Vibes are all that matters in this week’s D Poll. As the regular season reaches its penultimate week, I’ve decided that full sending on the vibes and feelings is the only way to go. This ranking has relied on the nuts and bolts that normal polls use, and now it’s time to go back to the roots of what this was all supposed to be in the first place. So, if anything confuses you — or if anything strikes you as odd — just remember that the D Poll is about vibes, more vibes, and then all the vibes.
This week’s poll sees a new No. 1 team emerge, and several other new faces pop up throughout the ranking.
The state of Texas reigns supreme with four schools from the Lone Star State making an appearance.
The SEC is probably the best league in America, and the D Poll recognizes that the vibes are pretty good in the conference that claims everything means more.
While the College Football Playoff selection committee continues to downgrade any success that the Group of 6 has, this poll doesn’t dabble in such nonsense. It welcomes any and every team that proclaims it has good vibes. It’s honestly the only correct stance.
OK, no more wasting your time with any teases. Here’s the D Poll for Week 13. How this affects the race to make the College Football Playoff is anybody’s guess. I’d wander that if your team isn’t in this ranking right now, then the chance of making it to college football’s greatest tournament is probably zero.
1. Ohio State (+2)
Week 12 result: 48-10 win vs. UCLA
2. Indiana (NM)
Week 12 result: 31-7 vs. Wisconsin
3. Georgia (+3)
Week 12 result: 35-10 win vs. Texas
4. Texas A&M (-3)
Week 12 result: 31-30 win vs. South Carolina
5. Texas Tech (-1)
Week 12 result: 48-9 win vs. UCF
6. Oklahoma (+4)
Week 12 result: 23-21 win at Alabama
7. Ole Miss (+1)
Week 12 result: 34-24 win vs. Florida
8. Oregon (-1)
Week 12 result: 42-13 win vs. Minnesota
9. BYU (+3)
Week 12 result: 44-13 win vs. TCU
10. Miami (+8)
Week 12 result: 41-7 win vs. NC State
11. Notre Dame (+2)
Week 12 result: 37-15 win at Pittsburgh
12. Alabama (-8)
Week 12 result: 23-21 loss vs. Oklahoma
13. Utah (+1)
Week 12 result: 55-28 win at Baylor
14. North Texas (NR)
Week 12 result: 53-24 win at UAB
15. Georgia Tech (NM)
Week 12 result: 36-34 win at Boston College
16. USC (NM)
Week 12 result: 26-21 win vs. Iowa
17. Vanderbilt (-6)
Week 12 result: BYE
18. Tulane (+5)
Week 12 result: 35-24 win vs. Florida Atlantic
19. Michigan (-2)
Week 12 result: 24-22 at Northwestern
20. Virginia (NR)
Week 12 result: 34-17 win at Duke
21. James Madison (+1)
Week 12 result: 58-10 win vs. Appalachian State
22. Houston (NR)
Week 12 result: BYE
23. Navy (NR)
Week 12 result: 41-38 win vs. South Florida
24. Texas (-15)
Week 12 result: 35-10 loss at Georgia
25. UConn (NR)
Week 12 result: 26-16 win vs. Air Force'