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2016 college football rankings, Week 8

The Latest rankings are out.

By nickdempsey

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There were plenty of close calls across college football but not much in the way of shakeups across the AP and Coaches poll. Utah and Washington are the only Pac-12 teams in the rankings this week as the conference remains chaotic.

AP Poll

  1. Alabama
  2. Ohio State
  3. Michigan
  4. Clemson
  5. Washington
  6. Texas A&M
  7. Louisville
  8. Nebraska
  9. Baylor
  10. Wisconsin
  11. Houston
  12. West Virginia
  13. Florida State
  14. Boise State
  15. Florida
  16. Oklahoma
  17. Arkansas
  18. Tennessee
  19. Utah
  20. Western Michigan
  21. Auburn
  22. North Carolina
  23. Ole Miss
  24. Navy
  25. LSU

Coaches Poll

  1. Alabama
  2. Ohio State
  3. Clemson
  4. Michigan
  5. Washington
  6. Texas A&M
  7. Louisville
  8. Baylor
  9. Nebraska
  10. Wisconsin
  11. Houston
  12. Florida
  13. West Virginia
  14. Boise State
  15. Florida State
  16. Oklahoma
  17. Arkansas
  18. Utah
  19. Tennessee
  20. Western Michigan
  21. North Carolina
  22. Ole Miss
  23. LSU
  24. Auburn
  25. Navy

rankings used here

The Associated Press Top 25: The longest-running and best-respected human poll. Didn't have any official bearing on the latter years of the BCS, and doesn't have any official bearing on the Playoff. Most outlets (including SB Nation) will use the AP's rankings as the standard until the committee takes over in November, though. Usually comes out on Sundays about 2 p.m. ET.

The USA Today Coaches Poll: Formerly part of the BCS, and now just a poll. It tends to react more cautiously than the AP's. Though polling athletic departments in order to rank other athletic departments is dubious, we still want multiple human polls in here, and this is the other big one. Releases early Sunday afternoons.

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