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After two exciting Wild Card games, there are now only eight teams left in the postseason. The Rockies beat the  Cubs  in a marathon NL Wild Card Game and are now set to face Milwaukee in the Division Series, and the Yankees will face the Red Sox in the ALDS starting Friday. That eliminates the Cubs and the Athletics from our rankings who were last and second in the previous list, respectively. So the Cubs were easy enough to drop off the list without too much fun, but do the Rockies move up or down now that they’re going against the Brewers? How does the Yankees and the Red Sox facing off affect both of their rankings? As I said last time, this is more based on the levels of fun and rootability of each team and interesting things that they’ve done in the playoffs so far will move them up or down accordingly. My reasoning isn’t intensely scientific here, people. Every round, I’ll update these rankings based on the events of the previous round. Again, yelling about the rankings

The Amway Coaches Poll top five looks a bit different this week, even though all the teams won over the weekend. Alabama easily retained the top spot following a non-conference win against UL-Lafayette. The Crimson Tide again claimed 61 of 64 first-place votes. Fellow SEC contender Georgia moved up to the No. 2 spot, however, and Ohio State was elevated to No. 3 after its comeback win at Penn State. Those two nudged ahead of Clemson. The Tigers were able to survive an upset bid from previously undefeated Syracuse, and they continued to receive a pair of No.-1 votes. But the Tigers lost enough points on some ballots to slip to No. 4 overall. Oklahoma and LSU held steady in the fifth and sixth positions, respectively, after conference wins on Saturday. Stock up: Notre Dame. It was only a one-position gain, but it was a big spot as the Fighting Irish pulled away from Stanford to climb to No. 7. Stock down: Stanford. The Cardinal will still be a player in the Pac-12 hunt, but the