When you see polls with wild week-to-week swings, it generally means the voters are reacting to the latest results rather than thinking through the process. If they have the rankings right, the teams in fact shouldn't move much, as you will note week to week later in the year as the season progresses.
Remember as you follow the poll that since both the Pac-12 and Big 12 had a request from Boise State to join their respective leagues and they did not invite the Broncos, the "strength-of-schedule" argument does not work against Boise State for those two conferences, and thus their teams will always be ranked behind Boise State with the same number of losses. As it should be. You can't deny a team a place in your conference and then complain about their strength of schedule.
A team that beats another head-to-head on the field will always be ranked ahead of that team if they have the same record. As it should be. If the winner of that game has more losses, further evaluation regarding the closeness and location of the game needs to take place, as well as week-to-week evaluation of all season results.
1-1-1-1-1. Notre Dame (7-0, edged BYU 17-14; biggest wins over #16 Stanford, #19 Michigan, BYU and Michigan State)
12-10-4-4-2. Florida (7-0, annihilated South Carolina 44-11; biggest wins over #6 LSU, #13 South Carolina and Texas A&M)
2-2-3-3-3. Alabama (6-0, turned back Tennessee 44-13; biggest win over #19 Michigan)
13-11-7-5-4. Kansas State (7-0, whipped #14 West Virginia 55-14; biggest wins over #10 Oklahoma, #14 West Virginia and Iowa State)
4-4-2-2-5. Oregon (7-0, idle this week; biggest wins over Washington, Arizona and Fresno State)
6-5-8-6-6. LSU (7-1, edged Texas A&M 24-19; biggest wins over #13 South Carolina, Texas A&M and Washington, lost to #2 Florida)
20-17-15-8-7. Oregon State (6-0, defeated Utah 21-7; biggest wins over #25 UCLA, BYU, Wisconsin and Arizona)
7-6-10-9-8. Georgia (6-1, got by Kentucky 29-24; biggest win over Tennessee, lost to #13 South Carolina)
15-13-11-10-9. Boise State (6-1, downed UNLV 32-7; biggest wins over BYU and Fresno State, loss to Michigan State)
17-19-16-11-10. Oklahoma (5-1, pounded Kansas 52-7; biggest wins over #11 Texas Tech and #15 Texas, loss to #4 Kansas State)
-------------12-11. Texas Tech (6-1, beat #24 TCU 56-53 in three overtimes; biggest wins over #13 West Virginia, #24 TCU and Iowa State, lost to #10 Oklahoma)
16-18-17-15-12. USC (6-1, throttled Colorado 50-6; biggest win over Washington, loss to #16 Stanford)
8-7-5-7-13. South Carolina (6-2, was slaughtered by #2 Florida 44-11; biggest win over #8 Georgia, losses to #2 Florida and #6 LSU)
11-8-6-9-14. West Virginia (5-2, was rocked by #4 Kansas State 55-14; biggest wins over #15 Texas and Baylor, lost to #4 Kansas State and #11 Texas Tech)
5-3-9-14-15 Texas (5-2, outlasted Baylor 56-50; biggest wins over Oklahoma State and Baylor, lost to #10 Oklahoma and #14 West Virginia)
3--16-13-16-16. Stanford (5-2, defeated California 21-3; biggest win over #12 USC, losses to #1 Notre Dame and Washington)
10-9-14-18-17 Florida State (5-1, downed Miami of Florida 23-13; biggest win over #20 Clemson, loss to North Carolina State)
18-20-19-19-18. Louisville (7-0, survived South Alabama 27-25; biggest win over North Carolina)
21-25-23-23-19. Michigan (5-2, defeated Michigan State 12-10 in the final seconds; biggest win over Michigan State, losses to #1 Notre Dame and #3 Alabama)
15-23-20-20-20. Clemson (6-1, blasted Virginia Tech 38-17; biggest win over Virginia Tech, loss to #18 Florida State)
20-24-21-21-21. Rutgers (7-0, defeated Temple 35-10; biggest win over South Florida)
------------22-22. Mississippi State (7-0, beat Middle Tennessee 45-3; biggest win over Tennessee)
----------------23. Ohio (7-0), edged Akron 34-28; biggest win over Penn State)
14-12-18-17-24. TCU (5-2, lost 56-53 to #11 Texas Tech in three overtimes; biggest win over Baylor, lost to #11 Texas Tech and Iowa State)
23-21-25-25-25. UCLA (5-2, did not play; biggest win over Nebraska, lost to #7 Oregon State and California)
Dropped Out: Washington
Also Considered: Texas A&M (5-2), Nebraska (5-2), Toledo (7-1), Tulsa (7-1), Utah State (6-2), Fresno State (5-3), Northern Illinois (7-1)
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