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Danny Kanell reacts to Texas toppling Georgia as No. 1 team in AP Poll
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Texas overtook Georgia on Sunday as the new No. 1 in the AP Poll. That’s bad news for the rest of college football, though, according to Danny Kanell.
Kanell gave his opinion of the flip of the Longhorns and Bulldogs at No. 1 and No. 2 in the latest poll in a tweet this afternoon. He says it’s exactly the motivation that Kirby Smart can use to get a point across to his team.
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“Kirby Smart should send every single AP voter who voted Texas #1 some flowers,” tweeted Kanell. “Exactly what he needs to create that chip on the shoulder…”
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Texas had slightly jumped to No. 2 last week over Ohio State with four first-place votes to give them a total of 1,492 points. That was still well behind the 54 first-place votes for Georgia with their point total of 1,566.
However, that flipped this week. The Longhorns received 35 first-place votes over the 23 for the Bulldogs. That gave Texas a total of 1,540 points to create another small margin of 22 points between them and Georgia at 1,518 to give them the top spot in the AP Poll.
It now represents the highest ranking for the Longhorns in the poll since 2008.
Texas earned this rating after a third impressive victory to open their season. They’ve won by an average of 40 points per game in their 3-0 start. That includes their 31-12 win over No. 10 Michigan in The Big House as well as the 56-7 outcome this weekend against UTSA.
As for Georgia, their first two weeks were equally excellent with a 31-point win over No. 14 Clemson and a 48-3 win over Tennessee Tech. Still, the ‘Dawgs nearly suffered their first regular-season loss in almost four years in the bluegrass last night. They entered the fourth quarter behind but managed to survive with a 13-12 victory over Kentucky.
These two teams in the SEC are viewed among the very best in the nation. Still, at No. 2 instead of No. 1 now without a loss yet, Kanell thinks Smart can use this to his advantage with the Bulldogs.
The latest AP Top-25 rankings are in after the third weekend of college football and there were some shake-ups.
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Let’s dive into the latest AP Poll following Week 3.
1. Texas (+1)
2. Georgia (-1)
3. Ohio State
4. Alabama
5. Ole Miss
6. Tennessee (+1)
7. Missouri (-1)
8. Miami (+2)
9. Oregon
10. Penn State (-2)
11. USC
12. Utah
13. Kansas State (+1)
14. Oklahoma State (-1)
15. Oklahoma
16. LSU
17. Notre Dame (+1)
18. Michigan (-1)
19. Louisville
20. Iowa State (+1_
21. Clemson (+1)
22. Nebraska (+1)
23. Northern Illinois (+2)
24. Illinois
25. Texas A&M
Others receiving votes: Memphis 77, Boise St. 62, Syracuse 62, UNLV 54, Boston College 47, Washington St. 30, Arizona 15, Iowa 15, Indiana 13, California 11, Liberty 10, Toledo 9, UCF 6, South Carolina 3, North Carolina 3, Arizona St. 3, BYU 2, Pittsburgh 1.
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ATHENS, Ga. – Designated hitter Daniel Jackson and centerfielder Rylan Lujo combined for nine RBI Sunday, leading fifth-ranked Georgia to a 12-1 win over LSU at Foley Field.
Georgia improved to 41-11 overall, 21-6 in the SEC, while LSU dropped to 29-24 overall and 9-18 in conference play.
The Tigers return to action at 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday when they play host to Florida in Game 1 of a three-game SEC series in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Thursday’s game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +.
“Georgia won the moments in this series,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “They’re going to score, so you’ve got to capitalize against them when you have scoring opportunities on offense.”
Georgia starting pitcher Caden Aoki (8-0) was the winner, limiting LSU to one run on four hits in 5.0 innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.
LSU right-hander Casan Evans (2-3), making his first appearance since April 17 versus Texas A&M, started the game Sunday and was charged with the loss, working 1.2 innings and allowing four runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
“I thought Casan’s stuff looked great, and that’s good for him from a health standpoint,” Johnson said. “He’s a guy that the more he pitches, the better he is, so there might have been a little bit of rust, but I thought he competed fine.”
Georgia struck for four runs in the bottom of the second inning in an outburst highlighted by Jackson’s two-out, two-run single and an RBI single by second baseman Ryan Black.
The Tigers narrowed the gap to 4-1 in the third when designated hitter Omar Serna Jr. delivered an RBI single.
Georgia extended its lead to 7-1 in the fourth as Jackson launched a two-run homer and centerfielder Lujo lined a run-scoring single.
Lujo unloaded a grand slam in the fifth, giving the Bulldogs an 11-1 advantage.
The Georgia baseball team had long since poured out of the Foley Field home dugout and the water bottles that were thrown on the field in jubilation had been cleaned up.
The Bulldogs celebration that carried into center field after a 13-8 victory on Saturday night over LSU on May 9 had ended and players had doused coach Wes Johnson with blue sports drink.
Now, some 20 minutes later, it was postgame photo time for the freshly minted 2026 SEC regular season champions.
They gathered in front of the spot on the right field wall where the previous seven seasons of Georgia SEC championships were listed, the last in 2008. Above them on the video board was a graphic that recognized this year’s team as SEC champions.
“Watching the program grow in such a shot amount of time, it’s awesome,” said pitcher Paul Farley, who has been with the Bulldogs for all three seasons with Johnson and got the win in relief Saturday. “We’ve got four SEC games left and to be able to hang that up there the SEC champs already it’s amazing.”
Farley was speaking figuratively because the 2026 numbers weren’t on the outfield fence just yet.
Fifth-ranked Georgia (40-11, 20-6 SEC) still has a chance to put a College World Series trip up there in left field for the first time since 2008 and in a best case scenario add another national championship year in right field with the 1990 season.
“SEC champs is great, but obviously we want to do bigger and better things,” Farley said.
LSU, the team that won it all last season, was still around having a postgame talk on the artificial turf field long after the game ended.
Johnson was with LSU in 2023 as pitching coach when it won another College World Series.
“It’s massive,” Johnson said of this latest championship. “Anytime you can win this league, man, it’s so hard. Then win it outright. It’s something you want to check off on your list of things you’ve ever accomplished. It’s 10 weekends of just meat house grinding.”
Johnson said he didn’t know that the dominoes had fallen Saturday to set up Georgia being able to clinch except that he saw that Texas lost at Tennessee as the result flashed on the scoreboard.
Texas A&M also lost twice at Ole Miss to set up the clinch for Georgia.
“I’m calling pitches, I’m locked in,” Johnson said.
He said assistant coach Will Coggin told him when the game ended that ‘We’re champs.’”
Many of the players knew.
“We had a few inside operatives, I’d say, tell us,” Farley said.
Shortstop Kolby Branch said he didn’t know “until the water bottles started flying.”
Branch said another Georgia team loaded with transfers grew closer in the fall and built relationships that have turned into wins this season.
Johnson said winning the regular season title in his third season as coach in the age of the transfer portal and NIL “means a lot.”
Johnson mentioned Farley, Branch and Tre Phelps being at Georgia for all three of his seasons.
“Seeing where we were in the first fall, we forget this used to be dirt and grass,” Johnson said standing on on turf field. “And we didn’t have the cool building and we only had one batting cage, all the stuff we’ve been able to do since we’ve been here. The other side is just understanding true belief and understanding what guys can do.”
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