Derek Walker

Derek, the study in contrasts had a plain week: Michigan fell out of the poll and cost 30, Notre Dame and Houston moved up a spot apiece, Texas Tech slipped one, and the entry went from 82nd to 245th at 179. The three most-held teams on the entry are still worth 166 between them; the fourth ranked team is what went missing.

South Carolina is still the unranked pick the ratings desk likes best, 15th in FPI now, with 19 votes and a home game against Towson. California lost its opener and goes to Syracuse. Clemson has no votes after Baton Rouge. The game that changes this entry is Michigan against No. 11 Oklahoma in Ann Arbor, nine entries on the visitors, 69 on the home side.