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Texas (3-0) vaulted past Georgia (3-0) and into the No. 1 spot. The Longhorns drew 35 first-place votes to garner 1,540 poll points. Georgia received 23 first-place votes and had 1,518 poll points.
Alabama and Mississippi tumbled out of the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 poll Sunday and Miami and SMU moved in following a chaotic weekend in the SEC and across college football in general.
Alabama and SMU were Nos. 11 and 12, respectively, in the AP Top 25, but the Mustangs edged out the Crimson Tide for the final playoff spot. The poll was released shortly before the CFP rankings.
Top-ranked Alabama’s loss at Vanderbilt was part of a chaotic day that saw No. 4 Tennessee, No. 9 Missouri, No. 10 Michigan and No. 11 Southern Cal also lose to unranked teams.
The AP Poll began with the 1936 college football season. [6] The Coaches Poll began with the 1950 college football season and became the second major polling system. [7] [better source needed] In 1978, Division I football was split into two distinct divisions and a second poll was added for the new Division I-AA.
In American college sports, the Associated Press poll (AP poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling 62 sportswriters and broadcasters from across the nation. [ 1 ]
Oregon was the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the fourth straight week on Sunday as Penn State and Indiana climbed into the top five, Georgia and Miami dropped ...
Vanderbilt was the other team to fall out of the top 25. That allowed Washington State (7-1) to move into the poll at No. 22 while Colorado (6-2, 4-1 Big 12) slid in at No. 23.