Hoosiers increase into leading 5; Dawgs, Canes plunge
Nov 10, 2024, 02:14 PM ET
Oregon was the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football survey for the fourth straight week Sunday as Penn State and Indiana climbed up into the top 5, Georgia and Miami dropped out of the leading 10, and losses by four other ranked teams mixed the rankings with a month left in the routine season.No group this season has held the top spot for more consecutive weeks than Oregon, which retreated from Maryland to enhance to 10-0 over the weekend and is a consentaneous No. 1 for the second straight week.Team Rec.1. Oregon (62 )10-0 2.
| Ohio | State 8-1 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| . Texas 8-1 4. Penn State 8-1 5. | |||
| Indiana 10-0 6 | . Tennessee 8-1 | ||
| 7. BYU 9-0 8. Notre Dame 8-1 9. Alabama 7-2 | 10. | ||
| Ole Miss 8-2 | 11. Georgia 7-2 12. Miami 9-1 13. Boise State | ||
| 8-1 14. | SMU | ||
| 8-1 15. Texas A&M 7-2 16. Army 9-0 17. Clemson | 7-2 | ||
| 18. Colorado | 7-2 | ||
| 19. Washington State 8-1 20. Kansas State 7-2 21. LSU 6-3 22. Louisville 6-3 | |||
| 23. South Carolina 6-3 24. Missouri | |||
| 7-2 25. | Tulane 8-2 Ohio | ||
| State moved up one area to No. 2 | |||
| , and Texas got a | two-rung | ||
| bump to No. 3. | Penn State was No. 4, | one point ahead of No. 5 Indiana with Tennessee simply 3 points behind at No. 6 | . Penn State, No. 6 last week, returned to the leading five after its comfy win over Washington. The Hoosiers, who beat Michigan 20-15 for their school-record |
| 10th win and first win | by fewer than 14 | ||
| points this season, | went up from No. 8 and have their greatest ranking because they were No. 4 in the last survey of the 1967 season.Following Tennessee in the leading 10 were BYU, Notre Dame, Alabama and Ole Miss. The SEC has 4 groups in the leading 10 and 9 in the Leading 25, while the Big 10’s four ranked groups are all in the leading five.Georgia and
Miami dropped. The Bulldogs lost 28-10 at Ole Miss and went from No. 2 to No. 11, marking the very first time they have run out the leading 10 because late in the 2020 season. The Hurricanes’ 28-23 loss at Georgia Tech sent them from No. 4 to No. 12. How those losses impact their quotes for a College Football Playoff area will be understood when the selection committee releases its 2nd rankings Tuesday night. Georgia is the fifth-highest-ranked SEC group in the AP poll, and Miami remains the highest-ranked ACC team.POLL POINTS Ole Miss made the biggest promotion, from No. 16 to No. 10. The Rebels kipped down a dominant protective performance against Carson Beck and the Bulldogs a week after Jaxson Dart set school passing records in a blowout of Arkansas.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated LSU had its playoff hopes snuffed with its 42-13 home loss to Alabama. The Tigers dropped from No. 14 to No. 21. No. 18 Colorado controls its own fate in the playoff chase. The Buffaloes are alone in second location in the Big 12, one game behind unbeaten BYU, and are the conference’s second-highest-ranked group in the AP poll. They don’t satisfy in the regular season. If both run the table, they would play in the championship game game.Boise State slipped one area to No. 13 and stays the highest-ranked Group of 5 group following its 28-21 win over a three-win Nevada.WHO’S IN; WHO’S OUT No. 23 South Carolina, which has beaten ranked Texas A&M and Vanderbilt groups in successive weeks, is in the Top 25 for the first time considering that the end of the 2022 season.No. 24 Missouri beat Oklahoma on a late fumble return for a touchdown and is back after a one-week absence.No. 25 Tulane, winner of 7 directly, made its Top 25 debut under first-year coach Jon Sumrall.Iowa State, Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt dropped out.The Cyclones’2nd straight loss came versus a Kansas group that got in with 2 wins. Pittsburgh, beaten peacefully by SMU a week previously, lost in your home to Virginia . Vanderbilt has actually lost two of its past three.CONFERENCE CALL SEC: 9 (Nos. 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 21, 23, 24)ACC: 4 (Nos. 12, 14, 17, 22) Big Ten: 4( Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5)Huge 12: 3(Nos. 7, 18, 20 )AAC: 2(Nos. 16 , 25 )Mountain West: 1(No. 13)Pac-12: 1(No. 19)Independent: 1 (No. 8)RANKED VS. RANKED No. 6 Tennessee at No. 11 Georgia: Volunteers quarterback Nico Iamaleava is expected to be back after not playing in the 2nd half versus Mississippi State. The Volunteers have not scored more than 21 points throughout their seven-game losing streak against the Bulldogs.No. 24 Missouri at No. 23 South Carolina: The Tigers have won 5 straight in the series. The Gamecocks have a possibility to beat a third straight ranked opponent. |