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New week, new rankings from the Coaches Poll and the AP Polls. The 12-0 Iowa Hawkeyes -- seriously, take a moment and let that sit in -- didn't move up in the rankings this week, although that was to be expected after the teams ahead of them -- Clemson and Alabama -- avoided losses on Saturday. Iowa stayed at #3 in the Coaches Poll (where they're also still receiving that wonderfully weird first-place vote), but dropped down a spot to #4 in the AP Poll. Oklahoma moved ahead of Iowa after the Sooners bludgeoned their in-state rivals, Oklahoma State, 58-23.
| AP | Coaches | |
| 1 | Clemson (53) | Clemson (58) |
| 2 | Alabama (8) | Alabama (5) |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Iowa (1) |
| 4 | Iowa | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Michigan State | Michigan State |
| 6 | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 7 | Stanford | Stanford |
| 8 | North Carolina | North Carolina |
| 9 | Notre Dame | Florida State |
| 10 | Florida State | Notre Dame |
| 11 | TCU | TCU |
| 12 | Baylor | Baylor |
| 13 | Northwestern | Northwestern |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
| 15 | Oregon | Florida |
| 16 | Ole Miss | Oregon |
| 17 | Houston | Ole Miss |
| 18 | Florida | Houston |
| 19 | Michigan | Michigan |
| 20 | Temple | Utah |
| 21 | Utah | Temple |
| 22 | Navy | Navy |
| 23 | LSU | LSU |
| 24 | USC | USC |
| 25 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
As always, the AP and Coaches Polls don't particularly matter all that much, especially this late in the season. The rankings that matter -- from the College Football Playoff committee -- will be released on Tuesday and odds are good that they'll be unchanged from what they were a week ago, when Iowa was fourth behind Clemson, Alabama, and Oklahoma.
But hey -- this has been a ridiculously enjoyable season and it's still a gas to see Iowa ranked so highly in so many polls. Let's just keep enjoying it.