SEC puts six teams in top seven of AP Top 25 poll

Field Level Media|published: Sun 8th September, 14:57 2024

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Nov 13, 2021; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; A detailed view of the Southeastern Conference SEC logo at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Georgia remained the top team in this week's Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, with the Southeastern Conference dominating the upper echelon of the rankings.

For the first time in the 88 years of the AP rankings, a single conference has six of the first top seven spots of the poll. Following Georgia is No. 2 Texas, No. 4 Alabama, No. 5 Ole Miss, No. 6 Missouri and No. 7 Tennessee.

No. 3 Ohio State of the Big Ten is the only non-SEC team in the top seven. The Buckeyes moved down one spot, even with a 56-0 victory over Western Michigan on Saturday.

Rounding out the top 10 is No. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Oregon, both of the Big Ten, and No. 10 Miami (FL).

Before this week, the most spots in the top seven ever held by a single conference was four.

Georgia received 54 of a possible 63 first-place votes. Texas received four first-place votes and Ohio State picked up the other five.

Crashing out of the top 10 was Notre Dame, which fell from No. 5 to No. 18 after a 16-14 loss at home to Northern Illinois.

Michigan also dropped from No. 10 to No. 17 after a 31-12 home loss to Texas.

Northern Illinois moved into the No. 25 spot with the last-second victory at South Bend, Ind. The Huskies are ranked for the first time since 2013.

No. 23 Nebraska is ranked for the first time since 2019.

Kansas, Iowa, Georgia Tech and North Carolina state all were dropped from the Top 25 following losing games.

The rest of the AP Top 25 poll:

No. 11 Southern California

No. 12 Utah

No. 13 Oklahoma State