Tennant groggily gets out of bed, downs a glass of water in an attempt to soothe his headache (yelling a lot is not good for the yet, it turns out), and makes coffee.
Good morning, er afternoon, er whatever time it is, I don't care. Let's look at the polls.
Hey, Baylor is still in the Top Ten of the Coaches Poll! Ahead of TCU! And then there are Ole Miss and Mississippi State in there...? Yeah, this poll is useless.
| Coaches | S&P+ | Massey | |
| 1 | Clemson (28) | Clemson | Clemson |
| 2 | Ohio State (32) | Alabama | Alabama |
| 3 | Alabama (4) | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 4 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Notre Dame | Michigan | Notre Dame |
| 6 | Iowa | Notre Dame | Oklahoma State |
| 7 | Oklahoma | Baylor | Florida |
| 8 | Florida | Florida State | Iowa |
| 9 | Michigan State | Ole Miss | Baylor |
| 10 | Baylor | Florida | TCU |
| 11 | TCU | USC | Stanford |
| 12 | North Carolina | Navy | Michigan |
| 13 | Michigan | LSU | Michigan State |
| 14 | Houston | West Virginia | LSU |
| 15 | Stanford | Stanford | Houston |
| 16 | Florida State | Bowling Green | North Carolina |
| 17 | LSU | UCLA | Navy |
| 18 | Utah | Wisconsin | Utah |
| 19 | Navy | NC State | USC |
| 20 | Wisconsin | Oklahoma State | Florida State |
| 21 | Northwestern | Tennessee | Ole Miss |
| 22 | Oregon | Western Kentucky | Wisconsin |
| 23 | Washington State | Arkansas | Memphis |
| 24 | USC | Mississippi State | Mississippi State |
| 25 | Ole Miss (T-25) | Washington | Tennessee |
| 25 | Mississippi State (T-25) |
Overall, the drop wasn't that bad.