Horns to No. 2 in AP survey as SEC takes
After the first shake-up of the college football season, the Southeastern Conference got six of the top seven spots in the AP Top 25– an initially in the 88-year history of the rankings– and Notre Dame toppled all the method to No. 18 on Sunday after being stunned at home.Georgia received 54 out of a possible 63 first-place votes to keep a firm hold on No. 1. Texas jumped an area to No. 2 after dominating protecting national champ Michigan on the roadway and received four first-place votes. The Longhorns have their best ranking considering that completing second in 2009.
The Wolverines were down to No. 17.
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No. 3 Ohio State– from the Big Ten– slipped a spot. Then it was 4 more SEC groups. Alabama held stable at No. 4 and Ole Miss moved up an area to No. 5.
Missouri went up 3 spots to No. 6, and Tennessee made a huge jump from No. 14 to No. 7 after routing NC State in Charlotte.With the SEC larger(16 groups)– and relatively much better– than ever provided the additions of Texas and Oklahoma, the circumstances were right for an early-season takeover like never before.Not just is 6 of the top 7 groups from one conference a record for a survey, however never before had a single league held as lots of as 5 of the leading seven places.Those groups will begin playing each other in the coming weeks, so it is unlikely the SEC can
keep this up. It’s a stark example, however, of what’s possible in the superconference era.Especially after the very first huge upset of the college football season. Notre Dame’s 16-14 loss to Northern Illinois marked the first time a top-five team lost to an unranked team considering that Nov. 5, 2022, when Purdue knocked off then-No. 2 Iowa.Team Rec.1. Georgia (54)2-0 2. Texas(4 )2-0 3. Ohio State (5)2-0 4. Alabama 2-0 5. Mississippi 2-0 6. Missouri 2-0 7. Tennessee 2-0 8. Penn State 2-0 9. Oregon 2-0 10
| . Miami 2-0 | 11. | |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Cal 2-0 | ||
| 12. Utah 2-0 | ||
| 13. Oklahoma State 2-0 | ||
| 14. Kansas | State 2-0 | |
| 15. Oklahoma 2-0 | ||
| 16. LSU 1-1 17. Michigan 1-1 18. Notre Dame 1-1 19. Louisville 2-0 | ||
| 20. Arizona 2-0 | ||
| 21. Iowa State 2-0 | ||
| 22. Clemson 1-1 | 23. | |
| Nebraska 2-0 24. Boston College 2-0 25. | ||
| Northern | Illinois | |
| 2-0 The Huskies’triumph, | the | |
| very first top-5 win for a Mid-American Conference group in league history, landed Northern Illinois at | No. 25 in the rankings | |
| . NIU is ranked for the first time since 2013 and is the first team | from a non-Power 4 conference to be ranked | this season.Rounding out the top |
| 10 were No. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Oregon of the | Big Ten and No. 10 Miami. The Ducks slipped | |
| two areas after a wild comeback victory versus Boise State.Poll points Northern Illinois is | ||
| one of four teams to | move into | |
| the rankings today | for |
the first time this season.Another significant addition is Nebraska at No. 23. The Cornhuskers are ranked for the very first time because 2019 after easily handling Colorado at home. The 2019 Huskers had a brief stay in the Top 25. After starting that season ranked No. 24, they lost in Week 2, fell out the rankings and have been gone ever since.The last sustained season in the rankings for Nebraska was 2016, though even that season ended with the Huskers unranked. They have not end up a season ranked considering that 2012.
That’s what
second-year coach Matt Rhule and freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola are aiming for.Just a tip: Nebraska still owns the record for the longest streak of poll looks with 348 under coach Tom Osborne from 1981 to 2002. The second-best streak is Alabama’s active 264 straight weeks.In and out The turnover originated from the bottom of the rankings, where Kansas, Iowa, Georgia Tech and North Carolina State all fell out after losses.No. 21 Iowa State basically changed places
with its Cy-Hawk competitors by beating Iowa.Last week, Georgia Tech made its very first appearance in the AP Top 25 considering that 2015, snapping among the longest active dry spells among power conference teams. The Yellow Jackets lasted only a week after losing at Syracuse, however another Atlantic Coast Conference group
snapped its own prolonged drought.No. 24 Boston College is ranked for the first time since 2018. Conference call The only other time a conference had four of the top five teams was the SEC on Oct. 19, 2014, when Mississippi State was No. 1, Ole Miss was 3rd,Alabama was
4th and Auburn was fifth.SEC: 8(Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16). Huge 10: 6 (Nos. 3, 8, 9, 11, 17, 23 ). Huge 12: 5(Nos. 12, 13, 14, 20, 21 ). ACC: 4(Nos. 10, 19, 22, 24 ). MAC: 1( No. 25). Independent: 1(No. 18). Ranked vs. ranked No.
20 Arizona at No. 14 Kansas State( Thursday): A Big 12 game that’s not really a Huge 12 game. This is a nonconference match that currently was set before realignment.No. 24 Boston College at No. 6 Missouri(Saturday ): A suddenly ranked ACC-SEC match.