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One week ago in this rankings update, we reminded you CARNAGE WEEK had not yet arrived, but it would soon. Well, here we are: college football’s first CARNAGE WEEK of 2018 just struck. No. 2 Georgia got manhandled by LSU, No. 6 West Virginia caught Ames Madness, No. 7 Washington got knocked out of the Playoff by its suddenly burly archrival, No. 8 Penn State took a Dantonio special, and so on.
In the long term, this weekend will really matter. In the short term, much of the top-25 rankings will look brand new.
Below, we’ve collected updated college football rankings heading into Week 8.
The usual disclaimers apply. The only college football ranking that matters in the end is the Playoff selection committee’s ranking on Selection Sunday, and the committee can change its mind suddenly. It doesn’t even start to release weekly Playoff rankings until around Halloween.
We’ve updated each of the following top-25 rankings as they’ve released, and explanations for each of these top 25s is below the table.
Only one of these rankings is made by anyone at SB Nation, so please don’t yell at me personally about any of them, unless that would make you very happy. Only top-25 rankings are listed, though most of these go beyond 25 teams. See below for links.
Week 8 college football rankings
| Team | AP | S&P+ | Massey | Sagarin | Coaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | AP | S&P+ | Massey | Sagarin | Coaches |
| Alabama, 7-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ohio State, 7-0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Clemson, 6-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Notre Dame, 7-0 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| LSU, 6-1 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Michigan, 6-1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Texas, 6-1 | 7 | - | 11 | 16 | 8 |
| Georgia, 6-1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Oklahoma, 5-1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| UCF, 6-0 | 10 | 8 | 17 | - | 9 |
| Florida, 6-1 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| Oregon, 5-1 | 12 | - | - | - | 11 |
| West Virginia, 5-1 | 13 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 13 |
| Kentucky, 5-1 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 17 |
| Washington, 5-2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 14 |
| NC State, 5-0 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 15 |
| Texas A&M, 5-2 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
| Penn State, 4-2 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 16 |
| Iowa, 5-1 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| Cincinnati, 6-0 | 20 | - | 25 | - | 21 |
| USF, 6-0 | 21 | - | - | - | 20 |
| Mississippi State, 4-2 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 13 | - |
| Wisconsin, 4-2 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 19 | |
| Michigan State, 4-2 | 24 | - | 24 | 24 | - |
| Washington State, 5-1 | 25 | - | - | - | 23 |
| Duke, 5-1 | - | - | 14 | 25 | - |
| Utah, 4-2 | - | - | 21 | 14 | - |
| Stanford, 4-2 | - | - | 22 | - | 24 |
| Texas Tech, 4-2 | - | - | 23 | - | - |
| Appalachian State, 4-1 | - | 11 | - | 23 | - |
| Auburn, 4-3 | - | 23 | - | - | - |
| Fresno State, 5-1 | - | 12 | - | 22 | - |
| Oklahoma State, 4-3 | - | 25 | - | - | - |
| Colorado, 5-1 | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| Miami, 5-2 | - | 17 | 21 | - |
The Associated Press Top 25
The historical gold standard of human polls. Releases Sundays at 2 p.m. ET.
Bill Connelly’s S&P+ ratings
SB Nation’s favored college football advanced stat, which tends to perform well against the Vegas spread, along with offering much deeper evaluations of teams. Usually releases Sunday afternoon.
The Massey composite
Every poll and rating smashed into one continually updating ranking, more or less. Yep, there are dozens and dozens of weekly CFB rankings! We’ll update it a couple times throughout Sunday.
The Sagarin ratings
A long-running computer ranking that also includes FCS teams. Usually releases early Sunday.
The USA Today Coaches Poll
Doesn’t matter much, and often is more a poll of PR directors than actual coaches.