After the first weekend of the new college football season, we saw some major movement in the AP Top 25.
While Alabama remained No. 1 after their resounding 55-0 victory over Utah State, there was a bit of change at No. 2.
Georgia after their pounding of then-No. 11 Oregon, jumped Ohio State and took the No. 2 spot.
Although the Buckeyes did beat Notre Dame Saturday 21-10, it was clear the voters were more impressed with the Bulldogs’ victory over the Ducks.
It was a rough week for the Pac-12. Both of their top-15 teams, Oregon and Utah, lost to SEC teams, which cost them in the rankings. The good news for the Pac-12 is that USC did move into the top-10.
After being thrashed by Georgia, Oregon fell completely out of the top-25. And Utah, who lost to Florida in a wild game, was dropped to No. 13 with the Gators moving ahead of them at No. 12.
The SEC had a good first week; all of its teams won except for LSU, who lost to Florida State on Sunday. The conference has eight teams ranked in the top-25, including three teams in the top-10.
The Big Ten has three teams in the top-25, including two in the top-five, Ohio State and Michigan. Michigan jumped Clemson in the rankings, even after the Tigers’ win over Georgia Tech on Labor Day.
College football fans of course have a lot of opinions on this week’s poll.
Ohio State is the only team in the nation with a win over a current Top 10 team.
Yet they are currently ranked behind 2 SEC teams with zero Top 25 victories.
SEC bias is alive and well.
— Mr. Ohio (@MrOH1O) September 6, 2022
#USC moved up four spots to No. 10 in the AP poll, first time in the Top 10 since 2017.
USC is now the highest Pac-12 team after #Utah dropped to No. 13 and Oregon fell out of the Top 25
— Chris Treviño (@ChrisNTrevino) September 6, 2022
AP Top-25 teams by conference:
SEC – 8
ACC – 5
Big Ten – 4
Big 12 – 3
Pac-12 – 2
Independent – 2
AAC – 1 pic.twitter.com/S4L9aIc1ZH— PFF College (@PFF_College) September 6, 2022
I’m confused here, do the AP poll think the Oregon Ducks are good or not?
Because you drop them out the top 25 but you jump UGA to 2 because of the win?
So are you saying that was an impressive win while also saying Oregon isn’t a good team???
What am I missing lol
— CFBLIVE247™ (@CFBLive247_) September 6, 2022
🚨📊 Florida #Gators jump 26 spots (!) from unranked to No. 12 in the first AP Top 25 poll of the 2022 regular season.
Utah fell from No. 7 to No. 13, and Kentucky sits at No. 20 entering Saturday's game.
— OnlyGators.com: Florida Gators news (@onlygators) September 6, 2022
Did the #APTop25 even remotely anticipate the possibility of a ranked Arizona to the point of having their logo on the site? No they did not. pic.twitter.com/Vq6VJCrdG1
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 6, 2022
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