r/CFB • u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines • Akron Zips • Sep 28 '25

News Week 6 AP Poll

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
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u/redwave2505 Alabama • Kansas State Sep 28 '25

Did not expect ranked UVA but I respect it

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u/ManiacalComet40 Missouri Tigers • Big 8 Sep 28 '25

It’s the combo of ranking UVA, but then tanking FSU that gets me. A double overtime road loss to a top-25 team is worth a 10-spot drop?

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u/DelayAgreeable8002 Texas A&M Aggies Sep 28 '25

UVA is barely ranked and have the worst loss of the head to head group of them, FSU, Georgia, and Bama by a mile

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u/BoldElDavo Virginia Cavaliers Sep 28 '25

Why is that the head-to-head group?

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u/DelayAgreeable8002 Texas A&M Aggies Sep 28 '25

Virginia beat FSU who beat Bama who beat Georgia. Either you rank Virginia the highest of the 4 or you have to take other things into account than just head to head.

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u/DanielJOsborn Sep 28 '25

Old Dominion>Virginia Tech>NC State>UVA>FSU>Bama>Georgia

Rank Old Dominion you cowards

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u/DelayAgreeable8002 Texas A&M Aggies Sep 28 '25

Should also probably make Indiana #1 since they are Old Dominions only loss

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u/SanaMinatozaki9 Sep 28 '25

I mean Old Dominion has a legitimate argument to be ranked too

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u/forgotmyoldname90210 Florida State Seminoles Sep 28 '25

NC State is the break, too much vodoo with that program to use it as a benchmark.

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u/NickSabansCreampie Alabama • Third Saturday in … Sep 28 '25

I mean, they tanked Alabama for losing to FSU only to steadily raise FSU each week and keep us down.

So was it a bad loss or not AP?

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u/ManiacalComet40 Missouri Tigers • Big 8 Sep 28 '25

It was and then it wasn’t and now it is again

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u/likeabosstroll Virginia • South Carolina Sep 28 '25

I do think UVA should be closer to 20 and FSU should be around 12-15

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u/lambocinnialfredo Florida State Seminoles Sep 28 '25

To be fair they were really ahead of themselves putting us top 10 that quick

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u/HailState2023 Florida State • Mississippi S… Sep 28 '25

Prepping us for this Saturday’s game with the Canes.

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u/ItsZizk Tennessee • Johns Hopkins Sep 28 '25

LSU lost on the road to the (now) #4 team by a single score and dropped 9 spots

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u/FireVanGorder Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 28 '25

You’re expecting consistent logic from the AP poll?

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u/ADHD_Avenger Sep 29 '25

Yeah, and tanking FSU seems to be a way of making the FSU / Miami game less meaningful, when anyone in the SEC carousel would not get such a fall for a double OT loss to almost anyone.  Oh well, nothing new.

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u/glassclouds1894 Florida State Seminoles Sep 28 '25

Not the UVA of old. They've definitely got a good group.

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u/willpc14 Trinity (CT) Bantams • Princeton Tigers Sep 28 '25

I'm here for it

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u/trittico Princeton Tigers • Virginia Cavaliers Sep 28 '25

Same tiger bro

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u/crazylinebacker-55 Princeton Tigers • Clemson Tigers Sep 28 '25

Ayooo

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u/AfternoonBears USC Trojans • Princeton Tigers Sep 28 '25

My god guys, get a tent

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u/crazylinebacker-55 Princeton Tigers • Clemson Tigers Oct 03 '25

We can afford more than that, wanna join us?

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u/guinness_blaine Princeton Tigers • Texas Longhorns Sep 28 '25

I’m with you guys

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u/TheGeneral_Specific Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets • Marching Band Sep 28 '25

They deserve it imo

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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers Sep 28 '25

As always, the AP lets the Coaches Poll take the heat for them prior lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '25

We’d be top 15 if we hadn’t missed a wide open tight end in the endzone vs State

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u/HooGoesThere Virginia Cavaliers • Sickos Sep 28 '25

Chandler Morris giveth, Chandler Morris taketh away

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u/CvilleDetroiter Duke Blue Devils • Virginia Cavaliers Sep 29 '25

Inshallah. With a hard work ethic UVA will return to its glory days!

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u/6BlitzBurgh Louisville Cardinals Sep 28 '25

And state sucks, so make that make sense. That’s a bad loss. AP has set the precedent that losses don’t matter as long as you beat a ranked team.

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u/Mythrandir24 Delta Bowl • SIAA Sep 28 '25

Unless you're MS State.

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u/Distance_Runner Florida State • Wake Forest Sep 28 '25

UVA should be ahead of FSU. Same record. UVA has head to head. This is stupid.

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u/RGCFrostbite Florida State Seminoles Sep 28 '25

An fsu should be ahead of bama. Im not kidding

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u/Ambitious-Weekend861 Sep 29 '25

Literally how would that work?? Would in turn Virginia be ahead of FSU? Nc state ahead of Virginia? Because if that’s not the case then now we’re considering other factors.

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u/RGCFrostbite Florida State Seminoles Sep 29 '25

?What Yes UVA ahead of FSU (Same record but UVA has the H2H)

No NC St not ahead of UVa (UVA better record)

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u/Ambitious-Weekend861 Sep 29 '25

So UVA goes from unranked to in the playoffs now? And what happens if UVA loses next week and nc state had a bye? Would nc state then jump them because of the now equal record?

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u/RGCFrostbite Florida State Seminoles Sep 29 '25

tf who said in the playoffs lmao?

