FB Week 4: Top three tightens up, four new teams enter

Another weekend of big matchups in college football sees the SMP’s top three get closer, as Georgia, Alabama and Ohio State all receive multiple first-place votes. Minnesota, Pitt, Florida State and Kansas enter the rankings.

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RankTeamPointsRecordTrend
1 43 Georgia14784-0
212 Alabama14374-0
35 Ohio State14024-0
4Michigan12914-0
5Clemson12384-0+1
6USC11354-0+1
7Tennessee10834-0+4
8Oklahoma State10484-0
9Kentucky10054-0
10North Carolina State8704-0+3
11Utah8273-1+1
12Penn State7874-0+2
13Oregon6193-1+4
14Ole Miss6094-0+2
15Oklahoma6033-1-10
16Baylor6023-1-1
17Texas A&M5603-1+2
18Washington5164-0+3
19Arkansas4433-1-9
20Minnesota3594-0NR
21BYU3483-1-1
22Wake Forest2693-1-4
23Pitt2203-1NR
24Florida State1244-0NR
25Kansas1174-0NR
Italicized numbers to the left of school names signify number of first-place votes

New entrants: Minnesota (20), Pitt (23), Florida State (24), Kansas (25)

Dropped out: Florida (22), Texas (23), Miami (FL) (24), Michigan State (25)

Receiving votes: Kansas State (116), Cincinnati (78), Texas (42), Florida (40), Texas Tech (38), Syracuse (31), UCLA (21), LSU (20), Notre Dame (16), Wisconsin (15), TCU (14), Washington State (13), Oregon State (12), James Madison (10), Coastal Carolina (8), Michigan State (8), Mississippi State (7), Air Force (7), Maryland (6), Miami (FL) (3), Iowa State (1)

A full breakdown of individual ballots cast by each voter can be found here.

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