Enthusiasts fall out of AP Top 25; Buckeyes up to
Sep 24, 2023, 02:18 PM ET
Colorado and Deion Sanders fell out of The Associated Press Top 25 college football survey Sunday after a definite loss in one of the weekend’s display games, and the teams towards the top of the rankings were shuffled and tightened.A season-high six
groups got first-place votes, the most because the 2016 preseason survey. Georgia is still where it began at No. 1 however is down to 55 first-place votes out of a possible 63.
Michigan stayed No. 2 and got a first-place vote. Texas stayed at No. 3 with two first-place votes. Ohio State moved up two spots to No. 4 and got a first-place vote after beating Notre Dame with a touchdown on its last offending play.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated The Fighting Irish slipped to
2 spots to No. 11. Florida State dropped a spot to No. 5 after
a victory at Clemson, but it however received three first-place votes.No. 6 Penn State and No. 7 Washington each went up a spot.
The Huskies got a first-place vote.USC fell three places to No. 8, while No. 9 Oregon and No. 10 Utah each moved
up an area to offer the Pac-12 4 groups in the top 10 for the first time in the history of the conference.The Ducks’ blowout of Sanders’ Colorado team knocked the Buffaloes all the
way out of the AP Top 25 from No. 19. Colorado has actually been the story of the early season, starting 3-0 after winning just one game last season. The Buffaloes delved into the rankings with an opening-week upset of TCU, last season’s national runner-up.1. Georgia( 55)2. Michigan (1 )3. Texas(2)4. Ohio State(1 )5. Florida State(3)6.
| Penn State 7. Washington(1)8 | ||
| . USC 9. Oregon 10. | ||
| Utah 11. Notre Dame 12 | ||
| . Alabama 13. LSU 14. Oklahoma | ||
| 15. North Carolina 16. Washington State | 17. Duke 18. Miami 19 | |
| . Oregon State 20. Ole Miss 21. Tennessee 22. Florida 23. Missouri 24 | . Kansas 25. | |
| Fresno State After the | ||
| Buffaloes were dominated at Oregon, USC comes to | ||
| Boulder next week to | ||
| give Colorado a | ||
| opportunity to either leap back in the rankings or become an afterthought for voters for the rest of | ||
| the season.Utah’s triumph over UCLA | ||
| sent out the Bruins falling out of | the poll, leaving the Pac-12 with 6 ranked groups after 2 weeks | with a conference-record |
| eight.Alabama, which fell | ||
| out of the top 10 recently for the first time considering that
2015, inched up an area to No. 12 after beating Ole Miss, which dropped 5 areas to No. 20. Poll points 6 groups getting first-place votes is the most in a regular-season survey considering that Nov. 1, 2015. In that poll, Ohio State was the No. 1 group, and like Georgia, it had actually been that way because the preseason as the safeguarding nationwide champion. The Buckeyes got only 39 first-place votes. No. 2 Baylor got six first-place votes, as did No. 3 Clemson. No. 4 LSU got 5. No. 5 TCU got four and No. 7 Alabama had one.Moving in 3 teams entered the rankings today, all for the first time this season: No. 23 Missouri is ranked for the first time considering that a quick stay in 2019. No. 24 Kansas is ranked for the 2nd consecutive season. The Jayhawks have actually not had two straight years with poll appearances of any kind given that 2008-09. No. 25 Fresno State, which has won 13 straight games, the second-longest streak in the country behind Georgia, ended up last season at No. 24. Vacating Signing Up With Colorado and UCLA in falling out the poll was Iowa. The Hawkeyes have actually yo-yoed in and out of the rankings and did not receive a point today after getting shut out at Penn State.Conference call The SEC moves back into the leading spot, though over half are in the bottom batch.SEC: 7(Nos. 1, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23)Pac-12: 6(Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 19) ACC: 4( Nos. 5, 15, 17, 18)Big 10: 3(Nos. 2, 4, 6)Huge 12: 3 (Nos. 3, 14, 24)Mountain West: 1 (No. 25 )Independent: 1( No. 11)Ranked vs. ranked No. 10 Utah at No. 19 Oregon State: First ranked matchup between the 2 after 25 meetings.No. 24 Kansas atNo. 3 Texas: The first time the Jayhawks have actually played the Longhorns when they are ranked.No. 13 LSU at No. 20 Ole Miss: The 11th ranked match in the rivalry.No. 11 Notre Dame at No. 17 Duke: Possibly the biggest house game in Duke history will be the first journey to Durham, North Carolina, for ESPN’s”College GameDay. “With Duke off the board, only six schools in Power 5 conferences have not hosted the pregame show: California votes and No. 8 Washington got the other.The Associated Press added to this report. |