Danny Kanell’s latest top 12 after Week 6 comes with a fresh batch of shakeups after a wild weekend across college football.
Georgia sits where it probably should after beating Alabama in a hard-fought game, and the Crimson Tide land at No. 10 on Kanell’s list. Alabama is one of only two SEC teams in the rankings, with Texas joining Georgia and the Tide at No. 12.
Behind the Bulldogs, Indiana checks in at No. 2. UCLA follows at No. 3 after stunning Oregon in Eugene, while Miami holds the fourth spot and Notre Dame rounds out the top five.
Indiana’s place near the top comes after the Hoosiers barely survived Nebraska’s upset bid, in a game that served as another reminder of how these two programs can go in opposite directions. The Huskers, as the weekend showed again, found another winnable game that slipped away.
Ohio State lands at No. 6, then comes a run of Big 12 teams: Utah at No. 7, BYU at No. 8 and Texas Tech at No.
- Kanell sees BYU as the best team in the conference after Bear Bachmeier and the Cougars knocked off Iowa State on Friday night to move to 5-0.
Iowa is the other big surprise in the top 12, coming in at No. 11 between Alabama and Texas. The Hawkeyes earned that spot with a Friday night blowout of Washington in Seattle.
The ranking reflects just how much changed after Week 6, and the schedule ahead has plenty more chances to shake things up. Next week brings Florida at Texas, BYU at Notre Dame, Indiana at Ohio State, Alabama at Tennessee and Mississippi State at LSU.
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