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The Michigan State Spartans continue to get wins this season and so once again, have moved up in both the Associated Press Poll and USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll. Following yet another win on the road against a tough Big Ten opponent in Indiana, and improving to 7-0 on the season, the Spartans enter this week at No. 7 in the Coaches Poll and No. 9 in the AP Poll.
Moving up #GoGreen pic.twitter.com/h4bKsxp7Om
— Michigan State Football (@MSU_Football) October 17, 2021
Let us all take a second to remember last week’s poll results where Iowa was ranked No. 2 in both the AP and Coaches Polls and a lot of people were making fun of the overreaction to the Penn State win. Man did that ranking not last long.
AP Poll
This week’s AP Top-25 Poll features four Big Ten teams all ranked inside the top-10 of the rankings thanks to Iowa falling nine spots to No. 11. For the first time since 2007, Purdue also just barely squeaked into the rankings at No. 25, though perhaps the Boilermakers are really No. 2 in our hearts with this gem of a tweet yesterday:
We just beat the No. 2 out of Iowa.
— Purdue Football (@BoilerFootball) October 16, 2021
Big Ten teams are in bold.
Full AP Results:
- Georgia (63 first-place votes)
- Cincinnati
- Oklahoma
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Michigan
- Penn State
- Oklahoma State
- Michigan State
- Oregon
- Iowa
- Ole Miss
- Notre Dame
- Coastal Carolina
- Kentucky
- Wake Forest
- Texas A&M
- NC State
- Auburn
- Baylor
- SMU
- San Diego State
- Pittsburgh
- UTSA
- Purdue
Others Receiving Votes:
Clemson 64, Utah 43, Arkansas 29, Brigham Young 21, Air Force 19, Iowa State 14, Louisiana-Lafayette 13, Arizona State 7, Florida 7, Texas 5, UCLA 4, Houston 2, LSU 2, Virginia 1.
USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll
The Big Ten also has four teams inside the top-10 of the Coaches Poll (Big Ten teams in bold). Iowa dropped nine spots as well, falling out of the top-10. Purdue did not vault into the top-25 here, however, with a far more measured reaction registering the Boilermakers merely in the receiving votes columns.
Full Coaches Poll Results:
- Georgia (65 first-place votes)
- Oklahoma
- Cincinnati
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Michigan
- Michigan State
- Penn State
- Oklahoma State
- Oregon
- Iowa
- Ole Miss
- Notre Dame
- Kentucky
- Wake Forest
- Coastal Carolina
- Texas A&M
- NC State
- SMU
- Baylor
- San Diego State
- Auburn
- Pittsburgh
- Clemson
- UTSA
Schools that Dropped Out:
No. 17 Florida; No. 19 Arkansas; No. 20 Brigham Young; No. 22 Arizona State.
Others Receiving Votes:
Iowa State 38; Utah 35; Arkansas 31; Florida 23; Brigham Young 23; Air Force 20; UL Lafayette 18; Arizona State 18; Purdue 16; Houston 11; Virginia 6; Texas 4; Louisiana State 2; Fresno State 1.