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AP Top 25: Oregon, Penn State fall behind No. 1 Texas


AP Top 25: Oregon, Penn State fall behind No. 1 Texas

Oregon and Penn State each moved up one spot The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday after exciting wins in high-profile games and top 25 newcomers Navy and Army are in the ranking together for the first time since 1960.

Texas solidified its position at No. 1 with its 31 point win over Oklahoma. The Longhorns received 56 of 62 first-place votes, four more than last week and the most since they were unanimously No. 1 in October 2008.

This weekend wasn't as crazy as the week before Four of the top 11 teams were upset and only two teams retained their places in the subsequent ranking change.

That's not to say Week 7 was lacking in excitement.

Oregon's 32-31 home win over Ohio State There were seven lead changes, moving the Ducks to No. 2 with the other six first-place votes. It is their highest finish since they finished the 2014 season at No. 2 after losing in the first College Football Playoff championship game to the Buckeyes had lost.

Penn State moved up to No. 3 with one 33-30 overtime win at Southern Californiathe Nittany Lions' highest finish in seven years.

Penn State-USC was one of four games involving AP Top 25 teams that went to OT on Saturday, including three in the top 10.

Ohio State fell two spots to No. 4 and Georgia remained at No. 5. Miami, Alabama, LSU, Iowa State and Clemson rounded out the top 10.

army, the defeated UAB 44-10and the Navy, idle, broke through for its first simultaneous ranking for the first time since October 3, 1960.

Their simultaneous appearance this season only lasted a week. Army was 3-0 and ranked 18th before losing two straight games to finish 6-3-1. Navy had entered the rankings a week earlier at No. 17 and finished the season at 9-2 and No. 4.

Army (6-0) and Navy (5-0) have not each been undefeated at this point in a season since 1945, weeks after the end of World War II and during the era when military academies were the sport's powerhouses.

Survey points

LSU and Mississippi were subsequently the biggest movers The Tigers' 29-26 overtime win. The Tigers rose from No. 13 to No. 8, their first top-10 appearance since they were ranked No. 5 in the 2023 preseason poll. Mississippi, which lost for the second time in three games, fell from No. 9 to No. 18.

No. 9 Iowa State6-0 for the first time since 1938, has its highest ranking since September 2021.

Tennessee was ranked in the top 10 in four straight polls before slipping to No. 11 23:17 overtime win against Florida.

The Southeastern Conference holds eight spots in the AP Top 25. The Big Ten still has three teams in the top five – Oregon, Penn State and Ohio State – and six in the top 25.

In and out

Army and Navy are the only teams making their season debuts in the poll.

Utah, which suffered two straight losses, was subsequently eliminated 27:19 loss at Arizona State.

Oklahoma, ranked No. 18 before its loss to Texas, is out of the AP Top 25 for the first time since the end of the 2022 season.

Conference call

SEC – 8 (Nos. 1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 18, 19).

Big Ten – 6 (Nos. 2, 3, 4, 16, 22, 24).

ACC – 4 (Nos. 6, 10, 20, 21).

Big 12 – 3 (Nos. 9, 13, 17).

American – 2 (No. 23, 25).

Mountain West – 1 (No. 15).

Independent – ​​1 (No. 12).

Rank vs. rank

-NO. 5 Georgia at No. 1 Texas. This will be the third top five match in four weeks Georgia-Alabama and Ohio State-Oregon. The Bulldogs hope things go better than they did against 'Bama. It will be just the fifth meeting between Georgia and Texas since 1949 and the first since the Longhorns' 28-21 victory in the 2019 Sugar Bowl.

-NO. 7 Alabama at No. 11 Tennessee. Some of the glory came from this match Alabama's loss to Vanderbilt and it is Battle against South Carolina And Tennessee's loss to Arkansas And Overtime against Florida.

-NO. 24 Michigan at No. 22 Illinois. This is the first time since 2001 that both are ranked in the AP Top 25 in their game. Some fans may be wondering why either team is ranked this time. Michigan, coming off two losses with a date still open, was terrible on offense. The only defeat Illini held off weak Purdue 50-49 in overtime at home.

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