Poll movement last week:
Percent of AP Poll points by conference:
Big movers
Up:
Texas A&M +8.5 pts/poll, for beating Notre Dame, crazy how much poll movement there is on a real coinflip of a game that literally could have gone either way on one play
Georgia Tech +6.5, for beating Clemson, also on the last play
Vandy +6.0, for whipping South Carolina
Ole Miss +4.0, on a close win, at home, over Arkansas... ???, maybe just primarily the benefit of Clemson, Notre Dame and South Carolina falling, also jumped Tennessee who lost to Georgia in OT.
Utah +3.1, Alabama +3.0, Texas Tech +2.8, Mizzou +2.8, Auburn +2.6, FSU +2.3, Oklahoma +2.3
Down:
Clemson -13.7, seems harsh to me for a last second loss, notable that it's >2x the size of Georgia Tech's gain, and primarily SEC teams were sitting in the 10-25 range where they all soak up the votes that Clemson was getting. Aggressively, rough result for the ACC on the ballots for Georgia Tech to win that one.
Notre Dame -13.6, So interesting that the drop is so harsh for the outcome in these super tight games if you already have another tough loss. It will be interesting to see if Tennessee takes a big drop if they lose a second close one, like Clemson and Notre Dame did this week.
South Carolina: -13.0, Nice to see the fall be similar sized for an SEC team losing a conference game, a lot of the poll shift on the conference level just does seem to come from which conference is crowding the ranks in the teens.
USF -5.6, they needed to be closer to Miami to hang on more ballots.
Texas -2.4, The mystique of Arch has worn off.
Really interested to see the rise/fall for Utah and Texas Tech for whatever comes out of that matchup, and compare it to Auburn/Oklahoma and Indiana/Illlinois.
Big 10 probably benefits from USC taking care of Michigan State in that matchup of 3-0 teams.
Coming off of 6 point and 7 point wins against middling to bad SEC teams, Ole Miss's support should be a little shaky, what happens if they play close with Tulane?
TCU vs SMU is a key matchup for the Big XII's profile.
The winner of ASU/Baylor needs to keep winning through the rest of the season as well.