Oregon ascends to No
Oct 20, 2024, 02:14 PM ET
Oregon became the 4th group this season to hold the No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press college football survey, moving into the top spot Sunday for the very first time in 12 years after Texas lost at home to Georgia.Vanderbilt made its very first
look considering that the 2013 season, at No. 25, and defending national champ Michigan fell out after a 2nd straight loss dropped it to 4-3. Unbeaten Oregon followed its one-point home win over Ohio State with its very first road shutout in 32 years, a 35-0 thrashing of Purdue, and got 59 of 61 first-place votes.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Georgia, which has actually won three straight games given that
its loss to Alabama, made a three-spot jump to No. 2 on the strength of its 30-15 win at previously No. 1 Texas. The Bulldogs got the other 2 first-place votes.No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Penn State were idle Saturday and held their areas
. Texas dropped to No. 5 after Georgia held the Longhorns to 28 points under their scoring average.Miami prevailed in a wild game at Louisville and remained No. 6, and Tennessee increased four areas to No. 7 following its win over Alabama. LSU, Clemson and Iowa State completed the leading 10. No group this season has actually held the No. 1 area for more than 3 straight weeks. Georgia topped the survey in the preseason, however a one-point win at unranked Kentucky in Week 3 bumped the Bulldogs out. Texas took control of for 2 weeks then paved the way to Alabama following the Crimson Tide’s win over Georgia.Team Rec.1. Oregon (59) 7-0 2. Georgia (2)6-1 3. Penn State 6-0 4. Ohio State 5-1 5. Texas 6-1 6. Miami 7-0 7. Tennessee 6-1 8. LSU 6-1 9. Clemson 6-1 10.
| Iowa | State 7-0 11. BYU | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-0 12. Notre Dame | 6-1 | ||
| 13. Indiana 7-0 14. Texas A&M 6-1 15. Alabama 5-2 | 16. Kansas State 6-1 | 17. | |
| Boise State | 5-1 | ||
| 18. Ole Miss 5-2 19. Pittsburgh 6-0 | |||
| 20. Illinois 6-1 21. Missouri 6-1 22. SMU 6-1 | |||
| 23. Army 7-0 | 24. | ||
| Navy 6-0 25. | Vanderbilt 5-2 | ||
| Alabama lasted one week at No. 1 | |||
| , getting upset at Vanderbilt after its | win over Georgia. That allowed Texas to return | to the top for | two |
| weeks.Chip Kelly coached the only other Oregon | |||
| groups to reach No. 1 | . The 2012 | ||
| Ducks, led by Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota, were in the leading area for one | week in November after following a 10-0 start with a loss to | ||
| Stanford. The 2010 group, which | |||
| lost to Auburn | in the BCS | ||
| title game, invested six weeks at No. 1 | |||
| . SURVEY POINTS This marks the very first time considering that 2012 | that four | ||
| groups will play | a game as the No. | ||
| 1 group in the very same | season. In addition to Oregon, the
others were USC, Alabama and Notre Dame. The other seasons because 2000 with four or more No. 1 groups were 2007 (4 ), 2008 (6 )and 2010 (4). Tennessee’s 24-17 win over Alabama produced the most significant moves in the poll. The Volunteers jumped from No. 11 to No. 7. The Crimson Tide dropped 8 areas to No. 15, their least expensive ranking considering that 2010. Texas’loss to Georgia was the very first by a No. 1 team at home versus a top-five opponent because Miami beat Florida State 17-16 in 1991. WHO’S IN; WHO’S OUT Vanderbilt’s previous ranking was No. 24 in the final poll of the 2013 season. The Commodores, who beat Ball State to enhance to 5-2, are off to their best start considering that opening 5-0 in 2008. That likewise was the last time Vanderbilt was ranked in the regular season.Michigan, which scored its fewest points in a game since 2014 in its 21-7 loss at Illinois, had actually been ranked in 54 successive surveys since 2021. CONFERENCE CALL SEC: 9(Nos. 2, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 18, 21, 25 )Big 10: 5(Nos. 1, 3 , 4, 13, 20)ACC: 4(Nos. 6, 9, 19, 22)Huge 12: 3(Nos. 10, 11, 16 )American: 2( Nos. 23, 24) Mountain West: 1(No. 17)Independent: 1(No. 12 )RANKED VS. RANKED No. 20 Illinois at No. 1 Oregon: The Illini play the top-ranked group for the first time considering that 2007. They won 28-21 at Ohio State that year.No. 5 Texas at No. 25 Vanderbilt: First matchup since these groups satisfied 12 times from 1899 to 1928. The Commodores have not beaten two Top 25 opponents in the very same season because 2008. No. 8 LSU at No. 14 Texas A&M: This has become one of the SEC’s much better series recently. The teams have divided their past 6 meetings.No. 12 Notre Dame at No. 24 Navy: This will be the 11th time in 97 conferences, and first since 2019, that both teams are ranked when they meet.No. 21 Missouri at No. 15 Alabama: Absolutely nothing |