Cards #3 in AP, #4 in Coaches Poll

Mark BlankenbakerSeptember 18, 2016

The Polls were released Sunday afternoon. The Cards came in at #3 & #4 in the AP & Coaches Poll’s respectively. The College Football playoff poll doesn’t begin publishing until November, but presently the Cards are in perfect position to participate in the College Football playoffs this New Year’s Eve!

ASSOCIATED PRESS

(###) Number of first place votes


1	Alabama (50) SEC Record: 3-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,510
2	Ohio State (4) Big Ten Record: 3-0	3 1,442
3	Louisville (6) ACC Record: 3-0	10 1,406
4	Michigan (1) Big Ten Record: 3-0	4 1,277
5	Clemson ACC Record: 3-0	5 1,258
6	Houston The American Record: 3-0	6 1,245
7	Stanford Pac-12 Record: 2-0	7 1,195
8	Michigan State Big Ten Record: 2-0	12 1,084
9	Washington Pac-12 Record: 3-0	8 1,040
10	Texas A&M SEC Record: 3-0	17 890
11	Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 3-0	9 828
12	Georgia SEC Record: 3-0	16 726
13	Florida State ACC Record: 2-1	2 722
14	Tennessee SEC Record: 3-0	15 707
15	Miami (FL) ACC Record: 3-0	25 565
16	Baylor Big 12 Record: 3-0	21 529
17	Arkansas SEC Record: 3-0	24 528
18	LSU SEC Record: 2-1	20 517
19	Florida SEC Record: 3-0	23 479
20	Nebraska Big Ten Record: 3-0	– 420
21	Texas Big 12 Record: 2-1	11 196
22	San Diego State Mountain West Record: 3-0	– 183
23	Mississippi SEC Record: 1-2	19 172
24	Utah Pac-12 Record: 3-0	– 154
25	Oklahoma Big 12 Record: 1-2	14 139

COACHES POLL

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 4

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	1ST PLACE VOTES	PREV	CHANGE	HI/LOW
1	Alabama	3-0	1571	59	1	0	1/1
2	Ohio State	3-0	1482	3	4	2	2/5
3	Clemson	3-0	1405	1	3	0	2/3
4	Louisville	3-0	1331	0	10	6	4/23
5	Michigan	3-0	1302	0	5	0	5/8
6	Stanford	2-0	1273	0	6	0	5/7
7	Houston	3-0	1235	0	7	0	7/13
8	Michigan State	2-0	1156	0	8	0	8/11
9	Washington	3-0	1065	0	9	0	9/18
10	Wisconsin	3-0	872	0	12	2	10/16
11	Georgia	3-0	847	0	13	2	9/16
12	Tennessee	3-0	805	0	15	3	10/15
13	Texas A&M	3-0	791	0	20	7	13/24
14	Florida State	2-1	742	0	2	-12	2/14
15	Baylor	3-0	658	0	19	4	15/21
16	Florida	3-0	598	0	23	7	16/25
17	Louisiana State	2-1	522	0	22	5	6/22
18	Arkansas	3-0	500	0	24	6	18/24
19	Miami	3-0	441	0	25	6	19/25
20	Nebraska	3-0	373	0	NR	0	20/20
21	Texas Christian	2-1	166	0	17	-4	12/21
21	Mississippi	1-2	166	0	17	-4	12/21
23	Utah	3-0	155	0	NR	0	23/23
24	Texas	2-1	143	0	16	-8	16/24
25	Iowa	2-1	140	0	11	-14	10/25

*Hi/Low Rankings

Hi/Low = The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a “NR” (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.

Others Receiving Votes

Oklahoma 106; North Carolina 95; San Diego State 87; UCLA 81; Boise State 62; Oregon 50; Oklahoma State 46; Arizona State 34; South Florida 32; Georgia Tech 28; Notre Dame 23; West Virginia 19; Western Michigan 16; Minnesota 11; Navy 10; California 6; Central Michigan 6; Toledo 6; Maryland 4; Memphis 4; Kansas State 4; Army 2; Auburn 2; Western Kentucky 2.