Vols up to 5, Mizzou falls ahead of UGA-Bama tilt
Sep 22, 2024, 02:15 PM ET
Tennessee went up to No. 5 in the Associated Press college football survey on Sunday as the Volunteers continued to surge up the rankings, and No. 25 Boise State went back to the AP Top 25 for the very first time in four years.Texas was No.
1 for the second straight week, getting 44 of 62 first-place votes as the leading 4 teams remained the exact same. The Longhorns won a game as the top-ranked team in the nation for the first time since 2008, cruising past UL Monroe in quarterback Arch Manning’s very first career start.Georgia held at
No. 2, getting 13 first-place votes, and Ohio State is No. 3 with 5 first-place votes. Alabama is No. 4. Team Rec.1. Texas(
| 44)4-0 2. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Georgia (13 ) | 3-0 | |
| 3. | Ohio State(5)3-0 4. Alabama 3-0 5. | Tennessee 4-0 6 |
| . Ole Miss | 4-0 | |
| 7. Miami 4-0 | ||
| 8. Oregon 3-0 9. Penn State | ||
| 3-0 10. Utah 4-0 | ||
| 11. Missouri 4-0 12. Michigan | ||
| 3-1 13. USC 2-1 14. LSU | 3-1 | |
| 15. Louisville 3-0 16. | ||
| Notre Dame 3-1 | 17. | |
| Clemson 2-1 18 | . Iowa State 3-0 | |
| 19. Illinois | 4-0 | |
| 20. Oklahoma | State 3-1 | |
| 21. Oklahoma 3-1 22. BYU 4-0 23 | ||
| . Kansas State 3-1 | ||
| 24. Texas A&M 3-1 22. Boise | ||
| State | 2-1 | |
| The Bulldogs | and | |
| Crimson Tide were each off this previous | ||
| weekend as they prepare to fulfill next Saturday | in Tuscaloosa | for |
| a top-5 matchup.The Volunteers | welcomed | |
| Oklahoma to the | SEC | |
| with a 25-15 roadway success that helped Tennessee increase in the rankings for the fourth straight week. The Vols began the season ranked No. 15 then went to No. 14 after Week 1, No. 7 after Week 2 and |
No. 6 last week.Tennessee was last in the top 5 in 2022, peaking at No. 2 on Oct. 30. Ole Miss slipped a spot to No. 6, and No. 7 Miami, No. 8 Oregon and No. 9 Penn State all went up one place.No. 10 Utah went up two spots after beating Oklahoma State on the road in a match of ranked Huge 12 teams.Boise State is making its very first poll look considering that a two-week stay in early November 2020. The Broncos, two weeks removed from losing at Oregon on a last-second field goal, enhanced to 2-1 with a blowout of Portland State on Saturday.POLL POINTS
The SEC’s stranglehold on the top of the rankings loosened a little, with Missouri’s overtime triumph versus Vanderbilt dropping the Tigers 4 spots to No. 11. The conference still reached another milestone.The SEC had gone 2 straight weeks holding down 6 of the leading seven spots in the rankings, a very first for one league in poll history. No conference formerly even held 5 of the leading seven areas
, which the now 16-team SEC still has this week.With Missouri slipping, the SEC still holds 5 of the top 6 areas, and it’s on a three-week streak of owning 4 of the leading five. That streak is another AP poll first.The just other time in the 88-year history of the survey that a conference had four of the leading 5 ranked groups was the SEC on Oct. 19, 2014(No. 1 Mississippi State, No. 3 Ole Miss, No. 4 Alabama and No. 5 Auburn ). That lasted a week.WHO’S IN, WHO’S OUT Boise State’s lack from the AP rankings
had actually been noteworthy after the Broncos ended up being a survey component for almost two decades.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Boise State went 19 straight seasons making a minimum of one appearance in the AP Top 25,
from its first-ever appearance in 2002 to 2020. The Broncos completed the season ranked 13 times during that span.No. 22 BYU likewise made its season debut in the rankings. The Cougars(4-0 )are in for the very first time considering that Oct. 2, 2022, after routing Kansas State in your home Saturday night. The loss dropped the
previously unbeaten Wildcats 10 spots to No. 23. Exiting the rankings today after brief stays and their very first losses of the season were Nebraska
and Northern Illinois.The Cornhuskers fell in overtime to Illinois, a victory that helped the Illini go up 5 areas to No. 19. NIU, which had actually not played considering that distressing Notre Dame two weeks ago, lost in overtime to Buffalo in a Mid-American Conference game.CONFERENCE CALL SEC
: 9( Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 14, 21, 24)Big Ten: 6( Nos. 3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 19) Huge 12: 5( Nos. 10, 18, 20, 22, 23)ACC: 3(Nos. 7, 15, 17 )Mountain West: 1(No. 25 )Independent: 1( No. 16). RANKED VS. RANKED No. 2 Georgia at No. 4 Alabama: Bulldogs and Tide played eight times between 2012 and 2023 but only twice in regular-season meetings on each other’s home field.
The other 6 were 2 nationwide title games and 4 SEC championships.No. 19 Illinois at No. 9 Penn State: Last time the Big Ten competitors fulfilled
as ranked groups was 2008. No. 20 Oklahoma State at No. 23 Kansas State: Second straight game against a ranked Huge 12 opponent for the Cowboys.
Just 3rd time in
68 meetings both are ranked.No. 15 Louisville at No. 16 Notre Dame: 2nd straight season the Cardinals-Fighting Irish is a ranked matchup.