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Watching the Polls: Week 2

By Matthew Tennant
SMU v Baylor Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Week two is in the books and, following a somewhat lackluster overpowering of the Mustangs, your Baylor Bears come in at No. 19 in the Coaches Poll and No. 21 in the AP Poll. Honestly, I wouldn’t have expected much different even if the Bears had beat SMU 70-7; the pollsters don’t really reward Baylor for beating down teams they are supposed to beat down. As for the rest of the polls, there was some shake up at the top, with Flordia State overtaking Clemson following a poor showing from the Tigers against a Troy team that went 4-8 last season.

At the bottom end of the polls, there is some controversy with Oklahoma State’s exclusion after they lost on an incredible Hail Mary hook-and-ladder that should never have happened. Unfortunately for the Pokes, the play will not be overruled and the loss will stand. It appears the pollsters have decided to view the game as a loss as well. TCU also dropped out of the Top 25 with their weird-in-a-way-that-only-a-Patterson-Bielema-game-could-be loss.

Coaches Poll

  1. Alabama Crimson Tide
  2. Florida State Seminoles
  3. Clemson Tigers
  4. Ohio State Buckeyes
  5. Michigan Wolverines
  6. Stanford Cardinal
  7. Houston Cougars
  8. Michigan State Spartans
  9. Washington Huskies
  10. Louisville Cardinals
  11. Iowa Hawkeyes
  12. Wisconsin Badgers
  13. Georgia Bulldogs
  14. Oklahoma Sooners
  15. Tennessee Volunteers
  16. Texas Longhorns
  17. Mississippi Rebels
  18. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  19. Baylor Bears
  20. Texas A&M Aggies
  21. Oregon Ducks
  22. LSU Tigers
  23. Florida Gators
  24. Arkansas Razorbacks
  25. Miami Hurricane

Big 12 RV: TCU, Oklahoma State, West Virginia

AP Poll

  1. Alabama Crimson Tide
  2. Florida State Seminoles
  3. Ohio State Buckeyes
  4. Michigan Wolverines
  5. Clemson Tigers
  6. Houston Cougars
  7. Stanford Cardinal
  8. Washington Huskies
  9. Wisconsin Badgers
  10. Louisville Cardinals
  11. Texas Longhorns
  12. Michigan State Spartans
  13. Iowa Hawkeyes
  14. Oklahoma Sooners
  15. Tennessee Volunteers
  16. Georgia Bulldogs
  17. Texas A&M Aggies
  18. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  19. Mississippi Rebels
  20. LSU Tigers
  21. Baylor Bears
  22. Oregon Ducks
  23. Florida Gators
  24. Arkansas Razorbacks
  25. Miami Hurricane

Thoughts? Did Okie State deserve to stay in the Top 25? Is Texas the real deal? Let us hear in the comments below.

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