Pre Week 8 College Football Report

The reshuffled polls are out and there are several teams that made huge jumps up and a few that have leapt off the polls.
(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 8 after their wins/losses in Week 67. The Week 7 rankings are after the team’s name. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked)

There are several key matchups between Top 25 teams this week: Missouri at Texas, Kansas at Oklahoma, Vanderbilt at Georgia, and Michigan State at Ohio State. Those games alone mean there will be further changes in the rankings come next Sunday. These polls are almost as volatile as those for the presidential race.

1/1/1 Texas (5/5/5) The Longhorns host the #11 Missouri team on Saturday.

2/2/2 Alabama (2/4/2) The Crimson Tide hosts Ole Miss.

3/3/3 Penn State (6/6/6) The Nittany Lions host Michigan.

4/6/4 Oklahoma (1/1/1) The Sooners host #16 Kansas.

5/7/8 Florida (11/12/12) The Gators have the week off.

6/4/6 Southern California (8/9/8) The Trojans are on the road against Washington State.

7/5/5 Texas Tech (7/7/9) The Red Raiders play at Texas A&M.

8/10/10 Oklahoma State (17/17/18) The Cowboys host Baylor.

9/8/7 Brigham Young (9/8/7) The Cougars play at TCU on Thursday night.

10/9/9 Georgia (10/10/11) The Bulldogs host #22 Vanderbilt.

11/12/12 Missouri (3/2/3) The Tigers play at #1 Texas.

12/11/11 Ohio State (12/11/10) The Buckeyes play at #20 Michigan State.

13/14/14 LSU (4/3/4) The Tigers are at South Carolina.

14/13/13 Utah (14/13/13) The Utes host Colorado State.

15/16/15 Boise State (15/16/16) The Broncos host the Rainbow Warriors of Hawaii.

16/15/16 Kansas (16/15/15) The Jayhawks play at #4 Oklahoma.

17/18/17 Virginia Tech (18/18/17) The Hokies are at Boston College.

18/21/19 North Carolina (22/NR/21) The Tar Heels are at Virginia.

19/20/18 South Florida (19/20/19) The Bulls host the Syracuse Orange.

20/17/22 Michigan State (23/19/24) The Spartans host #12 Ohio State.

21/19/20 Wake Forest (21/21/23) The Demon Deacons are at Maryland.

22/23/NR Vanderbilt (13/14/14) The Commodores are at #10 Georgia.

23/NR/21 Pittsburgh (24/NR/22) The Panthers are at Navy.

24/25/25 Ball State (25/NR/NR) The Cardinals have the week off.

25/22/NR California (NR/25/NR) The Golden Bears play at Arizona.

NR/24/ NR TCU TCU plays host to #9 BYU on Thur.

NR/NR/24 Tulsa Tulsa plays at Texas-El Paso.


Gone from the list this week: Auburn, Northwestern, and Wisconsin.