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2016 College Rankings, Week 8: West Virginia Takes Over No. 1; Duke at No. 2

Our Game Magazine‘s weekly rankings for the Top 25 DI teams in the country. Check out our preseason Top 25.

West Virgina takes over the No. 1 spot as Stanford had a tough weekend in Southern California and fell to No. 4 after a 0-3 loss to Southern California and a tough, double-overtime win over UCLA. South Carolina jumps into the top five with wins over Mississippi State and Arkansas, while Duke continues to climb and peaks at No. 2.

Prior week’s rankings in parentheses; teams without a previous ranking indicated by (NR).

Results from Last Week

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West Virginia (2)

W, 1-0, at Kansas
W, 2-0, at Iowa State

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Duke (4)

W, 1-0, at Wake Forest
W, 3-1, at North Carolina State

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South Carolina (7)

W, 1-0, at Mississippi State
W, 3-1, vs. Arkansas

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Stanford (1)

L, 0-3, at Southern California
W, 3-2, (2 OT) at UCLA

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Southern California (5)

W, 3-0, vs. Stanford
L, 0-1, vs. California

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Virginia (6)

W, 6-0, vs. Pittsburgh
W, 1-0, at Notre Dame

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Florida State (3)

L, 1-2, at Boston College
T, 1-1, at Syracuse

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Florida (9)

W, 3-1, vs. Georgia
W, 3-0, at Ole Miss

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Penn State (8)

T, 1-1, at Indiana
W, 3-0, at Maryland

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BYU (14)

W, 5-0, vs. San Francisco
W, 1-0, at Loyola Marymount
L, 0-1, at Pepperdine

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Notre Dame (13)

W, 1-0, vs. Clemson
L, 0-1, vs. Virginia

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Clemson (11)

L, 0-1, at Notre Dame
W, 1-0, at Louisville

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Auburn (16)

W, 2-1, at Kentucky
W, 3-0, vs. Mississippi State

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California (18)

T, 1-1, at UCLA
W, 1-0, at Southern California

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UCLA (12)

T, 1-1, vs. California
L, 2-3 (2 OT), vs. Stanford

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Rutgers (16)

W, 2-1 (OT), vs. Purdue
T, 2-2, at Indiana

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UConn (15)

T, 0-0, at SMU
W, 1-0, at Houston

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North Carolina (19)

W, 3-1, vs. Miami
W, 2-1, vs. Wake Forest

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Arkansas (20)

W, 4-0, vs. Vanderbilt
L, 1-3, at South Carolina

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Minnesota (22)

W, 3-0, vs. Iowa
W, 3-0, vs. Nebraska

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Virginia Tech (23)

W, 2-1, at Syracuse
W, 3-2 (2 OT), at Boston College

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Texas A&M (10)

T, 1-1, vs. Missouri
L, 0-2, at Tennessee

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Georgetown (21)

T, 0-0, at St. John’s
W, 5-0, vs. Butler

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Ohio State (NR)

W, 4-0, at Maryland
W, 4-1, at Indiana

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Boston College (NR)

W, 2-1, vs. Florida State
L, 2-3 (2 OT), vs. Virginia Tech

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