{"id":2003,"date":"2018-10-24T18:21:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T18:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/DraftInsiders\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2018-10-24T18:22:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T18:22:31","slug":"bama-and-clemson-head-rankings-top-25-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/DraftInsiders\/bama-and-clemson-head-rankings-top-25-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Bama and Clemson Head Rankings &#8211; Top 25 Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Draft Insiders&#8217;<\/em> and Coaches<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1870 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/DraftInsiders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/College_Football_Natl_Championship_logo.svg_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"96\" \/> Top 25 Teams \u2013 Week Nine<\/h3>\n<h4>Bama and Clemson Head Tops<br \/>\nIrish Rested For Playoff Push<br \/>\nLSU Joins Top Four Rankings<\/h4>\n<h4><em>\u00a0Players of Week<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Offense &#8211; QB Kyler Murray &#8211; Oklahoma<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Defense \u2013 LB Austin Robinson \u2013 Houston<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Team of the Week \u2013 Michigan beats Michigan St, Washington St beats Oregon<br \/>\nUpset of the Week \u2013 Purdue beats Ohio St<\/p>\n<p>Games of Week Nine \u2013 Georgia (6-1) vs Florida (6-1) at Jacksonville, Fl<br \/>\nWashington St (6-1) at Stanford (5-2)<\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Support Hurricane Michael Relief Fund<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Go to\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RedCross.org\">www.RedCross.org<\/a>\u00a0 to donate money or time<\/em>\/strong&gt;<br \/>\n<strong><em>DraftInsiders.com supports all Emergency Relief efforts worldwide along with Breast Cancer for over 25 years.<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Top 25 Teams &#8211; Week Eight<br \/>\n<em>Draft Insiders\u2019 Rankings<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Rank\/ Team\/ Record<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1 Alabama &#8211; 8-0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2 Clemson &#8211; 7-0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3 Notre Dame &#8211; 7-0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4 LSU\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; 7-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5 UCF\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; 7-0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>6 Michigan &#8211; 7-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>7 Georgia &#8211; 6-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>8 Texas &#8211; 6-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>9 Ohio St &#8211; 7-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>10 Oklahoma &#8211; 6-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>11 Florida &#8211; 6-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>12 West Virginia &#8211; 5-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>13 Kentucky &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 6-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>14 Washington St &#8211; 6-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>15 Washington &#8211; 6-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>16 Cincinnati &#8211; 6-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>17 South Florida &#8211; 7-0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>18 Iowa &#8211; 6-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>19 Oregon &#8211; 5-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>20 Texas A&amp;M &#8211; 5-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>21 North Carolina St &#8211; 5-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>22 Stanford &#8211; 5-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>23 Penn St &#8211; 5-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>24 Wisconsin &#8211; 5-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>25 Utah &#8211; 5-2<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Coaches Top 25 Poll<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank\/ Team \/ Record \/ Points<\/strong><br \/>\n1 Alabama (60)\u00a0 8-0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1548<br \/>\n2 Clemson (2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1488<br \/>\n3 Notre Dame\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1409<br \/>\n4 LSU\u00a0\u00a0 7-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1352<br \/>\n5 Michigan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1228<br \/>\n6 Georgia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1207<br \/>\n7 Texas 6-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1146<br \/>\n8 Oklahoma\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1075<br \/>\n9 Ohio State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1030<br \/>\n10 UCF 7-0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1008<br \/>\n11 Florida\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 968<br \/>\n12 West Virginia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 794<br \/>\n13 Washington\u00a0 6-2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 729<br \/>\n14 Kentucky\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 689<br \/>\n15 Washington State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 633<br \/>\n16 Penn State\u00a0\u00a0 5-2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 606<br \/>\n17 Texas A&amp;M\u00a0 5-2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 583<br \/>\n18 Iowa 6-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 447<br \/>\n19 Wisconsin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5-2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 430<br \/>\n20 South Florida\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 390<br \/>\n21 Oregon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5-2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 383<br \/>\n22 NC State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 222<br \/>\n23 Stanford\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5-2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 180<br \/>\n24 Utah 5-2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 107<br \/>\n25 Miami\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5-2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 95<\/p>\n<p>Dropped from rankings: Cincinnati 21, Colorado 25<br \/>\nOthers receiving votes: Appalachian State 78, Utah State 63, San Diego State 62, Houston 30, Cincinnati 30, Fresno State 22, Mississippi State 18, Virginia 17, Auburn 13, Colorado 9, Buffalo 9, Army 8, Duke 8, Texas Tech 8, Purdue 7, UAB 6, South Carolina 5, Virginia Tech 4, Syracuse 3, Georgia Southern 2, Michigan State 1<\/p>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/DraftInsiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Printer Friendly<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Draft Insiders&#8217; 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