Georgia was voted No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 for the second time this season Sunday, unbeaten UCLA matched its highest ranking in 25 years and Ohio State’s free fall continued after a wild weekend that followed the first College Football Playoff rankings of the year.
Miami became the fourth No. 1 team to get knocked out of the top spot, the most in a single season since 2008. Only one team — No. 6 Indiana, which was idle — remained in the same spot it had a week ago in the Top 25.
Georgia turned in one of the most dominant performances of the season in a 42-7 victory at Mississippi on Saturday. The Bulldogs had been No. 1 for one week when they were upset by Auburn on Oct. 17 but never dropped out of the top five, and they were the voters’ choice for No. 1 by a wide margin over Utah and Notre Dame.
Ohio State, which was No. 2 two weeks ago, went from No. 11 after its loss at Southern California to No. 21 this week after a 41-28 home loss to Oregon. The Buckeyes hadn’t been ranked so low, excluding the 2020 pandemic season, since 2014.
Rank Team Record Previous rank
1 Georgia (53) 8-1 2
2 Utah (12) 9-0 3
3 Notre Dame (5) 8-1 4
4 UCLA 9-0 5
5 Miami 8-1 1
6 Indiana 8-1 6
7 Alabama 7-2 9
8 Texas 7-2 10
9 Tennessee 7-2 16
10 Texas Tech 8-1 13
11 Wake Forest 8-1 14
12 BYU 7-2 7
13 Kentucky 7-2 8
14 Houston 7-2 17
15 USC 7-2 18
16 Iowa 7-2 21
17 Boise State 8-1 20
18 Oregon 6-3 NR
19 Ole Miss 6-3 12
20 South Carolina 6-3 23
21 Ohio State 6-3 11
22 Arizona 7-2 24
23 New Mexico 8-1 22
24 LSU 6-3 15
25 SMU 7-2 NR
* Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes
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