Around the league: Week 6
| NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 9, 2011 |
| RK | LW | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L | Media Rank |
| 1 | 1 | Oregon (33) | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | Stanford (22) | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | Auburn (2) | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | Wisconsin (1) | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | Oklahoma State (1) | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 8 | Michigan State (1) | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | Alabama | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | 7 | Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | TCU (1) | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | 14 | Missouri | 5 | 0 | 7 |
Week 6 results
#7 Oklahoma defeated #16 Texas 24-7
#10 Ohio State welcomed #17 Nebraska to the Big 10 with a 35-12 beating
#4 Auburn slipped past #15 Arkansas 31-28 in OT
#18 Penn State defeated #26 Iowa 21-9
There are currently 15 undefeated teams.
In addition to the top 10 there are: #12 Missouri (5-0), #14 Penn State (6-0), #23 Cincinnati (5-0), #25 Ole Miss (5-0), Louisville (5-0), Illinois (5-0), and Southern Miss (6-0).
Illnois plays #11 Ohio State next week, and Louisville and Cincinnati play, so there is a maximum of 14 undefeated teams at the end of next week.