The Week 4 AP Football Poll was released yesterday and all the action for local schools is in the others receiving votes section of the poll. The North Carolina Tar Heels sit just outside the poll, with the most votes of any team not in the poll. The Duke Blue Devils are right next to them, also poised to make the jump into the poll. The East Carolina Pirates were included in the others receiving votes section for the first time this year. For some reason, Virginia Tech still got more votes than the Pirates did this week.
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The rest of the poll has a decidedly SEC tinge, with seven SEC teams present in the top 14. As the conference season wears on, this will probably change as those teams knock each other out. In the meantime, it is merely a ‘bragging rights’ issue. Remember that these polls do not really mean anything to the postseason.
BYU is up to #21 in the poll as the lone non-Power 5 member of the poll. East Carolina is the highest vote getter among the ‘Group of 5’ conferences now.
Week 4 AP Poll:
1. Florida State Seminoles (37)
2. Oregon Ducks (17)
3. Alabama Crimson Tide (1)
4. Oklahoma Sooners (2)
5. Auburn Tigers
6. Texas A&M Aggies (3)
7. Baylor Bears
8. LSU Tigers
9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
10. Ole Miss Rebels
11. Michigan State Spartans
12. UCLA Bruins
13. Georgia Bulldogs
Garnet and Cocky
14. South Carolina Gamecocks
15. Arizona State Sun Devils
16. Stanford Cardinal
17. USC Trojans
18. Missouri Tigers
19. Wisconsin Badgers
20. Kansas State Wildcats
21. BYU Cougars
22. Clemson Tigers
23. Ohio State Buckeyes
24. Nebraska Cornhuskers
25. Oklahoma State Cowboys
Others receiving votes: North Carolina Tar Heels 82, Duke Blue Devils 55, Mississippi St. 55, Virginia Tech 54, Penn St. 51, East Carolina Pirates 44, TCU 42, Pittsburgh 40, Florida 31, Marshall 28, Boston College 22, Washington 14, West Virginia 14, Cincinnati 10, Virginia 6, Arizona 3, Arkansas 3, N. Dakota St. 3, Louisville 2
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