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The first major poll of the 2014 season is out, and your Baylor Bears are now ranked #9 in the land following South Carolina's tumble from the ranks of the top 10. The full poll below.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | FIRST PLACE VOTES | PREVIOUS RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State Seminoles | 1-0 | 1541 | 57 | NR |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1-0 | 1432 | NR | |
| 3 | Oklahoma Sooners | 1-0 | 1407 | 2 | NR |
| 4 | Oregon Ducks | 1-0 | 1358 | 2 | NR |
| 5 | Auburn Tigers | 1-0 | 1289 | NR | |
| 6 | Michigan State Spartans | 1-0 | 1141 | NR | |
| 7 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 1-0 | 1114 | NR | |
| 8 | Georgia Bulldogs | 1-0 | 1108 | 1 | NR |
| 9 | Baylor Bears | 1-0 | 1018 | NR | |
| 10 | Stanford Cardinal | 1-0 | 999 | NR | |
| 11 | UCLA Bruins | 1-0 | 964 | NR | |
| 12 | LSU Tigers | 1-0 | 912 | NR | |
| 13 | Texas A&M Aggies | 1-0 | 895 | NR | |
| 14 | USC Trojans | 1-0 | 713 | NR | |
| 15 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 1-0 | 605 | NR | |
| 16 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 1-0 | 502 | NR | |
| 17 | Ole Miss Rebels | 1-0 | 438 | NR | |
| 18 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 1-0 | 384 | NR | |
| 19 | Wisconsin Badgers | 0-1 | 373 | NR | |
| 20 | Kansas State Wildcats | 1-0 | 370 | NR | |
| 21 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 0-1 | 272 | NR | |
| 22 | Missouri Tigers | 1-0 | 189 | NR | |
| 23 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 1-0 | 168 | NR | |
| 24 | Clemson Tigers | 0-1 | 155 | NR | |
| 25 | Texas Longhorns | 1-0 | 150 | NR | |
| Others Receiving Votes:Oklahoma State 106; Florida 84; Louisville 73; Mississippi State 72; Michigan 59; Washington 51; Duke 47; Brigham Young 26; Iowa 23; TCU 23; Minnesota 16; Louisiana-Lafayette 13; Marshall 11; Virginia Tech 11; West Virginia 7; Cincinnati 7; Arizona 6; Oregon State 5; Pittsburgh 2; Rutgers 2; Northern Illinois 2; Colorado State 2; Texas Tech 2; Temple 1; Boise State 1; Memphis 1. | |||||
The Big 12 is well-represented on this list, with OU at #3, Baylor at #9, Kansas State at #20, and Texas at #25. Oklahoma State is the first team out at 26, followed by TCU at 35.
I'll update this post when the AP Poll becomes available in a couple of hours.
AP Poll:
| AP | Coaches | Sagarin | |
| 1 | Florida State (46) | Florida State (57) | Oregon |
| 2 | Alabama (1) | Alabama | Alabama |
| 3 | Oregon (5) | Oklahoma (2) | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Oklahoma (2) | Oregon (2) | Florida State |
| 5 | Auburn | Auburn | Texas A&M |
| 6 | Georgia (2) | Michigan State | Georgia |
| 7 | Michigan State | Ohio State | Stanford |
| 8 | Ohio State | Georgia (1) | Baylor |
| 9 | Texas A&M (2) | Baylor | Auburn |
| 10 | Baylor | Stanford | Michigan State |
| 11 | UCLA | UCLA | UCLA |
| 12 | LSU (1) | LSU | Ohio State |
| 13 | Stanford | Texas A&M | LSU |
| 14 | USC | USC | USC |
| 15 | Ole Miss | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
| 16 | Notre Dame | Arizona State | Wisconsin |
| 17 | Arizona State | Ole Miss | Florida |
| 18 | Wisconsin | Nebraska | Kansas State |
| 19 | Nebraska | Wisconsin | South Carolina |
| 20 | Kansas State | Kansas State | Clemson |
| 21 | South Carolina | South Carolina | Ole Miss |
| 22 | North Carolina | Missouri | Washington |
| 23 | Clemson | North Carolina | Oklahoma State |
| 24 | Missouri | Clemson | Texas |
| 25 | Louisville | Texas | Arizona State |
This one probably isn't going to make Baylor fans as happy...