USC gets first AP top-5 ranking given that 2017
USC moved into the leading five of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday for the very first time in 5 years.Georgia once again received 62 of the 63 first-place votes in the AP Top 25 as the top 4 groups held their locations after playing differing degrees of close games Saturday.No. 2 Ohio State got the other first-place vote. Michigan was No. 3 once again, followed by TCU.The fifth-ranked Trojans moved up 2 spots after a thrilling victory
over competing UCLA. The last time USC was ranked in the top 5 was September 2017, when it began at No. 4 but spent the majority of the season ranked in the teens prior to completing 12th. Team Tape-record 1. Georgia (62 )11-0 2. Ohio State (1) 11-0 3. Michigan 11-0 4.
| TCU 11-0 5. | USC 10-1 6. LSU 9-2 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| . Clemson 10-1 8 | . Alabama 9-2 9. Tennessee 9-2 10. | Oregon 9-2 |
| 11. Penn State 9-2 | 12. Washington 9-2 13 | . Notre Dame 8-3 14. Utah 8-3 15. Kansas State 8-3 16 |
| . Florida State 8-3 | ||
| 17. UCLA 8-3 18. North Carolina 9-2 19. Tulane 9-2 | ||
| 20. Ole Miss 8-3 21. | Cincinnati 9-2 | |
| 22. Oregon | State 8-3 | |
| 23. Coastal Carolina | 9-1 | |
| 24. Texas 7-4 25 | . UCF 8-3 Lincoln Riley’s very first season as USC coach has produced among the | finest turnarounds in the |
| nation, with the Trojans going from four wins to 10 and the regular-season ending versus No. | ||
| 13 Notre Dame and a Pac-12 championship game still to go. “If you would have told me at the end of last season I would | be here now with | |
| this group of people and having the ability to | ||
| bet a championship, I | ||
| would have called you a dead liar. | ||
| Simply being totally truthful | ,”USC fourth-year wide receiver Kyle Ford told press reporters after the UCLA game.” | I’m |
so thankful for everybody on this team.”LSU remained at No. 6. Clemson went up two areas to No. 7. Alabama held at 8th, and Tennessee dropped four areas to No. 9 after getting upset in a blowout at South Carolina.In their 63-38 success, the Gamecocks scored more points versus a top-five team as an unranked group than any in the history of the AP poll.Oregon rounded out the leading 10 after the Ducks beat Utah in the Pac-12’s other marquee game Saturday night.POLL POINTS Georgia set a school record with its 10th look at No. 1 this season. Last year, the Bulldogs had nine No. ones, the most in school history.2 Related Georgia has actually been at No. 1 a total of 34 times, connecting Michigan for 12th most in the history of the AP poll, which dates to 1936. USC is a top-five group for the 283rd time in poll history. That’s seventh most, 13 behind Nebraska.The top five at being top five: Alabama(451 ), Oklahoma( 430), Ohio State(418 ), Notre Dame (318)and Michigan (306). IN Texas, again.The 24th-ranked Longhorns, who started the season unranked, have moved into the Leading 25 4 times. They haven’t handled to remain there for more than two weeks.A blowout victory against Kansas pressed the Longhorns
back into the rankings as they head toward a season ending against Baylor.OUT Oklahoma State lost its rivalry game against Oklahoma to drop to 7-4 and out of the rankings again.CONFERENCE CALL Pac-12– 6(Nos. 5
, 10, 12, 14, 17
, 22)SEC– 5 (Nos. 1, 6, 8, 9, 20) ACC– 3(Nos. 7, 16, 18)American– 3(Nos. 19, 21, 25 )Big 10– 3(Nos. 2
, 3, 11) Big 12– 3 (Nos. 4, 15, 24 )Sun Belt– 1( No. 23 )Independent– 1 (No. 13 )RANKED vs. RANKED
Competition weekend’s highest-stakes games: – No. 19 Tulane at No. 21 Cincinnati, Friday. The winner hosts the American national championship. – No. 10 Oregon at No. 22 Oregon State. Very first time since 2012 that both are ranked. – No. 3 Michigan at No. 2 Ohio State. Both are unbeaten for the 20th time when they satisfy for their annual competition game. – No. 13 Notre Dame at No. 5 USC. Very first time both have actually been ranked given that 2017.