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Fan Pulse: Week 8

See where the Tigers fall in the Fan’s vote.

By Adam Henderson
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: OCT 19 LSU at Mississippi State Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Before the season, we kindly asked you to participate in SB Nation’s FanPulse weekly rankings. This is basically a poll voted on by you, the fans, instead of stuffy old sportswriters, which allows for more insight into how the common fan feels about the current season.

Confidence

The Mothership is in meetings this week so we don’t have the pretty graphics card for you, but 100% of LSU fans participating in the survey said that they were confident in the direction the program is in. This is the fourth time this year that the results have come back completely positive.

Of note: 82.6% of Auburn fans responded with confidence, way up from 63.2 last week.

Top 25

  • LSU holds firm at second, still slotted behind Alabama.
  • Wisconsin drops from sixth to 12th, but Auburn holds firm at eighth.
  • Last week Boise was hard-capped at 13. With the loss they fall all the way to 22nd, with SMU taking their place.
  • Minnesota and Baylor, two undefeated P5 teams, are slotted at 14th and 17th.
  • The Minnesota blog voted the Gophers 12th and the Baylor blog voted the Bears 11th, for what that’s worth.
  • Two-loss Michigan hangs on to their Top 25 status by a hair.
  • Curiously, enough. Roll Bama Roll AND College and Mag voted LSU #1. So did Alligator Army, Burnt Orange Nation, and Dawg Nation.
  • Blogs that didn’t vote LSU in the top two: Florida State, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Miami, Michigan State, Nebraska, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin,
  • Blogs that didn’t vote LSU in the playoff four: Washington State. What the hell, guys. I thought y’all were cool.

Here’s how y’all voted:

  1. LSU
  2. Alabama
  3. Ohio State
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Clemson
  6. Penn State
  7. Auburn
  8. Georgia
  9. Florida
  10. Notre Dame
  11. Oregon
  12. Wisconsin
  13. SMU
  14. Minnesota
  15. Texas
  16. Baylor
  17. Utah
  18. Cincinnati
  19. App State
  20. Wake Forest
  21. Arizona State
  22. Boise State
  23. Virginia
  24. San Diego State
  25. Memphis (6-1)

Lagniappe

Here are what the readers of SB Nation’s array of sites are most excited for this weekend:

  • 38.9%: Auburn at LSU
  • 34%: Wisconsin at Ohio State
  • 13.7%: Notre Dame at Michigan
  • 5.5%: North Dakota State at South Dakota State
  • 4.5%: Washington State at Oregon
  • 3.5%: Penn State at Michigan State