Where Michigan football ranks in AP, Coaches Poll after Week 6
Michigan football is 6-0 after a 21-point road win over Indiana (3-3) but fell out of the top four in the AP Poll for the first time in four weeks while remaining fourth in the Coaches Poll.
The Wolverines weren't the only team punished for a win in Week 6. Alabama (6-0) fell two spots in the AP Poll from No. 1 to No. 3 after a 24-20 win over Texas A&M (3-3). The Crimson tide were 27-point favorites. Georgia (6-0), a week removed from escaping Missouri (2-4) on the road, is back at No. 1.
Elsewhere in the Big Ten, the AP Poll put Ohio State (6-0) over Alabama at No. 2, while Penn State (6-0) stayed at No. 10, and Illinois (5-1) continued its rapid ascension this season, ranked 24th.
No. 11 UCLA (6-0) and No. 16 Mississippi State (5-1) each vaulted seven spots, while No. 20 Utah (4-2) and No. 22 Kentucky (4-2) dropped nine spots.
The table is set for the Wolverines' first ranked matchup of the season against Penn State in Ann Arbor. With the Nittany Lions ranked 10th in both polls, it will be the first top-10 matchup at Michigan Stadium since last year's Ohio State game.
Here is the Coaches and AP poll in full:
Coaches Poll
1. Alabama
2. Georgia
3. Ohio State
4. Michigan
5. Clemson
6. USC
7. Oklahoma State
8. Tennessee
9. Ole Miss
10. Penn State
11. Oregon
12. UCLA
13. NC State
14. Wake Forest
15. TCU
16. Kansas State
17. Mississippi State
18. Syracuse
19. Utah
20. Kansas
21. Cincinatti
22. Kentucky
23. Baylor
24. Texas
25. North Carolina
AP Poll
1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Alabama
4. Clemson
5. Michigan
6. Tennessee
7. USC
8. Oklahoma State
9. Ole Miss
10. Penn State
11. UCLA
12. Oregon
13. TCU
14. Wake Forest
15. NC State
16. Mississippi State
17. Kansas State
18. Syracuse
19. Kansas
20. Utah
21. Cincinnati
22. Kentucky
23. Texas
24. Illinois
25. James Madison
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