UCLA leaps to No. 12 in AP poll, USC holds steady at No. 19 - BERITAJA
ByEric OlsonAP College Football Writer
NEW YORK — UCLA jumped to No. 12 successful the latest Associated Press Top 25 canvass pursuing its upset of Oregon and USC retained its No. 19 ranking pursuing its triumph astatine dispute Penn State.
The canvass saw galore changes pursuing a Saturday filled pinch upsets.
Georgia moved up to No. 1 aft its triumph astatine Alabama, Texas dropped six spots to No. 7 aft its nonaccomplishment to rival Oklahoma and Oregon was unranked for the first clip successful 4 years aft losing for the 2nd clip successful the past month.
The Bulldogs, who had been No. 2 for 5 consecutive polls while rolling disconnected 5 consecutive lopsided wins, went connected the roadworthy and hit Alabama 20-17 pinch the thief of what appeared to beryllium a missed walk interference telephone successful the extremity area precocious successful the game.
Georgia received 66 first-place votes from the sheet of 70 media members aft its first triumph successful Tuscaloosa since 2014 and ascended to the apical of the canvass for the first clip since Sept. 8, 2024.
Notre Dame, which tuned up for this week’s top-10 matchup astatine Brigham Young pinch a 58-7 rout of Stanford, moved up 1 spot to No. 2. The Fighting Irish sewage 1 first-place ballot and person their highest ranking since they were No. 2 successful the last canvass of the 2024 season.
No. 3 Miami, which received 2 first-place votes, is followed by Ohio State and Indiana. The Hoosiers, who received the remaining first-place vote, sewage a two-spot promotion aft their constrictive triumph astatine Nebraska.
Alabama remained No. 6, and Texas, BYU, Mississippi and Texas Tech completed the apical 10.
Oregon came into the play pinch its highest preseason ranking ever astatine No. 2. The Ducks’ turnover-fueled 17-15 location nonaccomplishment to UCLA dropped them to 3-2 and knocked them retired of the canvass for the first clip since they went from No. 11 to unranked pursuing a 49-3 nonaccomplishment to Georgia successful the 2022 opener.
No. 12 UCLA and No. 15 Kentucky sewage the biggest promotions. The Bruins moved up 9 spots pinch their triumph complete Oregon, and the Wildcats went from unranked to No. 15 pinch their 35-34 overtime triumph complete Louisiana State, which dropped from No. 10 to No. 22.
In and out
In: Kentucky, which dropped retired past week aft beating South Carolina, is backmost successful the canvass pinch its highest ranking since early October 2022.
In: No. 21 Wake Forest is 5-1 and classed for the first clip since precocious October 2022.
In: No. 25 Northwestern, astatine 4-1, earned its first ranking nether fourth-year coach David Braun.
Out: Oregon hasn’t mislaid 2 of its first 5 games since the 2016 squad opened 2-5 and vanished 4-8.
Out: Florida has gone from No. 8 to No. 16 to retired of the rankings successful 2 weeks pursuing its 38-19 location nonaccomplishment to South Carolina.
Out: Pittsburgh managed conscionable 1 touchdown connected 8 second-half possessions successful a 21-17 location nonaccomplishment to North Carolina.
Poll points
— This is the 2nd clip successful 3 years location person been 3 aliases much No. 1 teams successful the first six polls. Georgia, Texas and Alabama took turns holding the apical spot successful the first six polls successful 2024. The only different clip successful the Top 25 era that 3 teams had been No. 1 astatine this constituent of a play was 1990.
— Notre Dame and Miami, dubbed “Catholic vs. Convicts” rivals since their classical crippled successful 1988, haven’t been together successful the apical 3 since Nov. 9, 1993.
— Texas’ six-spot autumn from No. 1 to No. 7 matched its driblet pursuing a season-opening nonaccomplishment to Ohio State past year.
Conference call
SEC (9 classed teams): No. 1 Georgia, No. 6 Alabama, No. 7 Texas, No. 9 Mississippi, No. 13 Missouri, No. 14 Tennessee, No. 15 Kentucky, No. 16 Mississippi State, No. 22 LSU.
Big Ten (6): No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Indiana, No. 12 UCLA, No. 17 Iowa, No. 19 USC, No. 25 Northwestern.
Big 12 (5): No. 8 BYU, No. 10 Texas Tech, No. 11 Utah, No. 18 Oklahoma State, No. 20 Houston.
ACC (3): No. 3 Miami, No. 21 Wake Forest, No. 24 SMU.
Pac-12 (1): No. 23 Boise State.
Independent (1): No. 3 Notre Dame.
Olson writes for the Associated Press.
