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College football rankings: Projecting Week 3 AP Top 25

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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There likely won’t be a lot of movement in the Associated press poll headed into Week 3 as there weren’t many major victories or heartbreaking upsets of note in on Saturday.

Kentucky ended a 31-game losing streak by defeating No. 25 Florida and No. 3 Georgia flexed its muscle against No. 24 South Carolina. No. 10 Stanford took care of business against No. 17 USC, as well.

No. 2 Clemson got a scare from unranked Texas A&M, but the Tigers clung to a two-point victory in College Station.

Here’s what we expect the AP poll to look like on Sunday afternoon:

  1. Alabama def. Arkansas State 57-7
  2. Clemson def. Texas A&M 28-26
  3. Georgia def. No. 24 South Carolina 41-17
  4. Ohio State def. Rutgers 52-3
  5. Wisconsin def. New Mexico 45-14
  6. Oklahoma def. UCLA 49-21
  7. Auburn def. Alabama St. 63-9
  8. Stanford def. No. 17 USC 17-3
  9. Notre Dame def. Ball State 24-16
  10. LSU def. SE Louisiana 31-0
  11. Washington def. North Dakota 45-3
  12. Virginia Tech def. William & Mary 62-17
  13. Penn State def. Pitt 51-6
  14. West Virginia def. Youngstown St. 52-17
  15. Michigan State (currently leading Arizona State)
  16. TCU def. SMU 42-12
  17. Mississippi St. def. Kansas St. 31-10
  18. Boise St. (currently leading UConn)
  19. UCF def. South Carolina St. 38-0
  20. Michigan def. Western Michigan 49-3
  21. Miami (FL) def. Savannah St 77-0
  22. Oregon def. Portland St. 62-14
  23. USC lost to No. 8 Stanford 17-3
  24. Utah def. NIU 17-6
  25. Oklahoma St. def. South Alabama 55-13
Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB