The Associated Press released their updated college football rankings on Sunday afternoon, and unfortunately, there isn’t much to report from Illinois’ perspective. The Orange and Blue had a chance at sneaking into the ‘others receiving votes’ category, but their 48-23 loss to North Carolina essentially thwarted those hopes for the time being.
AP POLL ALERT: Oklahoma State out; Alabama rules; Florida State, Ohio State, Michigan move up. Full poll soon: https://t.co/txufMkNvTE
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) September 11, 2016
However, the Fighting Illini surprisingly didn’t fall too far in the new S&P+ rankings.