Post Week 6 Polls

The new polls have come out after the Week 6 Mayhem. As might be expected, there’s been some reshuffling of the teams on the list. Several are out and a few are back in after a brief hiatus. I’ll give the new listings from the AP Writers’ Poll and The Coaches’ Poll.

#1 LSU (6-0) This week the Tigers are at #17/18 Kentucky (5-1)

#2 California Bears (5-0) at home against Oregon State (3-3)

#3 Ohio State (6-0) at home versus Kent State (3-3)

#4 Boston College (6-0) faces Notre Dame (1-5) in South Bend in the Catholic Bowl

#5/6 South Florida (5-0) at home against Central Florida (3-2)

#6/5 Oklahoma (5-1) on the road against #11 Missouri (5-0)

#7/12 South Carolina (5-1) on the road against North Carolina (2-4)

#8/9 West Virginia (5-1) is idle this week

#9/8 Oregon (4-1) is back in action at home against Washington State (2-4)

#10/7 Southern California (4-1) faces Arizona (2-4) at home

#11 Missouri (5-0) is at h9ome against Texas Tech (5-1)

#12/10 Virginia Tech (5-1) on the road to Duke (1-5)

#13/14 Florida (4-2) is idle this week

#14/13 Arizona State (6-0) is at home against Washington (2-3)

#15/17 Cincinnati (6-0) host Louisville (3-3)

#16 Hawaii (6-0) plays Friday night at San Jose State (3-3)

#17/18 Kentucky (5-1) goes to Baton Rouge to face #1 LSU (6-0)

#18/19 Illinois (5-1) heads to Iowa (2-4)

#19/15 Wisconsin (5-1) travels to Happy Valley to face Penn State (4-2)

#20 Kansas (5-0) hosts Baylor (3-3)

#21 Florida State (4-1) is idle this week

#22/25 Auburn (4-2) plays at Arkansas (3-2)

#23/22 Texas (4-2) travels to Iowa State (1-5)

#24/23 Georgia (4-2) visits Vanderbilt (3-2)

#25/NR Tennessee (3-2) goes to Mississippi State (4-2)

NR/24 Purdue (5-1) goes to Michigan (4-2)


New to the list this week are Kansas, Illinois, Florida State, Auburn and Tennessee. Some of these were on the list previously but dropped out due to a loss—or two.

Gone from the list this week are Rutgers, Clemson, Kansas State, UCLA, and Nebraska.