Georgia jumps Bama for No. 1; Notre Dame out

Georgia reclaimed the highest spot in The Related Press school soccer ballot Sunday, and Kentucky, Oklahoma State and Arkansas moved into the highest 10 after an upset-filled weekend throughout the nation.

The defending nationwide champion Bulldogs, who began the season at No. 3 within the AP High 25, took two weeks to get again to the place they spent most of final 12 months. Georgia jumped Alabama after it cruised to a 33-0 victory towards Samford.

Nevertheless it wasn’t a lot about what the Bulldogs did this week as a lot as what they did final week, mixed with the Crimson Tide needing a late subject aim to flee at Texas on Saturday.

Georgia, which opened the season by beating Oregon 49-3, obtained 53 of 63 first-place votes from the media panel. No. 2 Alabama obtained 9 first-place votes, and No. 3 Ohio State obtained one first-place vote.

No. 4 Michigan and No. 5 Clemson held their locations, however the remainder of the highest 10 was shuffled.

Oklahoma moved up a spot to No. 6. USC jumped three locations to No. 7 for its finest rating since September 2017.

The remainder of the highest 10 are new arrivals: No. 8 Oklahoma State moved up three spots, No. 9 Kentucky jumped 11 locations for its finest rating because it reached No. 8 in October 2007, and No. 10 Arkansas was up six.

After being upset at house by Solar Belt colleges, Texas A&M dropped from No. 6 to No. 24 and Notre Dame tumbled out all the way in which from No. 8. The Aggies had been overwhelmed by Appalachian State and the Combating Irish fell to 0-2 after shedding to Marshall, marking the fifth time previously 10 seasons and first time since 2020 that two top-10 groups misplaced at house to unranked groups in the identical week.

Notre Dame is unranked for the primary time since Sept. 17, 2017, snapping a streak of 80 straight ballot appearances, which was fourth within the nation behind Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia amongst lively runs.

Ballot Factors

No. 1 profitable and dropping, as Alabama did, is a standard prevalence. For the reason that AP school soccer ballot began in 1936, it has occurred 91 instances.

The final time it occurred was 2019, when twice in the course of the season the highest spot flipped twice whereas groups remained unbeaten.

In

• No. 21 Texas was rewarded for its effort towards Alabama by transferring into the rating for the primary time since Oct. 10, 2021. The Longhorns are believed to be the primary workforce to lose and nonetheless enter the High 25 since Missouri did it in 1997. That got here after the well-known Flea Kicker recreation towards Nebraska.

• No. 22 Penn State appeared within the rating for the primary time since dropping out in the midst of November throughout a late-season slide.

• No. 25 Oregon is again after placing up 70 factors on Japanese Washington.

Out

• Wisconsin’s 17-14 house loss to Washington State knocked the Badgers out of the rankings for the primary time this season.

• Houston dropped out after shedding in additional time at Texas Tech, the Cougars’ second straight OT recreation to open the season.

Convention Name

SEC: 8 (Nos. 1, 2, 9, 10, 15, 18, 20, 24)
ACC: 5 (Nos. 5, 13, 16, 19, 23)
Huge Ten: 4 (Nos. 3, 4, 11, 22)
Huge 12: 4 (Nos. 6, 8, 17, 21)
Pac-12: 3 (Nos. 7, 14, 25)
Independents: 1 (No. 12)

Ranked vs. Ranked

No. 12 BYU at No. 25 Oregon. Second straight ranked Energy 5 opponent for the Cougars.

No. 13 Miami at No. 24 Texas A&M. The Aggies’ loss value School Station an opportunity to host ESPN’s School GameDay, but it surely’s nonetheless a matchup of ranked groups.