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Sep 29, 2024, 02:16 PM ET
Alabama returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press college football survey for the first time in 2 years Sunday following its dizzying triumph over Georgia, making this 16 of 17 seasons the Crimson Tide have held the leading area at some point.UNLV, unbeaten through 4 games for the first time in its Division I history, cracked the rankings for the first time ever simply days after losing its beginning quarterback over an NIL conflict. The Rebels are connected for No. 25 with Texas A&M. Alabama got 40 of 63 first-place votes and leapfrogged three groups to take control of No. 1 from Texas, which tussled with Mississippi State deep into the 2nd half as a five-touchdown preferred and slipped to No. 2. The Longhorns got 19 first-place votes, well off last week’s 44. Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Ohio State remained No. 3 with four first-place votes. Tennessee, which had an open
date, went up an area to No. 4. Georgia, whose just 3 losses since 2021 have actually concerned Alabama, dropped to No. 5. Oregon, Penn State, Miami, Missouri and Michigan completed the top 10. Ole Miss and Utah took the most significant falls. The Rebels, upset by Kentucky in the house, dropped from No. 6 to
No. 12. The Utes, who lost to Arizona in your home, went from No. 10 to No. 18. Alabama, which is No. 1 for the very first time under coach Kalen DeBoer, has posted back-to-back outstanding wins with Heisman Prize front-runner Jalen Milroe and freshman phenom pass receiver Ryan Williams leading the way.Team Rec.1. Alabama( 40)4-0 2. Texas (19)5-0 3. Ohio State( 4)4-0 4. Tennessee 4-0 5. Georgia 3-1 6. Oregon 4-0 7. Penn State 4-0 8.
| Miami 5-0 9 | . | |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri 4-0 10. Michigan | 4-1 | |
| 11. USC 3-1 12. | Ole | |
| Miss 4-1 13. LSU 4-1 14. Notre Dame 4-1 15. Clemson 3-1 16. Iowa State 4-0 17. BYU 5-0 18. Utah 4-1 19. | ||
| Oklahoma 4-1 20. | Kansas State 4-1 21. Boise State | 3-1 |
| 22. Louisville 3-1 22. | ||
| Texas A&M 4-1 | 23. | |
| Indiana 5-0 24 | . Illinois 4-1 25. UNLV 4-0 25. Texas | |
| A&M 4-1 The Crimson Tide won 42-10 on the road versus Wisconsin two weeks back | ||
| and dominated 41-34 against Georgia on Saturday night after squandering a 28-point first-half lead.The Tide had not been No. 1 because Oct. | ||
| 2, 2022. | They memorably | |
| held the area for simply one week | ||
| after needing | a late goal-line stand to beat an unranked Texas A&M at home, with Milroe subbing for injured 2021 | Heisman winner |
| Bryce Young that | night.Alabama is No. 1 for the 141st | time, most of any team considering that the AP rankings began in 1936, and for the 105th time because 2009 |
| when Nick Saban won the first | ||
| of his six | national | |
| champions | at the school.POLL POINTS The SEC holds 4 of the top 5 areas for the fourth straight week, an ongoing first in the AP survey. The only other time in the 88-year history of the poll that a conference had 4 of the leading five groups was the SEC on Oct. 19, 2014(No. 1 Mississippi State, No. 3 Ole Miss, No. 4 Alabama and No. 5 Auburn). That lasted a week.The SEC holds 9 spots in the Top 25, one off its own record for number of ranked groups from one conference.The Big 10 has four groups in the top 10
for the very first time given that October 2021 and seven in the Leading 25. WHO remains in; WHO’S OUT UNLV was among the feel-good stories of the season even before Matthew Sluka announced he would remain the remainder of the season, contending he was cheated out of a$100,000 name, image and similarity payment.The Rebels, with Hajj-Malik Williams starring as the new quarterback, beat Fresno State 59-14 on Saturday. Now the Rebels sit 4-0 for the very first time given that 1976, when they were Department II, and they will seek to knock off a 3rd power conference challenger when they host Syracuse this week.Also entering the rankings is Indiana at No. 23. The Hoosiers, who are 5-0 for the very first time because 1967, hadn’t been ranked given that they were No. 17 in the 2021 preseason poll.Oklahoma State dropped out. The Cowboys, who were No. 20, have lost 2 straight against ranked challengers, most recently getting blown out at Kansas State.CONFERENCE CALL SEC: 9(Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 19, T-25 )Big 10: 7(Nos. 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 23, 24 )Huge 12: 4( Nos. 16, 17, 18, 20)ACC: 3(Nos. 8, 15, 22) Mountain West: 2( No. 21, T-25)Independent: 1(No. 14). RANKED VS. RANKED No. 9 Missouri at No. 25 Texas A&M: The Tigers got a week off to recover from their double-overtime scare against Vanderbilt and will make their very first visit to College Station considering that 2014. The teams have divided 4 meetings considering that they signed up with the SEC in 2012. |