Sooners soar to No
Oklahoma moved up to No. 5 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football survey Sunday, while a late-game gaffe almost cost 25th-ranked Miami’s area in the rankings and six basketball blue bloods made some history.No.
1 Georgia, coming off its best game of the season in a thrashing of Kentucky, regained a few of the first-place votes it lost in the AP Top 25 last week, when it needed a late rally to beat Auburn and stay unbeaten.The Bulldogs got 50
first-place votes after getting 35 recently. No. 2 Michigan received 11 first-place votes as the Wolverines roll along unbeaten and untested.Editor’s Picks 2 Related No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Florida State each moved up an area and
got a
first-place vote.Oklahoma leapt seven spots after beating Texas on Saturday to reenter the top 10 for the first time considering that mid-September of in 2015, when it started tumbling towards a 6-7 season.The Sooners and Longhorns both have open dates next weekend prior to a six-week stretch of games to end the routine season and figure out if they meet again this year, perhaps with a berth in the four-team College Football Playoff on the line.” I have no doubt we’re going to see them once again in the Huge 12 championship,” Sooners safety Peyton Bowen said of the Longhorns, who slipped 6 areas to No. 9. Said Texas coach Steve Sarkisian:”I expect us to return on the horse. I believe that this locker room has lots of champions and our goal is to go win a championship this year. So we need to handle
our company.”No. 6 Penn State held its spot, as did No. 7 Washington and No. 8 Oregon in the week before their Pac-12 showdown.USC dropped a spot to No. 10 after getting away with a triple-overtime success against Arizona. The Trojans have fallen
in the poll for 3 straight weeks, despite staying unbeaten.Miami managed to hang on to an area in the rankings, dropping 8
locations after losing for the very first time this season. The Hurricanes’23-20 setback to Georgia Tech was Saturday’s most uncomfortable loss, not to mention a prospect for among the worst in program history.1.
Georgia(50)2. Michigan (11 )3. Ohio State( 1)4. Florida State(1 )5. Oklahoma 6. Penn State 7. Washington 8. Oregon 9. Texas 10. USC 11. Alabama 12. North Carolina 13. Ole Miss 14. Louisville 15. Oregon State 16. Utah 17. Duke 18. UCLA T-19. Washington State T-19. Tennessee 21.
Notre Dame 22. LSU 23. Kansas 24 | ||
. Kentucky 25. Miami In position to | kneel out the clock with the lead, the Hurricanes rather called a running play, fumbled the ball away with 26 seconds left and then viewed as | |
the Yellow Jackets went 74 backyards | in four plays for the winning rating with one 2nd left on | the clock.Hoop dreams The conventional basketball powerhouses continue to shine on the stadium in 2022. The top six schools by looks in the AP guys |
‘s college basketball survey are | ||
Kentucky | ||
, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, UCLA | ||
and Louisville.For the first time in the 87-year | ||
history of the AP football survey, all of those schools are | ||
ranked at the exact same time: North Carolina is | ||
No. 12, Louisville | ||
is 14th, Duke is No. 17, |
UCLA is 18th, Kansas is No. 23, and Kentucky is No. 24. Louisville leapt 11 spots to its greatest ranking considering that 2017 after defeating Notre Dame to stay unbeaten.The Irish slipped 11 areas to No. 21 after a second loss in 3 weeks to an undefeated team.Poll points Georgia’s 17-week streak of No. 1 appearances is now tied for the
4th longest of perpetuity with Florida State, which went wire-to-wire as No. 1 in 1999. The Bulldogs are well placed to make a run at the second-longest streak before the season is out.Next up on the list is an 18-week streak at No. 1 by USC
from 1972 to 1973, then comes Miami’s 21 in a row from 2001 to 2002. The record runs out reach this year: USC was No. 1 in 33 straight polls from late in the 2003 season up until the final poll of the 2005 season.The Bulldogs do not seem to be in much threat of either losing or dropping from No. 1 with a success over the next few weeks.Georgia goes to Vanderbilt on Saturday then has a week off before facing Florida on Oct. 28.
A scheduled run vs. Missouri in the house, at No. 13 Ole Miss and at No. 19 Tennessee in November will be a larger difficulty for the Bulldogs.Moving out Seven teams that went into Saturday unbeaten lost, and 2 of them dropped out of the Top 25. Fresno State, which lost a crucial Mountain West game at Wyoming, fell out of the rankings after 2 weeks in.Missouri lost to LSU and likewise slipped out after two weeks in.Moving in The 2 groups delving into the rankings today have been here earlier this season: UCLA rose to No. 18 after beating Washington State, while Kansas returned to the rankings at No. 23 after
a week out by routing UCF.Conference call Pac-12: 7( Nos. 7, 8, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19 )SEC: 6(Nos. 1, 11, 13, 19, 22, 24)ACC: 5(Nos. 4, 12, 14, 17, 25 )Big 10: 3(Nos. 2
, 3, 6)Huge 12: 3(Nos. 5, 9, 23 )Independent: 1(No. 21 )Ranked vs. ranked No. 8 Oregon at No. 7 Washington: The 103rd conference between the Ducks and Huskies will be the very first top-10 matchup.No. 10 USC at No. 21 Notre Dame: For the first time considering that 2005 and 2006, the Trojans and Battling Irish are having fun with both teams ranked in successive seasons.No. 25 Miami at No. 12 North Carolina: Only the second conference in which
both teams are ranked.No. 18 UCLA at No. 15 Oregon State: For the very first time considering that 2001, both teams are ranked, and it’s the second straight house game for the Beavers versus a ranked opponent.