AP Top 25: Oregon hits No. 5, Ohio State falls to No. 6
Duck fans show their support for Oregon quarterback Bo Nix and coach Dan Lanning during the game against Oregon State. credits: Chris Pietsch/The Register Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK Ohio State's loss to Michigan sent the Buckeyes plummeting four spots to No. 6, making room for Oregon to move into the first five of the Associated Press Top 25 poll, released Sunday.
Georgia held the No. 1 spot for the 24th straight week, gaining 52 of 62 first-place votes. The other 10 votes went to Michigan, who defeated Ohio State 30-24 and rose one place to No. 2.
Washington moved to No. 3, with Florida State also climbing one rung to No. 4.
The top four teams all are 12-0.
Georgia, Michigan, Florida State and Washington all have cemented berths in their respective conference championship games. The Huskies will meet No. 5 Oregon (11-1) in the Pac-12 title game Friday at Las Vegas.
This is the first time the Pac-12, which is set to disband after this season as 10 teams defect to other leagues, had two teams in the top five since the last ranking of the 2016 season.
The College Football Playoff committee ultimately determines the four teams that will compete for the national championship, and its latest rankings will be unveiled on Tuesday.
Following No. 6 Ohio State are two other 11-1 teams — No. 7 Texas and No. 8 Alabama.
No. 9 Missouri and No. 10 Penn State, both 10-2, round out the top 10.
With a loss to Kentucky, Louisville fell out of the top 10 and dropped six places to No. 15. That allowed No. 11 Ole Miss to move up one place, followed by Oklahoma, LSU and Arizona.
Also dropping six spots was No. 21 Oregon State, which lost 31-7 to Oregon.
Out of the Top 25 this week are Kansas State and Tennessee. They were replaced by No. 21 North Carolina State and No. 25 SMU.
—Field Level Media
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