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Cowboys Drop Just One Spot in AP Poll Following Bedlam Loss

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The Cowboys suffered a gut-wrenching loss to Oklahoma and are now just hoping things fall right for a chance at redemption in the Big 12 title game. But Bedlam was just one of several ranked-on-ranked matchups that went down this weekend.

Let’s take a look at Saturday’s impact on the polls.

Week 11 AP Top 25
RANK TEAM First Place Points Last week
1 Alabama 56 1520 1
2 Georgia 5 1468 2
3 Notre Dame – 1357 5
4 Clemson – 1289 6
5 Oklahoma – 1258 8
6 Wisconsin – 1256 4
7 Miami – 1220 9
8 TCU – 1087 10
9 Washington – 1061 12
10 Auburn – 875 16
11 Ohio State – 781 3
12 Oklahoma State – 766 11
13 Michigan State – 760 24
14 Central Florida – 736 15
15 USC – 718 17
16 Penn State – 717 7
17 Virginia Tech – 537 13
18 Mississippi State – 464 21
19 Washington State – 420 25
20 Memphis – 376 22
21 Michigan – 184  –
22 South Florida – 177  –
23 West Virginia – 163  –
24 Iowa State – 155  –
25 Iowa – 147  –

Here is a look at the Coaches Poll.

Week 11 Amway Coaches Poll Top 25
Rank Team First place Points Last Week
1 Alabama 64 1624 1
2 Georgia – 1560 2
3 Wisconsin – 1392 4
4 Clemson – 1379 5
5 Notre Dame – 1367 8
6 Miami – 1326 6
7 Oklahoma – 1314 9
8 Washington – 1154 11
9 TCU – 1143 12
10 Auburn – 900 15
11 Ohio State – 881 3
12 Central Florida – 854 14
13 Penn State – 817 7
14 USC – 778 17
15 Oklahoma State – 764 10
16 Michigan State – 609 26
17 Virginia Tech – 555 13
18 Mississippi State – 462 22
19 Memphis – 457 21
20 Washington State – 376 27
21 South Florida – 306 23
22 Michigan – 261 24
23 Iowa State – 150 16
24 NC State – 149 19
25 LSU – 136 20
Who Jumped up?

Oklahoma used its Bedlam win and loss by Ohio State to climb right into the top 5 in the AP poll. The Sooners only moved up two spots in the Coaches poll after beating that same poll’s 10th-ranked team on the road.

Who dropped off?

Two Big Ten teams suffered road losses and fell out of the top 10. Ohio State was embarrassed by unranked Iowa in Iowa City behind a four-interception outing by then Heisman hopeful J.T. Barrett. Penn State lost on a walk-off field goal in a game that saw a 3-plus hour weather delay and dropped from 7th to 16th.

Interestingly enough, Oklahoma State only dropped one spot in the AP voting (11 to 12) after its Bedlam loss. The coaches dropped the Pokes from 10 to 15.

Conference Outlook

All the Big 12 carnage. West Virginia knocked Iowa State from 14 to 24 and stepped into the 23rd spot. TCU is back up to No. 8 after its win over Texas.

More importantly, the two teams tied for first (TCU and OU) face off in Norman this weekend and two of the three teams tied for third (OSU, Iowa State) play in Ames. Both of those teams have already played West Virginia, the third second-place team.

Basically, the league might cannibalize itself in over these 2-3 weeks, but Oklahoma is in the driver’s seat if it beats TCU.

Here’s a look at OSU in the polls this year.

Preseason Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14
AP No. 10 No. 11 No. 9 No. 6 No. 15  No. 15  No. 14  No. 10  No. 11  No. 11  No. 12  No.  No.  No.
Coaches No. 11 No. 10 No. 8 No. 7 No. 14  No. 14  No. 14  No. 11  No. 12  No. 10  No. 15  No.  No.  No.
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