AP college football poll: Iowa up to No. 3; Clemson out of Top 25 first time since ’14

Iowa is gearing up for its biggest location crippled since the 1980s, Cincinnati has its highest ranking successful 12 years and Clemson is connected the extracurricular looking successful astatine The Associated Press assemblage shot canvass for the archetypal clip since 2014.

Alabama and Georgia are the lone constants during this topsy-turvy assemblage shot season. They held down the apical 2 spots for a 5th consecutive week successful the AP Top 25, which is presented by Regions Bank.

Alabama received 53 of a imaginable 62 first-place votes Sunday, with Georgia picking up the rest.

After those 2 teams, the question up and down and successful and retired of the Top 25 was astir what would beryllium expected aft a week successful which 9 ranked teams lost, including 4 successful the apical 10.

Through the archetypal 5 weeks of the season, 34 ranked teams person lost, the astir successful canvass history.

Iowa leapfrogged Penn State to instrumentality the No. 3 spot aft its 51-14 roadworthy triumph implicit antecedently unbeaten Maryland. The Hawkeyes person their highest ranking since 2015. Penn State bushed Indiana 24-0 astatine location and remained No. 4.

No. 5 Cincinnati, coming disconnected a 24-13 roadworthy triumph implicit Notre Dame, has its champion ranking since Brian Kelly’s 2009 Bearcats were No. 4 successful the archetypal week of November.

Oklahoma, Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan and BYU circular retired the apical 10.

Clemson’s 19-13 location triumph implicit antecedently unbeaten Boston College didn’t impressment voters capable to support the Tigers successful the Top 25. Thus ends their streak of 107 consecutive weeks successful the rankings. The past clip the Tigers were unranked was the week of Oct. 5, 2014.

They are 1 spot retired of the Top 25, 15 points down San Diego State.

POLL POINTS

Midway done the season, it’s unusual that a rankings-based statement implicit the apical 2 teams successful the Big Ten doesn’t see Ohio State.

The Buckeyes precise good whitethorn beryllium the best, and the voters surely amusement their respect by ranking them up of Oregon contempt a Week 2 location nonaccomplishment to the Ducks and a meh location triumph implicit Tulsa successful the pursuing game.

This week’s Penn State-Iowa clash is the Big Ten’s crippled of the twelvemonth — truthful far.

It volition beryllium the highest-ranked matchup successful Iowa City since 1985, erstwhile the No. 1 Hawkeyes bushed No. 2 Michigan 12-10 connected a tract extremity arsenic clip ran retired for what then-Iowa manager Hayden Fry called the biggest triumph successful programme history.

IN

— No. 16 Kentucky (5-0) is rewarded for its triumph implicit then-No. 10 Florida with its archetypal ranking of the season.

— No. 21 Texas (4-1) bushed TCU for its 3rd consecutive triumph and is backmost successful for the archetypal clip successful a month.

— No. 22 Arizona State (4-1) returns aft wins implicit Colorado and UCLA.

— No. 24 SMU is 5-0 for a 3rd consecutive season.

— No. 25 San Diego State (4-0) returns for the archetypal clip since November 2019.

OUT

— Clemson managed lone 1 touchdown and 4 tract goals against BC. The Tigers get a week disconnected earlier facing a top-15 defence astatine Syracuse.

— Texas A&M got bounced for losing 2 successful a enactment and Alabama comes calling this week.

— Fresno State is retired pursuing 2 weeks aft committing six turnovers and blowing a two-touchdown pb successful the 4th fourth against Hawaii.

— UCLA was ranked for 3 consecutive weeks but got bumped aft losing 2 consecutive location games.

— Baylor couldn’t get its moving crippled going against Oklahoma State and is retired aft a one-week appearance.

CONFERENCE CALL

Losses by Arkansas and Florida made country for the Big Ten to assertion 4 of the apical 10 spots, and Michigan State is sitting astatine No. 11.

Last week, the Southeastern Conference had 4 teams successful the apical 10 and 5 of the apical 12. Alabama and Georgia are the SEC’s lone 2 successful the apical 10 this week.

The Atlantic Coast Conference’s archetypal lack from the apical 20 successful 10 years lasted lone a week acknowledgment to Wake Forest moving up to No. 19.

SEC — 7 (Nos. 1, 2, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20).

Big Ten — 5 (Nos. 3, 4, 7, 9, 11).

ACC — 2 (Nos. 19, 23).

Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 6, 12, 21).

Pac-12 — 2 (Nos. 8, 22).

American — 2 (Nos. 5, 24).

Sun Belt — 1 (No. 15).

Mountain West — 1 (No. 25).

Independents — 2 (Nos. 10, 14).

RANKED vs. RANKED

No. 4 Penn State astatine No. 3 Iowa. This isn’t the aforesaid Nittany Lions squad that mislaid by 20 points to Iowa past year.

No. 6 Oklahoma vs. No. 21 Texas. Red River Rivalry volition beryllium hard-pressed to duplicate past year’s four-overtime thriller won by the Sooners.

No. 13 Arkansas astatine No. 17 Mississippi. These are a mates of teams looking for a re-set aft lopsided losses to the nation’s champion two.

No. 2 Georgia astatine No. 18 Auburn. Bulldogs person won 12 of 15 successful the series.

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