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With a decisive 38-17 win over Wisconsin in Week 5, there was assuredly no way that Michigan football wouldn’t move up in the rankings in the eyes of the college football coaches.
Though the Badgers are now 1-3 on the season, the fact that the Wolverines hadn’t won in Madison since 2001, had typically looked bad on the road against the top tier of Big Ten teams certainly would play a part in the latest AFCA Coaches Poll, powered by USA TODAY Sports. Also, several teams ahead of the No. 14 Wolverines lost: No. 3 Oregon to unranked Stanford, No. 7 Notre Dame to No. 8 Cincinnati, No. 9 Florida to No. 23 Kentucky, No. 11 Arkansas to No. 2 Georgia, No. 12 Ole Miss to No. 1 Alabama, and No. 13 Texas A&M to unranked Mississippi State.
So how far would Michigan move up? Could it make a jump all the way into the top 10? Turns out, yes, as the Wolverines now clock in at No. 8. They still have games against No. 7 Ohio State, No. 4 Penn State, and No. 11Michigan State remaining.
Here are the full rankings:
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Full rankings:
| Rank | Team | Record | PTS | 1st | Prev | Chg | Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 5-0 | 1623 | 63 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| 2 | Georgia | 5-0 | 1562 | 2 | 2 | — | 2/5 |
| 3 | Iowa | 5-0 | 1429 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3/18 |
| 4 | Penn State | 5-0 | 1397 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4/20 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 5-0 | 1380 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 3/5 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 4-0 | 1358 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6/10 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 4-1 | 1172 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3/12 |
| 8 | Michigan | 5-0 | 1125 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8/NR |
| 9 | Oregon | 4-1 | 1000 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 3/12 |
| 10 | Brigham Young | 5-0 | 968 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10/NR |
| 11 | Michigan State | 5-0 | 911 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11/NR |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 5-0 | 798 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12/23 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | 4-1 | 777 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 7/13 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 5-0 | 758 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 14/NR |
| 15 | Coastal Carolina | 5-0 | 699 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 15/24 |
| 16 | Arkansas | 4-1 | 652 | 0 | 11 | -5 | 11/NR |
| 17 | Mississippi | 3-1 | 629 | 0 | 12 | -5 | 12/25 |
| 18 | Florida | 3-2 | 464 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 9/18 |
| 19 | Auburn | 4-1 | 463 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 19/NR |
| 20 | Wake Forest | 5-0 | 441 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 20/NR |
| 21 | Clemson | 3-2 | 288 | 0 | 19 | -2 | 2/21 |
| 22 | NC State | 4-1 | 257 | 0 | NR | 6 | 22/NR |
| 23 | Texas | 4-1 | 256 | 0 | NR | 3 | 15/NR |
| 24 | Southern Methodist | 5-0 | 142 | 0 | NR | 8 | 24/NR |
| 25 | Arizona State | 4-1 | 141 | 0 | NR | 12 | 21/NR |
Schools dropped out
Others receiving votes
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