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The Associated Press released their updated college football Top 25 on Tuesday and, unbelievably, Illinois wasn’t included despite Saturday’s dominant 52-3 victory, which absolutely did not happen against a FCS team. While this news is bad enough, it’s only made worse upon realization that four teams with zero wins (Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, and LSU) somehow managed to receive votes ahead of the Fighting Illini.
AP POLL ALERT: #Bama rules, #Houston soars to No. 6, #Dawgs 9, #Badgers 10, #Texas 11; #Sooners, #LSU, #Irish tumble https://t.co/2FaVdi4Jmt
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) September 6, 2016
Ok but actually, the Orange and Blue now sit at No. 62 in S&P+ rankings. So we're probably at least two or three wins away from seeing the program appear in the 'others receiving votes' category.
Elsewhere, five teams from the Big Ten — including previously unranked Wisconsin — were included on the new list. North Carolina, Illinois’ Week 2 opponent, also dropped out of the Top 25 following their 33-24 loss to Georgia.
Week 2 College Football Rankings
| AP (Previous) | Coaches (Previous) | S&P+ | Massey | |
| 1 | Alabama (1) | Alabama (1) | Alabama | Alabama |
| 2 | Clemson (2) | Clemson (2) | Clemson | Ohio State |
| 3 | Florida State (4) | Florida State (4) | LSU | Clemson |
| 4 | Ohio State (6) | Ohio State (5) | Michigan | Stanford |
| 5 | Michigan (7) | Stanford (7) | Florida State | Florida State |
| 6 | Houston (15) | Michigan (8) | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
| 7 | Stanford (8) | Houston (13) | Ole Miss | Michigan |
| 8 | Washington (14) | Michigan State (11) | Tennessee | Houston |
| 9 | Georgia (18) | Georgia (16) | Ohio State | Tennessee |
| 10 | Wisconsin (NR) | Iowa (15) | Washington | TCU |
| 11 | Texas (NR) | Washington (18) | USC | Ole Miss |
| 12 | Michigan State (12) | TCU (14) | Oregon | LSU |
| 13 | Louisville (19) | Oklahoma (3) | Stanford | Baylor |
| 14 | Oklahoma (3) | Tennessee (10) | Georgia | Michigan State |
| 15 | TCU (13) | Louisville (23) | UCLA | Georgia |
| 16 | Iowa (17) | Wisconsin (27) | Louisville | Wisconsin |
| 17 | Tennessee (9) | Oklahoma State (19) | Notre Dame | Iowa |
| 18 | Notre Dame (10) | Ole Miss (12) | Arkansas | Oklahoma State |
| 19 | Ole Miss (5) | Baylor (21) | Baylor | Oregon |
| 20 | Texas A&M (NR) | Texas (32) | Florida | Washington |
| 21 | LSU (5) | Notre Dame (9) | Oklahoma State | Arkansas |
| 22 | Oklahoma State (21) | LSU (6) | Mississippi State | Notre Dame |
| 23 | Baylor (23) | Oregon (22) | Michigan State | Utah |
| 24 | Oregon (24) | Texas A&M (31) | Auburn | North Carolina |
| 25 | Miami (NR) | Florida (25) | TCU | Louisville |