AP Top 25: Georgia jumps to No. 2 behind Tide; UCLA moves in

Georgia jumped 3 spots to No. 2 down Alabama successful The Associated Press Top 25 released Tuesday, giving the Southeastern Conference the apical 2 teams successful the state for the 30th clip successful the 85-year past of the assemblage shot poll.

It is the 2nd clip successful the past 3 seasons and the 3rd successful the past 5 that the SEC is sitting 1-2 successful the AP Top 25, which is presented by Regions Bank. Alabama and LSU had a four-week tally arsenic Nos. 1 and 2 successful the 2019 play earlier they played each other.

The Crimson Tide strengthened its clasp connected No. 1 aft it throttled Miami successful the archetypal afloat week of the regular season. Alabama received 59 first-place votes, up from the 47 it had successful the preseason poll.

Georgia received 4 first-place votes aft beating Clemson 10-3 successful the opening weekend’s biggest game.

Ohio State moved up to No. 3 and Oklahoma dropped 2 spots to No. 4. Texas A&M is fifth, giving the SEC 3 teams successful the apical five.

Clemson fell 3 spots to sixth, marking the archetypal clip the Tigers person been retired of the apical 4 since 2017. Clemson dropped arsenic debased arsenic No. 7 that play earlier finishing fourth.

No. 7 Cincinnati and No. 8 Notre Dame moved up 1 spot each. Iowa State dropped 2 places to No. 9, 1 spot up of No. 10 Iowa, heading into their rivalry crippled connected Saturday.

POLL POINTS

Alabama and Georgia finished 1-2 successful the Top 25 successful 2017, erstwhile the Tide bushed the Bulldogs successful overtime successful the an all-SEC College Football Playoff game. Alabama and Georgia besides spent 2 weeks successful that regular play astatine Nos. 1-2.

One league has held the apical 2 spots 76 times since the AP canvass started successful 1936, nary much than the SEC. The now-defunct Big Eight is adjacent with 23.

IN

— No. 16 UCLA is ranked for the archetypal clip since a little enactment astatine No. 25 successful 2017, Jim Mora’s past play arsenic manager of the Bruins. It has been a dilatory ascent backmost for UCLA nether Chip Kelly, but a 2-0 commencement and a 38-27 triumph against LSU pushed the Bruins into the rankings. LSU dropped retired of the rankings from No. 16.

– No. 19 Virginia Tech moved into the rankings aft beating Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina. This is the sixth consecutive play the Hokies person been ranked for astatine slightest 1 week, though Virginia Tech has not finished successful the Top 25 since 2017. The Tar Heels fell 14 spots to No. 24.

– No. 20 Mississippi was not acold extracurricular of the rankings to commencement the play and earned their archetypal canvass quality since aboriginal successful the 2016 play by beating Louisville.

– No. 25 Auburn grabbed the last spot and has present been ranked for astatine slightest 1 week successful 9 consecutive seasons.

OUT

Eight Top 25 teams mislaid implicit the vacation weekend, though 5 were beaten by different ranked team.

— Indiana, ranked successful the preseason for the archetypal clip since 1969, is unranked aft getting blown retired astatine Iowa.

— Washington dropped retired aft a 13-7 nonaccomplishment to FCS powerfulness Montana. The Huskies became conscionable the 5th ranked squad to suffer to an FCS squad successful the past of the AP Top 25.

— Louisiana-Lafayette received its archetypal preseason ranking successful schoolhouse history, but dropped retired aft losing decisively astatine Texas.

CONFERENCE CALL

SEC — 6 (Nos. 1, 2, 5, 13, 20, 25).

Pac-12 — 5 (Nos. 12, 14, 16, 21, 23).

ACC — 4 (Nos. 6, 19, 22, 24).

Big Ten — 4 (Nos. 3, 10, 11, 18).

Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 4, 9 , 15).

American — 1 (No. 7).

Sun Belt — 1 (No. 17).

Independent — 1 (No. 8).

RANKED vs. RANKED

No. 12 Oregon astatine No. 3 Ohio State. The pandemic outgo the Ducks their location crippled successful this bid past year. It’s the teams’ archetypal regular-season gathering since 1987.

No. 10 Iowa astatine No. 9 Iowa State. The biggest Cy-Hawk crippled ever. No doubt.