Oregon unanimous No. 1 in AP poll ahead of UGA
Oregon was the unanimous choice for No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, reinforcing its quote for the leading spot in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s first rankings of the season.The Ducks are No.
1 in the AP Top 25 for the 3rd straight week, and unanimous for the very first time, following their 21-point roadway win against Michigan.Georgia, which received one No. 1 vote recently, remained No. 2 after overcoming Carson Beck’s 3 interceptions and pulling away late to beat Florida.Editor’s Picks Ohio State earned a one-spot promotion to No. 3 with its win at Penn State, the Buckeyes’eighth in a row in the series. No. 4 Miami, which beat Duke, and No. 5 Texas, which was idle, each moved up a spot. Penn State, which had remained in the leading 5 in the previous 4 surveys, slipped to No. 6. The CFP’s expansion to 12 teams this season means losses by top teams to other leading teams aren’t a certain disqualifier in the race for the national championship. The CFP’s very first rankings of the season will be released Tuesday and updated weekly up until the bracket is revealed Dec. 8. Tennessee held its place at No. 7 regardless of scuffling well into the fourth quarter against three-win Kentucky and winning 28-18. Indiana leapt five spots to No. 8, its greatest ranking since it was No. 7 in 2020– and best in a non-pandemic season considering that the Hoosiers were No. 4 during their 1967 Rose Bowl season. The Hoosiers rolled previous Michigan State 47-10 on the roadway to go 9-0 for the very first time in program history; every win has been by double digits.Team Rec.1. Oregon(62 )9-0 2. Georgia 7-1 3. Ohio St.7-1 4. Miami 9-0 5. Texas 7-1 6. Penn St.7-1 7. Tennessee 7-1 8. Indiana 9-0 9. BYU 8-0 10. Notre Dame 7-1 11. Alabama 6-2 12. Boise St.7-1 13.
| SMU 8-1 14. | ||
|---|---|---|
| LSU 6-2 15. Texas A&M 7-2 | 16. | |
| Ole Miss 7-2 | 17. | |
| Iowa St.7-1 18. | Army 8-0 19. Clemson 6-2 | 20. |
| Washington St.7-1 21. | Colorado | |
| 6-2 22. | Kansas St.7-2 23 | |
| . Pittsburgh 7-1 | ||
| 24. Vanderbilt 6-3 25. Louisville 6-3 No. | 9 BYU | and |
| No. 10 Notre Dame were | idle.SMU’s 48-25 win over Pittsburgh made the Mustangs a promotion from No. 20 to No. 13. | — the greatest upward motion today. They have not been |
| ranked so high | because they were | |
| No. 3 on Oct. 1, | 1985, two | |
| years before the NCAA imposed | ||
| the “death sentence | “that shut down | |
| the program in | 1987 for outright guidelines violations. | The |
| school likewise selected not | to field a | |
| group in 1988. Poll points Clemson and Iowa State, tied for No. 11 last week, took | ||
| the greatest falls after losing at home. The Tigers plunged eight spots to No. 19 with their 33-21 loss to Louisville. |
The Cyclones dropped 6 spots to No. 17 with their 23-22 loss to Texas Tech. Texas A&M, Kansas State and Pittsburgh each fell 5 spots.Army, at No. 18, has its highest ranking considering that it was No. 10 at midseason in 1960. Boise State, at No. 12, has its best ranking because it was No. 8 in the 2011 last poll.Indiana is ahead of Notre Dame for the very first time considering that the last poll in 1979, when the Hoosiers were No. 19 and the Irish were unranked. The schools are separated by 200 miles in Indiana.In-and-out Vanderbilt’s 17-7 win at Auburn allowed the Commodores to go back to the poll, at No. 24, after a one-week absence.Louisville, which had been ranked every week in September, is back at No. 25 following its upset at Clemson.Illinois, 24th recently, saw its seven-week run in the Leading 25 end with its 25-17 loss to Minnesota at home.Missouri, which had actually been in the survey each week and as
high as No. 6, left after an open date. The Tigers held on at No. 25
recently in spite of a 34-0 loss to Alabama.Conference call SEC: 8(Nos. 2, 5, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16, 24). ACC: 5(Nos. 4, 13, 19, 23, 25 ). Big Ten: 4(Nos. 1, 3, 6, 8). Huge 12: 4 (Nos. 9, 17, 21, 22 ). AAC: 1( No. 18). Mountain West: 1(No. 12 ). Pac-12: 1( No. 20). Independent: 1(No. 10)
. Ranked vs. ranked – No. 2 Georgia at No. 16 Ole Miss: The Bulldogs have not taken a trip to Oxford considering that they lost 45-14 there in 2016.
Georgia routed Ole Miss 52-17 at home last year. – No. 11 Alabama at No. 14 LSU: LSU’s 32-31 overtime win over Bama triggered a field-storming 2 years back, the last time the Crimson Tide visited Death Valley.
Both teams are coming off open dates.