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LSU & Alabama Head For Showdown - Top Two Spots in Polls

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 07:44 — Scouting Staff

LSU & Alabama Head For Showdown - Top Two Spots in Polls - Draft Insiders.com, AP and Coaches Top 25 Teams

This is DraftInsiders.com weekly 2011 season College Poll. We will have weekly polls thru the season & postseason in our College Football Mondays blog column.

Nov. 1

Team of the Week – Stanford

Photo - Andrew Luck - Stanford

Offensive Player of the Week – QB Andrew Luck - Stanford

Defensive Player of the Week - DT Fletcher Cox – Mississippi St

Draft Insiders.com Top 25 Poll
(This year’s record in parentheses)

1. LSU (8-0)
2. Alabama (8-0)
3. Stanford (8-0)
4. Oklahoma St (8-0)
5. Boise St (7-0)
6. Oregon (7-1)
7. Oklahoma (7-1)
8. Clemson (8-1)
9. Arkansas (7-1)
10. South Carolina (7-1)
11. Nebraska (7-1)
12. Virginia Tech (7-1)
13. Michigan (8-1)
14. Houston (8-0)
15. Michigan St (6-2)
16. Penn St (8-1)
17. Arizona St (6-2)
18. Cincinnati (7-1)
19. Georgia (6-2)
20. Kansas St (7-1)
21. Wisconsin (6-2)
22. Southern Cal (6-2)
23. Georgia Tech (7-2)
24. Southern Miss (7-1)
25. West Virginia (6-2)

AP Top 25 Poll
Rank / Name / W L / Previous
1. LSU - 8 - 0 / 1
2. Alabama - 8 - 0 / 2
3. Oklahoma St - 8 - 0 / 3
4. Stanford - 8 - 0 / 4
5. Boise St. - 7 - 0 / 5
6. Oregon - 7 - 1 / 9
7. Oklahoma - 6 - 1 / 3
8. Arkansas - 7 - 1 / 10
9. Nebraska - 7 - 1 / 13
10. South Carolina - 7 - 1 / 14
11. Clemson - 8 - 1 / 8
12. Virginia Tech - 8 - 1 / 16
13. Michigan - 7 - 1 / 17
14. Houston - 8 - 0 / 18
15. Michigan St - 6-2 / 9
16. Penn St - 8-1 / 21
17. Kansas St. - 7 -1 / 10
18. Georgia - 6 -2 / 22
19. Wisconsin - 6-2 / 12
20. Arizona St. - 65 - 2 / 23
21. Southern Cal - 6-2 / 20
22. Georgia Tech - 7 - 2 / NR
23. Cincinnati - 7-1 / 24
24. West Virginia - 6 - 2 / 25
25. Auburn - 6-3 / NR

Coaches Top 25 Poll
Rank Team (first-place votes) Record

1. LSU (41) - 7-0
2. Alabama (18) - 7-0
3. Stanford - 8-0
4. Oklahoma St - 8-0
5. Boise St - 7-0
6. Oregon - 7-1
7. Oklahoma - 7-1
8. Arkansas - 7-1
9. Nebraska - 7-1
10. South Carolina - 7-1
11. Virginia Tech - 8-1
12. Clemson - 7-1
13. Michigan - 7-1
14. Houston - 8-0
15. Penn St - 8-1
16. Michigan St. - 6-2
17. Wisconsin - 6-2
18. Arizona St - 6-2
19. Kansas St - 7-1
20. Georgia - 6-2
21. West Virginia - 6-2
22. Cincinnati - 7-1
23. Georgia Tech - 7-2
24. Southern Miss - 7-1
25. Texas - 5-2

Dropped out
No. 16 Texas A&M (5-3, lost to Missouri 38-31 OT), No. 22 Texas Tech (5-3, lost to Iowa State 41-7).

Others receiving votes
TCU (6-2) 55; Auburn (6-3) 41; Washington (6-2) 38; Texas A&M (5-3) 30; Ohio State (5-3) 21; Florida State (5-3) 11; Notre Dame (5-3) 9; North Carolina (6-3) 2; Missouri (4-4) 1.

Frank Coyle is a long time member of the FWAA and voter in College player awards - Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, Thorpe and All-American teams. He writes College Football Mondays weekly during the season. He is a longtime scouting consultant for the Senior Bowl, the nation’s premier postseason All-star game. He is also a member of the FWAA and voter in College team and player awards.