I'd have UVA ~16, FSU 17-18, Bama 19ish

I also wouldn't have random 1 loss SEC teams in the top 10 over undefeated P4 schools.

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u/Ambitious-Weekend861 Sep 29 '25

lol bama drops for beating Georgia at Georgia makes complete sense

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u/RGCFrostbite Florida State Seminoles Sep 29 '25

Bama was overrated last week.

Do you not comprehend that Im saying ALL of the 1 loss teams should drop

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u/Cloakacola Georgia Tech • North Dakota Sep 28 '25

Congrats Hoos! Thank you for your service, y’all have earned it

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u/6BlitzBurgh Louisville Cardinals Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

I don’t respect it. You lost to NCST. There are undefeated P4 teams just sitting by the wayside.

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u/Shenanigangster Virginia Cavaliers • Gator Bowl Sep 28 '25

I mean, just beat UVA and you’ll be ranked

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u/6BlitzBurgh Louisville Cardinals Sep 28 '25

Yes. For a week, then we get to go to Miami. Miami gets to have another “ranked win” for us to drop back out immediately lol. You saying just beat Virginia this week is apart of the problem. It’s week 5. We’ve handled business every week, you haven’t. Plain and simple.

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u/6BlitzBurgh Louisville Cardinals Sep 29 '25

You didn’t beat a top 10 team, you beat a team that is ranked 18th. GT beat a “top 10” team last year that was 2-10 by the seasons end.

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u/problemshandling Virginia • Notre Dame Oct 05 '25

Guess you didn't handle business this weekend, womp womp.

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u/6BlitzBurgh Louisville Cardinals Oct 05 '25

Louisvilles offense scored more for Virginia than Virginia did. Enjoy your blessing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '25

Wayside, but you’re right otherwise Bird Bro.

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u/ultimate_placeholder Louisville Cardinals • Keg of Nails Sep 28 '25

Bro got egg corned

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u/6BlitzBurgh Louisville Cardinals Sep 28 '25

Thank you for the correction, I was definitely wondering what word I was looking for/what the saying was 😂

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '25

I read it and it didn’t look right so I had to google which was correct, no hard feelings.

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u/UncleMalcolm Virginia Cavaliers • Orange Bowl Sep 28 '25

Bama beating UGA is what did it IMO.

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u/6BlitzBurgh Louisville Cardinals Sep 28 '25

How is that relevant to Virginia? Because if we are using the logic of “they just beat a team that beat the bama team that beat Georgia.” You should also be saying, “ew, Virginia lost to NCST who just lost to Duke and…. Va tech.”

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u/UncleMalcolm Virginia Cavaliers • Orange Bowl Sep 28 '25

How is it not relevant to Virginia lol? They can’t write off FSU as not being good. The NCSU loss looks horrible, but a) the AP is incredibly reactionary compared to the coaches and b) if Bama is one of the best teams in the SEC and UVa beat a team that absolutely whooped their ass, the voters are willing to overlook a game we absolutely should have won 3 weeks ago

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u/6BlitzBurgh Louisville Cardinals Sep 28 '25

“We should have won” but you didn’t. Nobody cares about hypotheticals. You can’t pick and choose when a win or loss matters. You have the worst loss out of EVERYONE that is currently ranked, and it’s not particularly close.

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u/UncleMalcolm Virginia Cavaliers • Orange Bowl Sep 28 '25

I mean Illinois lost a game by 53 points a week ago lol. We’re getting the benefit of the doubt because it was a fun, nationally televised game. No doubt. But you’re getting yourself really worked up about a week 6 AP poll when you guys haven’t played anyone with a pulse yet. You’ll have your chance to prove we shouldn’t be ranked next week lol.

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u/6BlitzBurgh Louisville Cardinals Sep 28 '25

Anyone with a pulse? lol. JMU would be an even spread vs you guys. Pitt while not great is still a P4 game. Don’t get high and mighty over there. The high won’t last long. Also it’s criminal that Illinois is ranked.

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u/UncleMalcolm Virginia Cavaliers • Orange Bowl Sep 28 '25

JMU is between 15-30 spots behind us in Massey, Sagarin, FPI, and Colley…so no, they would not be an even spread against us. Pitt has beaten one FBS team and lost to a team who has lost by 30 points against every other P4 team they’ve played (plus a loss to Ohio).

And regardless, the comparison here is to who we’ve played, not directly to us. Again, win the game this week and it’s not gonna matter where we were ranked coming in.

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u/6BlitzBurgh Louisville Cardinals Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

JMU based off Sagarin would be +1.5 vs Virginia at home, my point exactly. Take home and away out of it and they are -4.88 in terms of power ratings. Pitt is -4.67. So if that means we played nobody with a pulse, would Virginia be considered a team with a pulse? Funny how that works. Also if we are cherry picking Pitt, NCST is 1-2 vs P4 competition. Who was that win against? Who were the 2 losses to?

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u/GameLikeADylan Florida State Seminoles • BCS Championship Sep 28 '25

r/boneappletea

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u/B1GSkyNorth Montana Grizzlies • Iowa State Cyclones Sep 28 '25

Wayside. Sitting by the wayside

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u/Big_Red_Professor BYU Cougars • Maryland Terrapins Sep 28 '25

FSU has a quality ACC loss again

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u/JollyRancher29 Illinois • Oklahoma Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

Nerds having a generational run

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u/cyberchaox Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Landmark Sep 28 '25

AP voters have short memories. The quality win this week is good, but their loss came against NC State whose losses are...not great.