College Football Rankings 2014: Twitter Reacts to AP and Amway Week 5 Polls

After a weekend of close calls for top teams, one major upset and the usual unpredictability and excitement that college football brings, both the Amway coaches poll and Associated Press poll were released Sunday. 

And, as always, there were plenty of strong opinions to follow. 

But first, let's take a look at the polls. Here's the AP poll:

Ranking	Team (First-Place Votes)	Points	Previous	B/R Top 25
1	Florida State (34)	1439	1	Oregon
2	Oregon (12)	1400	2	Florida State
3	Alabama (6)	1377	3	Alabama
4	Oklahoma (4)	1343	4	Oklahoma
5	Auburn	1268	5	Auburn
6	Texas A&M (4)	1232	6	Texas A&M
7	Baylor	1143	7	Baylor
8	Notre Dame	967	9	Notre Dame
9	Michigan State	905	11	Michigan State
10	Ole Miss	889	10	Ole Miss
11	UCLA	806	12	UCLA
12	Georgia	789	13	Georgia
13	South Carolina	764	14	South Carolina
14	Mississippi State	706	NR	Mississippi State
15	Arizona State	702	15	Stanford
16	Stanford	564	16	Arizona State
17	LSU	541	8	BYU
18	USC	459	17	USC
19	Wisconsin	451	19	LSU
20	BYU	376	21	Wisconsin
21	Nebraska	296	24	Nebraska
22	Ohio State	196	23	East Carolina
23	East Carolina	180	NR	Ohio State
24	Oklahoma State	132	25	Clemson
25	Kansas State	131	20	Oklahoma State

And here is the coaches poll:

Rank	Team	Points
1	Florida State (36)	1494
2	Alabama (11)	1466
3	Oklahoma (12)	1425
4	Oregon (3)	1403
5	Auburn	1316
6	Baylor	1213
7	Texas A&M	1197
8	Notre Dame	1022
9	Michigan State	920
10	UCLA	899
11	Ole Miss	875
12	Arizona State	792
13	Georgia	768
14	Stanford	657
15	South Carolina	630
16	Mississippi State	523
17	Wisconsin	518
18	LSU	514
19	Nebraska	433
20	Ohio State	407
21	BYU	381
22	USC	309
23	Duke	155
24	East Carolina	153
25	Kansas State	128

The biggest storyline this week was arguably Mississippi State jumping into the rankings, as Ralph D. Russo of The Associated Press noted:

And Knox Bardeen of Fox Sports South was happy to see the team also pop up in the coaches poll:

"

Mississippi State jumps into coaches poll at No. 16 with win over LSU. I'd just like to say ... about time.

— Knox Bardeen (@KnoxonFox) September 21, 2014"

Meanwhile, Hugh Kellenberger of The Jackson Clarion-Ledger noted that a bit of history was made Sunday:

Of course, the SEC West had a pretty darn good day in both polls. Stewart Mandel of Fox Sports notes its big performance in the AP poll:

Meanwhile, former Alabama quarterback and current SEC Network broadcaster Greg McElroy noted its strong showing in the coaches poll:

But enough of the SEC West love. While there was never bound to be much movement near the top of the rankings outside of LSU, there were a few surprises nonetheless. John Coon of The Associated Press noted one:

And Jon Solomon of CBS Sports pointed out a few more:

The last tweet points out one of the stranger instances that always seem to pop up on a yearly basis: Team A beats Team B and each team has the same amount of losses, but Team B is ranked higher. Huh? How does that work?

Folks making the polls will claim it's a look at an overall resume. Perhaps. Or maybe teams are always punished that lose later in the season than teams that lose early. That has always felt closer to the truth. 

The top of both sets of rankings seems likely to remain pretty much the same next week, barring a major upset. However, a few games—namely UCLA facing Arizona State and Missouri taking on South Carolina—could shake things up a little further down.

As always, it should be another fun week of action.