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Oct 29, 2023, 02:15 PM ET
The Oklahoma Sooners dropped four spots to No. 10, the top 5 groups held their places and Kansas and Kansas State both entered The Associated Press college football survey on Sunday.Georgia is No. 1 for the 20th straight week, getting 48 of 63 first-place votes and distancing itself from No. 2 Michigan after the Bulldogs walloped Florida on Saturday.The Wolverines, who were off Saturday after a week of being in the
news for an NCAA investigation, got nine first-place votes. No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Florida State each received three first-place votes.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Washington stayed at No. 5, one area ahead of Pac-12 competing Oregon.
The Ducks moved
up 2 areas to No. 6 after a dominant win at Utah, which dropped 5 areas to No. 18. Texas sat tight at No. 7 while Alabama moved up to No. 8 and Penn State to ninth.The Sooners, who lost for the first time this season and to Kansas
for the very first time since 1997, tumbled in the rankings behind Huge 12 rival Texas, which Oklahoma beat in a thriller 3 weeks ago.Kansas reentered the rankings at No. 22 after one of the biggest triumphes in program history, and Kansas State moved back in at No. 25 ahead of a huge match at Texas on Saturday.The Sunflower State rivals have a long history of bad football.1. Georgia( 48)2. Michigan (9)3. Ohio State (3)4.
Florida State (3)5. Washington 6. Oregon 7. Texas 8.
Alabama 9. Penn State 10. Oklahoma 11 | . Ole Miss 12. Notre Dame 13. LSU 14. Missouri 15. Louisville 16 | . Oregon State 17. Flying force 18. Utah 19. Tennessee 20. UCLA 21 |
. Tulane 22. Kansas | ||
23. James Madison 24. Southern Cal 25. Kansas | ||
State Kansas State turned | ||
among the most unlucky programs in the nation around in | ||
the 1990s under Hall of Fame coach Expense Snyder, and the Wildcats have remained competitive to varying degrees since, winning three Huge | 12 titles– consisting of last | |
season.Historically, Kansas has had | ||
a couple of more runs of success, though the Jayhawks | ||
‘last conference | ||
championship was available in the Huge | Eight in 1968. From 2010 to | |
’20, Kansas was the standard for Power 5 ineptitude, winning a |
total of 21 games.Kansas’5-0 start to last season put the Jayhawks and Wildcats in the AP Top 25 together for two weeks, the first time considering that 2007 that had happened.Other than that, Kansas and Kansas State have actually appeared in the exact same AP survey only 17 times(all in 1995 and ’96 )in the 87-year history of the poll.With both teams sitting at 6-2 heading into the final month of the season, the Jayhawks and Wildcats have a solid possibility to end up the season ranked for just the 2nd time ever.In 1995, Kansas State was No. 7 and Kansas was ninth in the final Leading 25.
Leaving Atlantic Coast Conference rivals North Carolina and Duke both dropped out of the rankings.The Tar Heels, who lost to Georgia Tech on Saturday for their second straight defeat, are unranked for the very first time this season.Duke had actually been ranked since beating Clemson in Week 1, but heaven Devils lost 2 straight to be up to 5-3 on the season. Duke was shut out by Louisville on Saturday.Conference call SEC: 6(Nos. 1, 8, 11, 13, 14, 19 ). Pac-12: 6(Nos. 5, 6, 16, 18, 20, 24 ). Big 12: 4(Nos. 7, 10, 22, 25 ). Big 10: 3( Nos. 2, 3, 9).
ACC: 2(Nos. 4, 15). Mountain West: 1( No. 17 ). American: 1(No. 21
). Sun Belt:
1(No. 23). Independent: 1(No. 12). Ranked vs. ranked No. 14 Missouri at No. 1 Georgia: First meeting with both groups ranked because 2014. No. 5 Washington at No. 24 USC: 2nd straight year the Huskies and Trojans meet ranked, which had not occurred
considering that 1994-95. No. 25 Kansas State at No. 7 Texas: First Top 25 match considering that 2012, when the Wildcats were No. 7 and Longhorns were No. 23. No. 13 LSU at No. 8 Alabama: The 31st ranked-vs.
-ranked match in the
series, and the 18th considering that 2002.