Georgia went up one area to No. 4 in The Associated Press survey Sunday, Oklahoma went back to the leading 10 and North Texas, ranked for the very first time given that 1959, is amongst 3 Group of 5 groups in the Leading 25.
Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M were the leading 3 groups for the 5th straight week. Georgia made its greatest ranking given that the very first week of September and Mississippi was back in the leading 5 after investing 3 weeks there at midseason.
Oregon and Texas Tech were connected for No. 6, and Oklahoma increased 3 areas to No. 8 following its win at Alabama. The Sooners were last in the leading 10, at No. 6, the 2nd week of October.
Notre Dame stayed No. 9 after a 22-point win at Pittsburgh and Alabama dropped 6 areas to No. 10 after the Sooners ended its eight-game win streak.
Ohio State, which rolled previous UCLA to enhance to 10-0 for the 4th time in 7 seasons, got 57 of 66 first-place votes. Indiana, which beat Wisconsin to go 11-0 for the very first time, got 8 first-place votes. Texas A&M, whose return from a 27-point deficit to beat South Carolina was its biggest ever, got one first-place vote, 3 less than recently.
Georgia’s 35-10 win over Texas was its 6th straight and 2nd over a top-10 challenger. Mississippi, which lost at Georgia a month earlier, beat Florida and is more than 100 points behind the Bulldogs at No. 5.
The Group of 5 had not had 3 groups in the Leading 25 given that 4 appeared in last season’s last survey.
The Sun Belt Conference’s James Madison burnt out Appalachian State and went up 3 areas to No. 21. North Texas is next at No. 22. The Mean Green of the American Conference clobbered UAB 53-24 on the roadway and have actually matched their finest start in program history.
The last time UNT was 9-1 remained in 1959, when the group then called the Eagles was ranked 2 straight weeks in November, reaching No. 16. That group lost to New Mexico State in the Sun Bowl to end up 9-2. This year’s UNT group currently is qualified for a 2nd straight championship game and remains in the thick of the race for the Group of 5’s automated CFP quote.
In and out
— No. 22 North Texas’ very first look in the survey in 66 years ends the longest dry spell by a Bowl Neighborhood group.
— No. 23 Missouri returned after a one-week lack following a win over Mississippi State in which Ahmad Hardy ended up being the very first gamer given that 2022 to hurry for 300 backyards.
— No. 24 Tulane has actually won 2 directly given that losing to UTSA and is ranked for the very first time this season.
— No. 25 Houston, 5th amongst groups likewise getting votes recently and idle, were ranked for one week in October.
Louisville (19 ), Cincinnati (22 ), Pittsburgh (23) and South Florida (25) left.
Survey points
— Citizens did what the CFP choice committee did recently, leaping Miami over Georgia Tech to make the Hurricanes the highest-ranked Atlantic Coast Conference group. Miami quickly beat North Carolina State and went up 2 areas to No. 14. Georgia Tech, which required a basket in the last seconds to edge one-win Boston College, slipped an area to No. 15.
— No. 13 Utah has actually outscored 3 challengers by a combined 153-49 given that losing at BYU and has its greatest ranking of the season.
— No. 17 Texas took the greatest plunge, dropping 7 areas.
Teleconference
SEC (9 ): Nos. 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 17, 20, 23.
Huge 10 (5 ): Nos. 1, 2, T-6, 16, 18.
Huge 12 (4 ): Nos. T-6, 11, 13, 25.
ACC (3 ): Nos. 14, 15, 19.
American (2 ): Nos. 22, 24.
Sun Belt (1 ): No. 21.
Independent (1 ): No. 9.
Ranked vs. ranked
No. 16 Southern California (8-2, 6-1 Huge 10, No. 17 CFP) at No. 6 Oregon (9-1, 6-1, No. 8 CFP): Winner enhances its position for a CFP at-large quote and keeps alive slim hopes of slipping into the Big 10 national championship.
No. 23 Missouri (7-3, 3-3 SEC) at No. 8 Oklahoma (8-2, 4-2, No. 11 CFP): Sooners did marvels for their playoff resume by knocking off Alabama on the roadway and now opt for a 5th win over a Leading 25 challenger.
Source: The Washington Times.
