The SEC’s opening weekend was as clean as it gets, and the AP Top 25 reflects it. After a 16-0 start across Week 1, nine SEC teams that were already in the preseason poll are still sitting in the rankings heading into Week 2.
The new poll came out Tuesday instead of its usual Sunday release because Labor Day Weekend pushed games deep into Monday, with one contest not even wrapping until Tuesday morning after a power outage. But the delayed timing didn’t change the shape of the top of the poll: Ohio State is No. 1, followed by Georgia, Notre Dame, Texas and Indiana.
One of the weekend’s only ranked-on-ranked games came Sunday in Nashville, where Ole Miss beat Louisville 41-38 in a neutral-site matchup. That result kept both teams in the poll, with Ole Miss landing at No. 9 and Louisville checking in at No. 24.
LSU also made a loud statement in one of the weekend’s most visible games. With a primetime Saturday kickoff and College GameDay on hand for the Battle of Death Valley against Clemson, the Tigers rolled to a 51-10 win and climbed from No. 11 to No. 8.
The full top 25 has Oregon at No. 6, Miami at No. 7, then LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M rounding out the top 10.
Oklahoma is No. 11, Alabama No. 12, and Texas Tech, USC and BYU follow.
Penn State sits at No. 16, with SMU, Tennessee, Washington, Utah, Iowa, Houston and Mizzou completing the rest of the ranked field.
The poll also includes several teams receiving votes, led by Boise State with 86 and Florida with 83. Michigan picked up 69, followed by Arizona, Memphis, South Carolina, Western Michigan, Pittsburgh, Navy, UCLA, Virginia Tech, Illinois, James Madison, Minnesota, Colorado, Auburn, Arizona State and Vanderbilt.
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