The Arizona Wildcats received six votes in the Amway Coaches Poll and four in the AP Poll after beating up on UNLV and heading into Week 2 action, where they will face the upstart UTSA Roadrunners. The six votes rank Rich Rodriguez's team at 42nd in the nation for the Coaches poll and 44th according to the AP poll, but the more surprising bit comes in the computer-generated Sagarin rankings.
Sagarin puts Arizona at 27th in the nation and not far behind 24th-ranked Arizona State.
So for those of you wondering why the Sun Devils are still ranked ahead of Arizona in my power rankings, just know that I think it's that close as well. As an aside, Arizona won't jump ASU in my power rankings or in any other human rankings until the Sun Devils lose to a team they shouldn't lose to -- or unless there's a strong case for teams to leapfrog them.
AP Poll
AP | Coaches | Sagarin | |
1 | Florida State (46) | Florida State (57) | Oregon |
2 | Alabama (1) | Alabama | Alabama |
3 | Oregon (5) | Oklahoma (2) | Oklahoma |
4 | Oklahoma (2) | Oregon (2) | Florida State |
5 | Auburn | Auburn | Texas A&M |
6 | Georgia (2) | Michigan State | Georgia |
7 | Michigan State | Ohio State | Stanford |
8 | Ohio State | Georgia (1) | Baylor |
9 | Texas A&M (2) | Baylor | Auburn |
10 | Baylor | Stanford | Michigan State |
11 | UCLA | UCLA | UCLA |
12 | LSU (1) | LSU | Ohio State |
13 | Stanford | Texas A&M | LSU |
14 | USC | USC | USC |
15 | Ole Miss | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
16 | Notre Dame | Arizona State | Wisconsin |
17 | Arizona State | Ole Miss | Florida |
18 | Wisconsin | Nebraska | Kansas State |
19 | Nebraska | Wisconsin | South Carolina |
20 | Kansas State | Kansas State | Clemson |
21 | South Carolina | South Carolina | Ole Miss |
22 | North Carolina | Missouri | Washington |
23 | Clemson | North Carolina | Oklahoma State |
24 | Missouri | Clemson | Texas |
25 | Louisville | Texas | Arizona State |
Others receiving votes: Texas 126, Oklahoma State 94, Duke 60, Florida 49, Penn State 49, Mississippi State 49, Michigan 38, TCU 29, Washington 27, BYU 21, Marshall 18, Iowa 18, Virginia Tech 17, Tennessee 14, Cincinnati 8, West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 7, Rutgers 6, Arizona 4, North Dakota State 2, Louisiana-Lafayette 1, Pittsburgh 1
Amway Coaches Poll, Week 2
Coaches | Sagarin | |
1 | Florida State (57) | Oregon |
2 | Alabama | Alabama |
3 | Oklahoma (2) | Oklahoma |
4 | Oregon (2) | Florida State |
5 | Auburn | Texas A&M |
6 | Michigan State | Georgia |
7 | Ohio State | Stanford |
8 | Georgia (1) | Baylor |
9 | Baylor | Auburn |
10 | Stanford | Michigan State |
11 | UCLA | UCLA |
12 | LSU | Ohio State |
13 | Texas A&M | LSU |
14 | USC | USC |
15 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
16 | Arizona State | Wisconsin |
17 | Ole Miss | Kansas State |
18 | Nebraska | South Carolina |
19 | Wisconsin | Clemson |
20 | Kansas State | Ole Miss |
21 | South Carolina | Washington |
22 | Missouri | Oklahoma State |
23 | North Carolina | Texas |
24 | Clemson | Arizona State |
25 | Texas | Cincinnati |
26 | Oklahoma State | Louisville |
27 | Florida | Arizona |
28 | Louisville | Iowa |
29 | Mississippi State | Michigan |
30 | Michigan | Nebraska |
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 106; Florida 84; Louisville 73; Mississippi State 72; Michigan 59; Washington 51; Duke 47; Brigham Young 26; Iowa 23; TCU 23; Minnesota 16; Louisiana-Lafayette 13; Marshall 11; Virginia Tech 11; West Virginia 7; Cincinnati 7; Arizona 6; Oregon State 5; Pittsburgh 2; Rutgers 2; Northern Illinois 2; Colorado State 2; Texas Tech 2; Temple 1; Boise State 1; Memphis 1
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