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Clemson is No. 5 in the AP Poll, dropping one spot.
Clemson is No. 5 in the AP Poll, dropping one spot.

Clemson falls in AP Poll


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Four teams in the AP top-10 went down on Saturday and that meant some movement.

Clemson fell a spot to No. 5 after Michigan topped previous-No. 10 Penn State and Tennessee topped previous-No. 3 Alabama at home.

The new top-5 is Georgia then Ohio State, Tennessee, Michigan and then Clemson.

Syracuse topped previous-No. 15 NC State at home to move to No. 14 before the battle of unbeatens in Death Valley at noon on Saturday (ABC broadcast).

The ACC has five ranked teams total with Wake Forest (13), North Carolina (22) and NC State (23) in there as well.

AP Top 25 - 10/16

1. Georgia (31)

2. Ohio State (17)

3. Tennessee (15)

4. Michigan

5. Clemson

6. Alabama

7. Ole Miss

8. TCU

9. UCLA

10. Oregon

11. Oklahoma State

12. USC

13. Wake Forest

14. Syracuse

15. Utah

16. Penn State

17. Kansas State

18. Illinois

19. Kentucky

20. Texas

21. Cincinnati

22. North Carolina

23. NC State

24. Miss. State

25. Tulane

Others receiving votes: Purdue 95, LSU 87, UCF 13, South Carolina 13, Kansas 12, James Madison 6, Oregon State 6, Maryland 5, South Alabama 4, Liberty 2, Arkansas 1, Minnesota 1, Florida State 1

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TigerNet News®
spacer Sounds about right due to no style points.***
ClemBert
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Deanster®
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Jcantrell86®
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josephg®
spacer Definitely disagree
TigersAndCubs
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Jcantrell86®
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Clemgalalways®
spacer no arguments from me
tgrfan42069
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Orangemania91
spacer It’s quite simple…
ACMETiger00
spacer i think the problem comes in
tgrfan42069
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Clemson_country89®
spacer yep tcu and ucla losing one
tgrfan42069
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Orangemania91
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TigerByWater
spacer One of these days… Maybe this year or it may be within the next few years
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speedracer®
spacer Well, then it is clear that the AP Poll is stupid.
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spacer UT belongs in the Top 4***
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spacer true story***
CM Shack®
spacer If the only game they drop is to the #1 team, they should
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spacer wow what a convincing argument you just made...
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InletTiger15®
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spacer No one cares. It’s the bcs rankings that will count. We’ve always been about right there.
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