Georgia spent just one week at No. 1, and the updated AP Poll did the Bulldogs no favors.
After Auburn walked into Athens and knocked them off, Georgia slid to No. 5. The loss itself was the obvious blow, but the bigger problem for the Bulldogs is how the rest of their schedule has aged after a wild weekend in college football.
What once looked like a standout win over Alabama doesn’t carry quite the same shine anymore. Georgia’s best victory still came on the road against the Crimson Tide two weeks ago, and it remains their only win over a team that looks good right now.
But Alabama’s follow-up trip to Tennessee went badly. The Vols beat the Tide 26-10, dropping Alabama to No. 13 in the AP Poll after their second loss of the season.
That shift changes the way Georgia’s résumé looks. At the moment of the win, beating Alabama looked like one of the best results in the country. Now, it’s still a quality victory, just not the résumé monster it appeared to be at first.
The same thing happened to a possible future marquee win. Missouri had been rolling through the SEC before this weekend, with big wins over Florida and Texas A&M, and Georgia had a chance to make that home game matter later in the season.
Instead, Ole Miss handled the Tigers 31-3, knocking Missouri down to No. 22.
Georgia can still get a ranked win there, but it feels a lot less certain now.
There are still other chances for Georgia to add quality wins. In two weeks, the Bulldogs face Florida, which climbed to No. 20 after beating Texas.
Then, three weeks from now, Georgia heads to Ole Miss to take on the No. 7 Rebels, whose only loss came against Florida.
So the Bulldogs are not out of the picture by any means. They can still build one of the best résumés in the country. But between the Auburn loss and the way other teams on their schedule stumbled, Georgia’s case looks a lot thinner than it did a week ago.
Every SEC team ranked in the Week 7 AP Poll
5 Georgia
7 Ole Miss
11 Tennessee
12 Kentucky
13 Alabama
18 LSU
19 Texas
20 Florida
22 Missouri
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