Flash leading headings for September 19 Flash leading headings are below.
Clemson as well as Ohio State slipped to the rear of the top 10 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday and also Penn State jumped four areas to No. 6 after one more weekend break in which lots of ranked groups had concerns.
Also No. 1 Alabama.
The protecting national champ Crimson Trend remained a frustrating No. 1 after hanging on to beat Florida 31-29, Alabama's closest margin of victory throughout its present 17-game winning touch. The Tide got 59 of 62 first-place votes.
No. 2 Georgia, which had no worry with South Carolina, received the various other 3 first-place enact the AP Top 25, which is presented by Regions Financial institution.
No. 3 Oregon went up a spot and No. 4 Oklahoma slid one after a close success over Nebraska.
Iowa was No. 5 for a second straight week as well as Penn State has its best position given that the Nittany Lions were 5th on Nov. 3, 2019. Penn State defeated Auburn on Saturday evening to give it two success versus ranked teams, along with Wisconsin.
No. 9 Clemson as well as No. 10 Ohio State both won Saturday, however neither looked normally leading. The Tigers took care of just 14 factors versus Georgia Tech and the Buckeyes had a hard time defensively before retreating late against winless Tulsa.
Clemson was last placed this low very early in 2015, when the Tigers began the season in the reduced teenagers however ended up playing for the national championship.
For Ohio State, 11th has been its cheapest rankings since the 2014 period, when a Week 2 loss to Virginia Tech sent the Buckeyes tumbling as far as No. 23. They never lost again that period as well as won the national title.
The last time Clemson and Ohio State were both rated listed below No. 8 was Nov. 2, 2014, when Ohio State was 13th and Clemson was 19th.
POLL FACTORS
6 placed groups lost Saturday, though none in the top 10, increasing to 19 the total variety of rated teams to lose via the initial three weeks of the season.
That's the most with 3 weeks of a period in the history of the poll, according to ESPN's stats and info.
The number is padded by 10 placed groups shedding to rated teams. Additionally, just one top-10 group has shed to an unranked team: North Carolina was preseason No. 10 when it opened with a loss to Virginia Tech.
It's been an unstable initial couple of weeks of the 2021 season, though not quite as insane as well as uncertain as it may check out initial glance.
A total of 35 teams have actually been rated through three regular-season polls.
IN
-- No. 20 Michigan State is off to an outstanding begin in Year 2 under instructor Mel Tucker, 3-0 by a typical margin of 23 factors. The Spartans won 38-17 at Miami on Saturday as well as are ranked for the very first time considering that Oct. 5, 2019.
-- No. 22 Fresno State won perhaps the weekend's most awesome video game, distressing UCLA with 2 late scoring drives led by quarterback Jake Haener. The Bulldogs are placed for the very first time since the final AP Top 25 of 2018.
No. 24 UCLA dropped 11 places after its initial loss of the season.
-- No. 25 Kansas State is off to a 3-0 begin after defeating Nevada 38-17. The Wildcats were rated briefly in 2020 and after that stumbled to a 4-5 surface.
OUT
-- Virginia Tech slipped out after losing at West Virginia.-- Arizona State is out for the first
time this season after shedding to BYU. The Cougars went up 8 spots to No. 15 after a second straight triumph versus a ranked Pac-12 team.-- Miami is out for the first time this season after being up to 1-2.
CONFERENCE CALL SEC-- 7 (Nos. 1, 2, 7, 11, 13, 16, 23). Large 10-- 6(Nos. 5, 6, 10, 18
, 19, 20). Big 12--
3 (Nos. 4, 14, 25).
ACC-- 2 (Nos. 9, 21).
Pac-12-- 2 (Nos. 3, 24).
American-- 1(No. 8)
. Mountain West-- 1(No. 22).
Sunlight Belt-- 1 (No. 17)
. Independents-- 2(Nos. 12
, 15 ). RATED vs.
RANKED No. 12 Notre Dame vs. No. 18 Wisconsin at Soldier Area in Chicago. Hardest examination yet for an
Irish group that is unbeaten yet
much from perfect. No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 16 Arkansas at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Last time this was a rated competition was 2016.
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