UPDATE: In this morning’s updated USA Today Coaches’ Poll, BYU also climbs three spots to #9, passsing Oklahoma State, Ohio State, and Boise State. There’s still a significant gap–about 100 points–between BYU and the teams tied at #7, LSU and California.
BYU, as expected, moved past Oklahoma St. (dropped to #16) and Ohio St. (#11) to #7 in this morning’s updated AP poll, 23 points behind Penn St. and Ole Miss, who are tied at #5.
Other items of interest:
- TCU climbed past the plunging OSU Cowboys to #15. A certain other Mountain West team dropped a spot to #18, despite winning on the road. Climbing past them is Cincinatti, who has outscored their first two opponents by a total of 99 points.
- The only other BYU opponents receiving votes are CSU and FSU, who racked up a total of three points.
- The only teams currently ranked above BYU that play each other this season are Alabama and Ole Miss. If one of those two and Florida go undefeated, they’ll have to play eachother in the SEC championship game. No likely upsets in the top six next week, but there are a few games of interest: Tennessee @ #1 Florida, #3 USC @ Washington, and Texas Tech @ #2 Texas. These games are all probably easier than BYU’s vs. Florida State.
