The Big Ten has earned a air of respect from the Associated Press Top 25 voters usually reserved for the SEC.
Jim Delany‘s conference registered three of the top five slots in this week’s poll -- No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan and, after Louisville’s slaughter at Houston, No. 5 Wisconsin.
Alabama, of course, retained the top spot.
The full poll:
- Alabama -- 1,525 total points (61 first-place votes)
- Ohio State -- 1,455
- Michigan -- 1,370
- Clemson -- 1,347
- Wisconsin -- 1,255
- Washington -- 1,220
- Oklahoma -- 1,169
- Penn State -- 1,091
- Colorado -- 997
- Oklahoma State -- 868
- Louisville -- 830
- USC -- 811
- Florida -- 703
- Western Michigan -- 701
- Florida State -- 661
- Auburn -- 613
- Nebraska -- 593
- Houston -- 490
- West Virginia -- 448
- Boise State -- 389
- Utah -- 280
- Texas A&M -- 253
- Washington State -- 186
- Tennessee -- 133
- LSU -- 84