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Here are your Week 8 rankings. Ohio State and Baylor hold the top two spots in both the Amway Coaches Poll and the AP Top 25. Baylor is closing the gap with 12 first-place votes in both polls. Beyond those two top teams, the polls get a little more congested with TCU, Utah, Michigan State, LSU and Clemson concluding the top seven in various orders.
The AAC twist on these polls is significant this week. Memphis continued their impressive season by upsetting Ole Miss (previously No. 13 in the AP and No. 12 in the Coaches) in Memphis. The Tigers are now tied for No. 17 in the Coaches Poll and No. 18 in the AP Top 25. Houston is now getting some love as well in both polls, ranking No. 22 in the Coaches Poll and No. 21 in the AP Poll. Cincinnati will play Houston this season. Temple has finally cracked both polls as well with a No. 24 ranking in the Coaches and No. 22 in the AP.
Beyond the suddenly heavy AAC presence in the lower part of the polls, Navy (who Cincinnati will not face this season unless they somehow meet in the AAC Championship) has nine votes in the Coaches Poll. The Cincinnati loss to BYU helped the Cougars remain in the hunt for each poll. BYU received nine votes in the Coaches Poll and 21 in the AP Poll.
| Coaches | AP | |
| 1 | Ohio State (45) | Ohio State (28) |
| 2 | Baylor (12) | Baylor (12) |
| 3 | TCU (4) | Utah (16) |
| 4 | Michigan State | TCU (3) |
| 5 | LSU (1) | LSU (1) |
| 6 | Clemson | Clemson (1) |
| 7 | Utah (1) | Michigan State |
| 8 | Alabama | Alabama |
| 9 | Florida State | Florida State |
| 10 | Notre Dame | Stanford |
| 11 | Stanford | Notre Dame |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | Iowa |
| 13 | Iowa | Florida |
| 14 | Florida | Oklahoma State |
| 15 | Oklahoma | Texas A&M (T-15) |
| 16 | Texas A&M | Michigan (T-15) |
| 17 | Memphis (T-17) | Oklahoma |
| 18 | Michigan (T-17) | Memphis |
| 19 | Cal | Toledo |
| 20 | Toledo | Cal |
| 21 | Duke | Houston |
| 22 | Houston | Temple |
| 23 | Ole Miss | Duke |
| 24 | Temple | Ole Miss |
| 25 | Georgia | Pitt |
Others receiving votes (AP Top 25): Mississippi St. 62, BYU 21, UCLA 18, North Carolina 17, Texas Tech 14, Georgia 12, W. Kentucky 11, Arizona St. 10, Boise St. 8, Wisconsin 8, Utah St. 7, Northwestern 4
Other receiving votes (Coaches): Mississippi State 38; Wisconsin 37; Pittsburgh 32; North Carolina 30; UCLA 30; Texas Tech 14; Navy 9; Brigham Young 9; Illinois 5; Oregon 5; Western Kentucky 5; Utah State 5; Washington State 5; Northwestern 4; Marshall 3; Arizona 2; Boise State 2; Bowling Green 1.