaches Poll: Michigan State (23), Memphis (24), Oklahoma State (25).
Drop outs
AP Top 25: Cal, USC, Michigan State
Coaches Poll: Cal, Kansas State, USC.