College football rankings: Updated NCAA Top 25 polls after Alabama, more Week 6 upsets

Bryan Murphy

College football rankings: Updated NCAA Top 25 polls after Alabama, more Week 6 upsets image

Let chaos reign. 

In Week 5, Alabama secured a statement win over one of the top programs in college football, knocking off SEC rival Georgia in a thriller in Tuscaloosa. In doing so, Alabama made its case to be the No. 1 team in the country. 

One week later, and the Crimson Tide are no longer rolling after a stunning upset at the hands of another SEC foe — Vanderbilt. The Commodores defended home turf in Nashville, handing head coach Kalen DeBoer his first loss as head coach at Alabama. 

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That wasn't the only shocking result from Week 6. There were a number of other upsets around the nation Saturday. Arkansas pulled out a victory at home against No. 4 Tennessee thanks to a late touchdown drive, No. 25 Texas A&M pummeled No. 9 Missouri at home and Washington handed No. 10 Michigan its second loss of the 2024 season. 

If there is one thing that is certain, there will be plenty of movement in the college polls this week. 

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With that, here's a look at how the AP Top 25 and Coaches Polls look entering Week 7:

College football rankings for Week 7

Coaches poll

RankTeamRecordPoints (No. 1 votes)
1Texas5-01,364 (44)
2Ohio State5-01,330 (11)
3Oregon5-01,215
4Georgia4-11,174
5Penn State5-01,163
6Miami (FL)6-01,085
7Alabama4-11,035
8Ole Miss5-1935
9Tennessee4-1856
10LSU4-1839
11Clemson4-1818
12Notre Dame4-1807
13Iowa State5-0695
14Texas A&M5-1564
15BYU5-0549
16Oklahoma4-1541
17Utah4-1479
18Missouri4-1473
19Kansas State4-1360
20Indiana6-0358
21Michigan4-2224
22Boise State4-1213
23Illinois4-1179
24Pittsburgh5-0170
25SMU5-1123

Others receiving votes: USC 102; Nebraska 68; Army West Point 36; Navy 26; Colorado 16; Kentucky 12; Arizona 12; UNLV 11; Texas Tech 8; Virginia 7; Washington 5; Liberty 5; Vanderbilt 4; Rutgers 3; Arkansas 3; Tulane 2; Louisville 2; Iowa 2; Syracuse 1; Arizona State 1;

AP Top 25

RankTeamRecordPoints (No. 1 votes)
1Texas5-01,516 (52)
2Ohio State5-01,473 (9)
3Oregon5-01,348
4Penn State5-01,305
5Georgia4-11,299
6Miami (FL)5-01,187
7Alabama4-11,182
8Tennessee4-11,001
9Ole Miss5-1978
10Clemson4-1861
11Iowa State5-0853
 Notre Dame4-1853
13LSU4-1827
14BYU5-0753
15Texas A&M5-1702
16Utah4-1473
17Boise State4-1463
18Kansas State4-1459
 Indiana6-0459
 Oklahoma4-1459
21Missouri4-1352
22Pittsburgh5-0196
23Illinois4-1182
24Michigan4-2170
25SMU5-1165

Others receiving votes: Southern Cal 98, Nebraska 51, Navy 43, Army 33, Vanderbilt 26, Arkansas 17, Washington St. 8, Iowa 8, Texas Tech 7, Syracuse 6, Washington 4, Louisville 4, Colorado 3, Kentucky 1.

Bryan Murphy

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Bryan Murphy joined The Sporting News in 2022 as the NHL/Canada content producer. Previously he worked for NBC Sports on their national news desk reporting on breaking news for the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL, in addition to covering the 2020 and 2022 Olympic Games. A graduate of Quinnipiac University, he spent time in college as a beat reporter covering the men’s ice hockey team.