Tennessee transferred toNo 3 in The Associated Press college football survey behindNo 1 Georgia andNo 2 Ohio State after knocking offAlabama
The Crimson Tide was among 5 unbeaten groups to fall throughout a wild weekend and dropped 3 locations toNo 6 in the AP Top 25 provided byRegions Bank Alabama switched locations with the Vols after losing to them 52-49 on a field goal as time expired Saturday.
Georgia stayedNo 1 and got 31 first-place votes and Ohio State had 17 first-place votes.
The Vols got 15 first-place votes and have their finest ranking considering that beginning the 2005 season atNo 3. The last time Tennessee was ranked this extremely in the 2nd half of the season was 2001, arriving 10 in late October and headed into the SEC champion atNo 2.
No 4 Michigan went up an area Sunday, changing locations withNo 5 Clemson after the Wolverines blew out now-No. 16 Penn State.
Tennessee tight end Princeton Fant (88) surpasses Alabama protective lineman Byron Young (47) en path to a goal throughout the very first half of an NCAA college football video game Saturday,Oct 15, 2022, in Knoxville,Tenn (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
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Tulane running back Tyjae Spears (22) commemorates his goal versus South Florida with running back Iverson Celestine (8) and tight end Reggie Brown (89) throughout the 2nd half of an NCAA college football video game Saturday,Oct 15, 2022, in Tampa,Fla (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
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No 7 Mississippi went up 2 areas andNo 8 TCU,No 9 UCLA andNo 10 Oregon all moved into the leading 10.
SURVEY POINTS
The Crimson Tide had its string of 40 straight looks in the leading 5 snapped. It was the longest such active streak in the nation.
Georgia now has the longest run of top-five looks with 24.
The Tide’s newest top-five run is just the 3rd longest of the Saban period. The Tide’s 68 straight top-five looks from 2015-19 is the AP survey record, and a string of 48 successive top-five rankings from 2011-13 is connected for 4th.
DESCRIBE YOUR VOTE
Tennessee made a case to be theNo 1 group in the nation, and it swayed some citizens.
Those who purchased in on the Vols pointed out a resume that consists of 4 triumphes versus groups that were ranked at the time (at Pitt, Florida, at LSU and Alabama).
” I votedTennessee No 1 since the Vols’ strength of schedule is far remarkable to UGA and Ohio State,” stated Ron Counts of the Idaho Statesman in Boise.
For contrast, Georgia has actually played simply one group (Oregon) that has actually been ranked at any point this season. Ohio State has actually played 3, though just one was ranked at the time (Notre Dame) and all of those challengers have at least 3 losses.
Plus, pounding Alabama does not take place frequently and holds a great deal of weight with citizens. No group this season has actually beaten a group with a much better ranking at the time the video game was played than Tennessee.
“It was a difficult call in between Tennessee and Georgia forNo 1,” stated Kellis Robinett of The Wichita (Kansas)Eagle “I have actually been voting the Bulldogs ahead of everybody else for numerous weeks, primarily since their blowout triumph over Oregon has actually aged like a great white wine. But I believe beating Alabama is somewhat more outstanding.”
So why justNo 3 for Tennessee?
The ranked-at-the-time argument fails for some citizens, who were less satisfied with triumphes versus Florida and Pitt and provide Georgia and Ohio State credit for being more dominant overall.
” I have actually been high up on Tennessee all year, however I do not believe ranking themNo 3 is any type of snub today,” stated Mike Barber of the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch
IN
–No 22 North Carolina is ranked for the very first time this season.
–No 25 Tulane is today’s development group. The Green Wave (6-1) is ranked for the very first time considering that 1998, when quarterback Shaun King led them to an unbeaten season andNo 7 in the last Top 25.
OUT
— Kansas lost 2 straight video games after snapping a survey dry spell of 13 years and is unranked once again.
— James Madison is out after ending up being the first string to be ranked in its very first season as an FBS member. The Dukes lost 45-38 on the road at brand-new Sun Belt competitor Georgia Southern.
TELECONFERENCE
SEC– 6 (Nos 1, 3, 6, 7, 19, 24).
ACC– 5 (Nos 5, 13, 14, 22, 23).
Big 12– 4 (Nos 8, 11, 17, 20).
Big Ten– 4 (No 2, 4, 16, 18).
Pac -12– 4 (Nos 9, 10, 12, 15).
American– 2 (Nos 21, 25).
RANKED vs. RANKED
After 6 video games matching ranked groups this previous weekend, 5 more are on tap, consisting of the very first top-10 match in the Pac -12 considering that the 2016 championship game video game (No 4 Washington andNo 9 Colorado).
No 14 Syracuse atNo 5Clemson
No. 20 Texas atNo 11 Oklahoma State.
No 9 UCLA atNo 10 Oregon.
No 24 Mississippi State atNo 6 Alabama.
No 17 Kansas State atNo 8 TCU.
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