Ralph D. Russo
Associated Press
LSU rejoined the Associated Press College Football poll Sunday at No. 18, while No. 25 South Carolina earned the ranking for the first time in four seasons.
The first six teams in the AP Top 25 as presented by Regions Bank retained their spots after either winning or not playing last weekend.
Georgia topped the list for the third week in a row, while second-placed Ohio overtook Iowa to move up the rankings. The Bulldogs, who were idle, got her 31 first place votes and her 1,530 points, while the Buckeyes got her 18 first place votes and she got 1,513 points.
No. 3 Tennessee received first place votes with 13 votes. No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Clemson and No. 6 Alabama also held their positions, with the Tigers getting his number one vote.
No. 7 TCU moved up the standings after remaining undefeated in a late comeback against Kansas State. After Oregon lost to UCLA, he moved up two spots to his season-high No. 8.
Oklahoma ranks ninth, followed by Southern California and Wake Forest at 10th.
In his first season under coach Brian Kelly, LSU handed Mississippi a first loss of the season in a way that highlighted their return to the rankings ahead of November 5 against Alabama in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The Tigers were ranked for a week earlier this month before losing to Tennessee. They surpassed Ole Miss, who was 14 points behind in the first half, by 42-3 and improved to 6-2.
South Carolina was ranked for the first time since a weeklong stint after the opening weekend of the 2018 season under second-year coach Shane Beamer. The Gamecocks beat Texas A&M, improving 5-2. Since 2013, they have never been ranked late in a season.
voting point
LSU’s appearance in the rankings before the offweek ensures that Tigers-Tide will be the first ranked team matchup since their SEC West rivals went head-to-head in 2019. rice field.
Alabama is also closed next week.
After winning the national title in 2019, the Tigers stepped back and were out of the ranks the last two seasons when they played for the Crimson Tide.
This snapped 14 straight seasons in which both LSU and Alabama were ranked when they played.
-LSU and Tulane were both ranked for the first time since 1998, but the Louisiana schools were heading in different directions as their seasons overlapped.
The Tigers and Green Wave were in the top 25 for the first two weeks of October, but LSU dropped the following week, finishing 4-7. The Green Wave continued their undefeated season with a 7th-place finish.
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– Texas is unranked again after taking a second-half lead at Oklahoma State.The Longhorns fell to 4-3.
– Mississippi State was knocked out of the rankings once again, having the misfortune of catching up with Alabama right after their loss to the Tide. The Bulldogs scored a touchdown in Tuscaloosa for the first time since 2014. It was the last play of the game.
Conference call
SEC-7 (No. 1, 3, 6, 15, 17, 19, 25).
ACC-5 (No. 5, 11, 16, 21, 24).
Big Ten – 4 (No. 2, 4, 13, 17)
Pac-12-4 (No.8, 10, 12, 14).
Big 12 – 3 (No. 7, 9, 23).
American – 2 (No. 20, 22).
rank vs rank
After playing a total of 11 games against the ranked teams in the past two weeks, the next slate is not so juicy.
-No. 2 Ohio, Pennsylvania No. 13. Six consecutive tournaments where both are ranked. The Buckeyes have won their last five games.
-No. 19 Kentucky No. 3 Tennessee. He was last ranked by the Wildcats and Volunteers in 1951.
-No. Kansas 22nd Oklahoma 9th. Second meeting of 65 matchups in which both were ranked. The first was him in 2011 when the Cowboys won him 52-45.
Related news top 25
1 Georgia (7-0)
2 Ohio (7-0)
3 Tennessee (7-0)
4 Michigan (7-0)
5 Clemson (8-0)
6 Alabama (7-1)
7 TCUs (7-0)
8 Oregon (6-1)4
9 Oklahoma (6-1)
10 USC (6-1)
10 Wake Forest (6-1)
12 UCLA (6-1)
13 Pennsylvania (6-1)
14 Utah (5-2)
15 Ole Miss (7-1)
16 Syracuse (6-1)
17 Illinois (6-1)
18 LSUs (6-2)
19 Kentucky (5-2)
20 Cincinnati (6-1)
21 North Carolina (6-1)
22 Kansas (5-2)
23 Tulane (7-1)
24 North Carolina (5-2)
25 South Carolina (5-2)
Other voters:
Texas 38, Liberty 35, Oregon 25, Mississippi 10, Maryland 8, Troy 3, UTSA 1, Arkansas 1, Washington 1, Florida 1
