Ed Orgeron of LSU is The AP Coach of the Year. He has led the top-ranked Tigers to a SEC championship and their first College Football Playoff appearances.
Alabama dropped to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll, snapping the Crimson Tide’s record streak of 68 appearances in the top five.
The top four teams in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank were unchanged, with LSU at No...
No. 2 Ohio State gained ground on No. 1 LSU in The AP college football poll and Oregon dropped out of the top 10 to No. 14 after being upset by Arizona State.
AP Top 25 voters are being tougher on Clemson than any preseason No. 1 team in 48 years. The undefeated defending national champion Tigers are now ranked No. 4.
They are called the Super 6 and after six regular-season AP college football polls the top six teams are the same teams that were ranked in the top six in the preseason.
The value of a loss can be tricky to quantify for AP Top 25 voters. Seven ranked teams lost, a season-high, including three in Saturday's trio of top-15 matchups.