Tide top-10 streak ends at 128; Longhorns to 3

No. 13 Alabama runs out the leading 10 of The Associated Press’ university football survey for the very first time in 8 years, and also Georgia continued to be No. 1 on Sunday.

Georgia got 57 first-place enact the AP Top 25. Michigan held at No. 2 with 2 first-place ballots. No. 3 Texas turned places with No. 4Florida State The Longhorns got 3 first-place ballots, and also the Seminoles obtained one.

After scratching by USF on Saturday, Alabama (2-1) saw its touch of successive AP survey looks placed in the leading 10 broke at 128. That was the second-longest such touch in the background of the survey, behind Miami’s 137 from 1985 to 1993.

The Crimson Trend run out the leading 10 for the very first time because Sept. 27, 2015. They left of the leading 10 that September after shedding at Ole Miss yet returned in Oct. 3 and also took place to win a championship game.

Georgia currently has the lengthiest energetic run of top-10 positions with 37.

The ugly 17-3 win versus USF significant Alabama’s very first video game versus a non-Power 5 seminar challenger because 2007 in which the Trend stopped working to rack up a minimum of 20 factors. In its previous 42 video games versus non-Power 5 challengers, Alabama was unbeaten, with a typical margin of success of 40 factors.

The remainder of the leading 10 consists of No. 5 USC, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 7 Penn State, No. 8 Washington, No. 9 Notre Dame and also No. 10 Oregon.

The Buckeyes will certainly check out the Battling Irish following Saturday as the focal point of a massive routine of placed vs. placed video games.

Survey factors

Alabama still has the lengthiest touch in the nation of successive weeks being placed at 249.

That’s the second-rate of perpetuity yet still a lengthy means behind the document. Nebraska, under Tom Osborne, was placed for 348 straight weeks from 1981-2002.

The following best energetic touch behind Alabama comes from Ohio State at 182, though the Buckeyes were not qualified for the very first couple of regular-season surveys of the 2020 period.

Georgia’s touch goes to 102. Michigan is 4th finest at 34 and also Utah has the fifth-longest energetic Leading 25 touch at 25.

Relocating; vacating

Kansas State was the only group to befall of the position today after shedding at Missouri on a 61-yard basket as time ran out.

No. 25 Florida returned in for the very first time because Sept. 24 of last period after upsetting the Tennessee Volunteers, that went down 12 places to No. 23.

With the Gators back in the AP Top 25, Florida State, Miami and also Florida are all placed for the very first time because Sept. 17, 2017.

Teleconference

The only 2 placed groups in the Large 12 today are the ones leaving hereafter period, Texas and also Oklahoma.

Though, to be reasonable, Colorado and also Utah will certainly be signing up with from the Pac-12 and also the Utes are No. 11 and also Buffaloes No. 19, after winning a double-overtime thriller versus Colorado State.

Pac-12: 8 (Nos. 5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 19, 21, 22).

SEC: 6 (Nos. 1, 12, 13, 15, 23, 25).

ACC: 4 (Nos. 4, 17, 18, 20).

Large 10: 4 (Nos. 2, 6, 7, 24).

Large 12: 2 (Nos. 3, 16).

Independent: 1 (No. 9).

Following week: Rated vs. placed

No. 6 Ohio State at No. 9 Notre Dame: For the 2nd straight year, it’s a top-10 competition.

No. 15 Ole Miss at No. 13 Alabama: Trend leads collection 9-3 when both are placed.

No. 22 UCLA at No. 11 Utah: The 2nd conference with both groups placed. The very first was in 2015.

No. 19 Colorado at No. 10 Oregon: Very first regular-season conference with both groups placed.

No. 14 Oregon State at No. 21 Washington State: The Beavers and also Cougars, the Pac-12’s left-behinds, have actually played 98 times yet never ever prior to when both groups were placed.

No. 24 Iowa at No. 7 Penn State. 3 of the last 4 conferences came when both were placed.

Coaches survey

The leading 8 continued to be the exact same in the AFCA Coaches Survey, with Georgia obtaining 62 of 64 first-place ballots. No. 2 Michigan and also No. 4 Ohio State each got one ballot also. Florida State goes to No. 3.

The Associated Press added to this record.

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