AP College Football Poll 2016: Complete Week 2 Rankings Released

After rolling through USC in dominant fashion, the Alabama Crimson Tide maintained their spot atop the Associated Press' college football poll Tuesday.

As seen in this rundown of the Week 2 rankings, courtesy of the AP Top 25 Poll's official website, Bama is comfortably ahead of No. 2 Clemson after the opening week of play:

Rank	Team	Previous Rank	Points
1	Alabama	1	1,518
2	Clemson	2	1,416
3	Florida State	4	1,413
4	Ohio State	6	1,324
5	Michigan	7	1,261
6	Houston	15	1,243
7	Stanford	8	1,140
8	Washington	14	884
9	Georgia	18	877
10	Wisconsin	NR	759
11	Texas	NR	743
12	Michigan State	12	722
13	Louisville	19	686
14	Oklahoma	3	664
15	TCU	13	635
16	Iowa	17	588
17	Tennessee	9	573
18	Notre Dame	10	528
19	Ole Miss	11	493
20	Texas A&M	NR	477
21	LSU	5	423
22	Oklahoma State	21	409
23	Baylor	23	296
24	Oregon	24	242
25	Miami (FL)	NR	137

The Tide fell behind the Trojans, 3-0, only to go on a 52-3 run the rest of the way in one of the week's most impressive victories.

Several big-name schools struggled, but as the AP's Ralph D. Russo pointed out, there are no concerns when it comes to the Tide:

That is due largely to the play of freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts, who accounted for two passing touchdowns and two rushing scores and made his case to be Jake Coker's replacement.

Quarterback was the biggest question mark for Alabama entering the season, but Bleacher Report's Matt Hayes believes head coach Nick Saban has found his answer:

Alabama's win jumped off the page since it was against a USC team that was ranked 20th entering the season, but a couple of other highly touted squads, Michigan and Ohio State, improved their rankings with wins over cupcake opponents.

However, as noted by Landof10.com's Brandon Justice, decisive victories were scarce for elite programs in Week 1:

Multiple Top 10 teams learned that the hard way, as Oklahoma, LSU and Notre Dame lost to Houston, Wisconsin and Texas, respectively, which resulted in sharp drops in the rankings for the defeated sides.

Both the Badgers and Longhorns found their way into the Top 25 at No. 10 and No. 11, respectively, after being left out of the initial rankings, while the Cougars took a big leap from No. 15 to No. 6.

Houston looked like a dangerous team heading into 2016 after beating Florida State by two scores in the Peach Bowl last season. Quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate Greg Ward Jr. continued his stellar play against Oklahoma and has the Cougars looking like College Football Playoff contenders.

While many of the top teams that lost in Week 1 didn't perform well, Skip Bayless of Fox Sports 1 thought the Sooners' loss was more a case of their running into a great team:

One squad that played nowhere near its potential in Week 1 but was still fortunate enough to escape with a victory was Clemson.

The Tigers picked up a 19-13 road win over Auburn despite superstar quarterback Deshaun Watson's single passing touchdown.

Auburn had a chance to win the game with a Hail Mary attempt in the closing seconds but failed. The win wasn't pretty, but ESPN's Danny Kanell gave Clemson credit for avoiding the upset:

The opening week of the 2016 college football season was among the most unpredictable in recent memory, but there is nothing unexpected about Alabama's spot in the sport's pecking order, as the Tide look like a good bet to grab another CFP berth.

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