New FanPulse Top 25 released, with Tomahawk Nation votes factored

Now that football has actually taken place, you finally have something to base your votes on, aside from sheer speculation. That’s great if your team solidified its case with a win in week one. Not so much if you’re Florida State or Tennessee.

Here’s this week’s FanPulse Top 25, based only on TN staff and reader votes, with preseason ranks parenthesized:

1. Clemson (1)
2. Alabama (2)
3. Oklahoma (4)
4. Georgia (3)
5. Ohio State (5)
6. LSU (9)
7. Michigan (6)
8. Auburn (18)
9. Texas (8)
10. Notre Dame (7)
11. Texas A&M (11)
12. Washington (12)
13. Utah (15)
14. Florida (13)
15. Penn State (14)
16. UCF (17)
17. Wisconsin (16)
18. Oregon (10)
19. Michigan State (22)
20. Iowa (19)
21. Syracuse (NR)
22. Iowa State (21)
23. Washington State (NR)
24. Stanford (NR)
25. Nebraska (24)

Dropped from the poll: Northwestern (20), Miami (23— too busy trying to attack the UF band), Virginia Tech (25)

And here’s the national poll, across 66 SB Nation college football communities:

A reminder of the aggregate preseason poll:

Remember, you can get in on the action and have your vote counted, too.