With the Alabama’s loss to Texas A & M, we have a new # 1 in this week’s CFRA poll. The Oregon Ducks claim the top spot over Kansas State by a four-point margin. There are is one major break of more than 30 points in this week’s poll, and it occurs between # 14 Stanford and # 15 Nebraska. Oddly enough, the same major break existed between those two teams in last week’s poll at the # 16 and 17 spots.
1. Oregon (7)– 295 points
2. Kansas State (5)– 291 points
3. Notre Dame– 276 points
4. Alabama– 257 points
5. Georgia– 250 points
6. Florida State– 224 points
7. Florida– 217 points
8. LSU– 195 points
9. Clemson– 194 points
10. Ohio State- 193 points
11. Texas A & M– 183 points
12. South Carolina– 167 points
13. Oklahoma– 156 points
14. Stanford– 147 points
15. Nebraska– 111 points
16. Louisville– 108 points
17. Oregon State– 90 points
18. Texas– 89 points
19. Louisiana Tech– 88 points
20. UCLA– 87 points
21. Rutgers– 57 points
22. Southern California– 48 points
23. Northern Illinois– 33 points
24. Michigan– 29 points
25. Boise State– 27 points
Others Receiving Votes: Kent State 26, Texas Tech 22, Arizona, 12, Oklahoma State 9, Mississippi State 8, Wisconsin 6, Vanderbilt 3, Cincinnati 2
Dropped Out: Mississippi State 21, Toledo 22
Teams Ranked Higher in CFRA than Other 3 Major Polls (BCS, AP, and Coaches Polls): Louisville (16), Northern Illinois (23).
Teams Ranked Lower in CFRA than Other 3 Major Polls (BCS, AP, and Coaches Polls): Texas A & M (11), UCLA (20), Southern California (22), Michigan (24), Washington (NR), Oklahoma State (NR), Texas Tech (NR).
Teams Ranked Exactly the Same in All 4 Major Polls (BCS, AP, CFRA, and Coaches): Notre Dame (3).
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