Ohio State climbed to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll on Tuesday, LSU and Miami moved into the top five, and Florida State jumped back into the rankings at the expense of Alabama, which plummeted to its lowest spot in 17 seasons.
The defending national champion Buckeyes received 55 of 66 first-place votes to move up two spots after their win over preseason No. 1 Texas. Ohio State is at the top of a regular-season Top 25 for the first time since November 2015.
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Texas dropped to No. 7 because the media voters shuffled the rankings following a topsy-turvy Labor Day weekend. It was solely the second time, and first since 1972, that two top-five groups misplaced in Week 1 and the primary time 4 top-10 groups misplaced. Solely three groups within the Prime 25 are in the identical spot they had been within the preseason ballot.
Penn State bought seven first-place votes and remained No. 2. LSU, which acquired three first-place votes, was adopted by Georgia and Miami to spherical out the highest 5.
Oregon bought the opposite first-place vote and was adopted by Texas, Clemson, Notre Dame and South Carolina.
LSU jumped six spots after profitable at Clemson and Miami bought a five-rung promotion for its victory over Notre Dame.
The most important movers within the ballot had been Florida State and Alabama after the Seminoles’ 31-17 victory of their head-to-head matchup: Florida State, 15 spots outdoors the Prime 25 within the preseason, is now No. 14. Alabama dropped all the best way from No. 8 to No. 21 — its lowest rating because it was No. 24 within the 2008 preseason ballot. That was the second of Nick Saban’s 17 groups in Tuscaloosa.
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It’s been fairly a turnabout for Florida State. The Seminoles had been No. 10 within the 2024 preseason, misplaced their first two video games, completed 2-10 and weren’t ranked once more till now.
Out and in
Utah, at No. 25, joins Florida State as the one newcomers this week.
The Utes had acquired the second-most factors, behind BYU, amongst groups outdoors the preseason Prime 25. Utah bought extra credit score for beating UCLA 43-10 on the highway than BYU bought for hammering FCS foe Portland State. The Utes are ranked for the primary time since final October, after they had been on the entrance finish of a seven-game shedding streak.
Boise State, which had been No. 25, acquired no votes following its 34-7 loss at South Florida. The Broncos had appeared in 14 straight polls. The opposite group to drop out of the ballot was No. 17 Kansas State, which adopted up its season-opening loss to Iowa State with a last-minute residence win over FCS group North Dakota.
Ballot factors
Ohio State is the primary group to take excessive spot within the first regular-season ballot since Alabama in 2012. It was the most important bounce to No. 1 within the first regular-season ballot since Southern California was promoted from No. 3 in 2008.
Texas’ fall was the most important for a preseason No. 1 since Auburn dropped to No. 8 within the first regular-season ballot of 1984.
LSU has its highest rating after Week 1 because it was No. 3 in 2012, and Miami has its highest rating after Week 1 because it was No. 5 in 2004.
South Carolina is within the prime 10 within the common season for the primary time because it was No. 8 in December 2013.
Convention name
SEC: 10 ranked groups (Nos. 3, 4, 7, 10, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
Massive Ten: 6 (Nos. 1, 2, 6, 11, 15, 23)
ACC: 4 (Nos. 5, 8, 14, 17)
Massive 12: (Nos. 12, 16, 24, 25)
Unbiased: 1 (No. 9)
Ranked vs. ranked
No. 15 Michigan at No. 18 Oklahoma: This weekend’s sport would be the first assembly since Oklahoma beat the Wolverines within the Orange Bowl to win the 1975 nationwide championship. Wolverines freshman QB Bryce Underwood will get put to the take a look at in his second begin.
This is the total prime 25:
1. Ohio State
2. Penn State
3. LSU
4. Georgia
5. Miami (Fla.)
6. Oregon
7. Texas
8. Clemson
9. Notre Dame
10. South Carolina
11. Illinois
12. Arizona State
13. Florida
14. Florida State
15. Michigan
16. Iowa State
17. SMU
18. Oklahoma
19. Texas A&M
20. Ole Miss
21. Alabama
22. Tennessee
23. Indiana
24. Texas Tech
25. Utah
Reporting by The Related Press.
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