Georgia jumps Ohio St
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Elder WriterNov 14, 2023, 09:04 PM ET
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- ACC press reporter.
- Signed up with ESPN.com in 2010.
- Graduate of the University of Florida.Georgia surpassed
Ohio State for the No. 1 area in the newest College Football Playoff rankings launched Tuesday night after back-to-back wins over top-25 opponents.The Bulldogs are coming off victories over No. 13 Ole Miss(52-17)this past weekend and No. 9 Missouri (30-21)on Nov. 4, reinforcing a schedule that had actually been doing not have quality wins. They will have an opportunity to improve their strength of schedule Saturday when they deal with No. 18 Tennessee in Knoxville.The Buckeyes dropped to No. 2, changing spots with Georgia. They still have two top-25 victories– against Notre Dame and Penn State– adequate to keep them ahead of competing Michigan.Rank, Group Tape 1. Georgia 10-0 2. Ohio State 10-0 3. Michigan 10-0 4. Florida State 10-0 5. Washington 10-0 6. Oregon 9-1 7.
| Texas 9-1 8 | . Alabama 9-1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9. Missouri 8-2 10. Louisville 9-1 11 | . Oregon State 8-2 12. Penn State 8-2 13. Ole Miss 8-2 14. | Oklahoma 8-2 15. LSU 7-3 16. Iowa | 8-2 17. Arizona 7-3 18 | . Tennessee 7-3 19. | Notre Dame |
| 7-3 20. North Carolina 8-2 21. Kansas | |||||
| State 7-3 | 22. | ||||
| Utah 7-3 23. | Oklahoma | ||||
| State 7-3 24. | Tulane 9-1 25. Kansas 7-3″ | [ Georgia]. revealed their dominance on offense and on | defense against an actually strong Mississippi | offense, | |
| “CFP chair Boo | Corrigan | ||||
| stated on ESPN’s | rankings | ||||
| release program Tuesday night.” | |||||
| So in looking | at it and the résumé and whatever combined | , we | |||
| believed Georgia | was | ||||
| the No. 1 team today.”The Wolverines | |||||
| remained at No. 3 | |||||
| after their first top-25 win of the season, 24-15 over Penn State | ; the Nittany Lions dropped 2 spots | to No. 12. | |||
| Florida State stayed at |
No. 4 after a hard-fought win over rival Miami. There was some idea Washington may move ahead of the Seminoles because it has three top-25 success following Saturday’s 35-28 triumph over No. 22 Utah, compared to one for the Seminoles( a Week 1 success over No. 15 LSU). However the Huskies stayed at No. 5. “Florida State, truly excellent offensively, have actually been really great defensively,”Corrigan said.” Do not undersell the Miami-Florida State rivalry also, and that’s been going on for years.
… We thought Florida State was the dominant group [in the game]”There was no modification in the next 3 areas: Oregon is No. 6, Texas is No. 7, and Alabama is No. 8. Missouri went up 5 areas to No. 9 after a 36-7 triumph over the Volunteers, and Louisville completed the leading 10. The Cardinals play at Miami on Saturday, and a win clinches an area in the ACC national championship against Florida State.Iowa was the most significant mover, going from No. 22 to No. 16 this week. The Hawkeyes have zero top-25 wins, the statistically worst offense in college football and yet are 8-2. A win Saturday over Illinois will clinch the Big Ten West Division title and a spot in the championship game game.Editor’s Picks 2 Related Who Iowa plays stays to be seen.It hardly matters at this point whether Ohio State or Michigan is ranked higher, because the two groups will play in Ann Arbor on Nov. 25. However before their rivalry game, Ohio State hosts Minnesota on Saturday and Michigan dips into Maryland. Currently, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is suspended for both games, but he has an injunction hearing set for
Friday to plead his case to get the suspension lifted.He said at his press conference previously today that he planned to speak at the hearing.” I’m just eagerly anticipating that opportunity– due procedure, “Harbaugh said.”I’m not looking for special treatment, not looking for a popularity contest, simply trying to find the merit of what the case is.
” Tulane stayed the only Group of 5 team ranked today,
at No. 24. No brand-new teams went into the rankings.