College football’s latest AP Top 25 brought a major reset, and Georgia is the team standing at the front of the line.
The Bulldogs moved up to No. 1 after beating Alabama 20-17 in Tuscaloosa, a result that gave Kirby Smart’s team the top spot and earned Georgia 66 of 70 first-place votes. Notre Dame jumped to No. 2 after rolling past Stanford 58-7, with Miami at No.
3, Ohio State at No. 4 and Indiana at No. 5.
The shakeup also sent some preseason assumptions straight into the trash. Oregon, which opened the season ranked No. 2, has fallen completely out of the poll after losing 17-15 to UCLA. For a team expected to be in the thick of the Big Ten race, it was a brutal collapse.
Georgia’s rise came from one of the weekend’s biggest wins. Knocking off Alabama on the road sent a message that the Bulldogs can handle the kind of test that usually separates contenders from the pack.
Alabama, despite the loss, stayed inside the top 10 at No. 6.
Texas slid to No. 7 after losing to Oklahoma. Behind that group, BYU and Utah remain part of a crowded and increasingly messy playoff picture.
There were other notable moves, too. Kentucky climbed to No. 15 after beating LSU, while Wake Forest and Northwestern entered the rankings.
Week 7 now has a chance to stir the pot all over again. No.
4 Ohio State visits No. 5 Indiana in a game with heavy Big Ten and playoff weight.
No. 2 Notre Dame heads to No.
8 BYU, and No. 6 Alabama gets another demanding matchup when it meets No.
14 Tennessee.
The board has already changed once. Given how this season has gone, it may not stay still for long.
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