There’s not much shakeup in this week’s CFRA poll as the top 4 teams in the country all remain the same. There are no ties in this week’s poll, but there are two major breaks of 30 or more points. The first break divides the four national title contenders and everybody else (between Notre Dame at # 4 and Georgia at # 5) and the other is between Stanford and Nebraska (# 16 and 17).
1. Alabama (9)– 295 points
2. Oregon (2)– 285 points
3. Kansas State (1)– 281 points
4. Notre Dame– 267 points
5. Georgia– 237 points
6. Florida State– 226 points
7. Florida– 221 points
8. Louisville– 204 points
9. Clemson– 201 points
10. Ohio State- 186 points
11. LSU– 179 points
12. South Carolina– 152 points
13. Oregon State– 151 points
14. Oklahoma– 143 points
15. Texas A & M– 132 points
16. Stanford– 119 points
17. Nebraska– 89 points
18. Louisiana Tech– 81 points
19. Texas– 70 points
20. UCLA– 61 points
21. Mississippi State– 52 points
22. Toledo– 40 points
23. Rutgers– 38 points
24. Southern California– 37 points
25. Northern Illinois– 29 points
Others Receiving Votes: Kent State 18, Boise State 18, Northwestern 17, Ohio 16, Texas Tech 15, TCU 14, Arizona 14, Cincinnati 4, Baylor 3, Michigan 3, Vanderbilt 2
Dropped Out: Boise State 16, Texas Tech 20, West Virginia 22, Arizona 25
Teams Ranked Higher in CFRA than Other 3 Major Polls (BCS, AP, and Coaches Polls): Louisville (8), Toledo (22), Northern Illinois (25).
Teams Ranked Lower in CFRA than Other 3 Major Polls (BCS, AP, and Coaches Polls): LSU (11), UCLA (20), Southern California (24), Texas Tech (NR).
Teams Ranked Exactly the Same in All 4 Major Polls (BCS, AP, CFRA, and Coaches): Alabama (1), Notre Dame (4), Georgia (5).
The College Football Researchers Association 