Oregon remains No. 8; Oregon St. ranked for first time since 2013 in AP Top 25

Tennessee moved right into a tie with Ohio State for No. 2 in The Related Press school soccer ballot Sunday to arrange a 1 vs. 2 matchup subsequent week with top-ranked Georgia.

Georgia-Tennessee would be the twenty fifth regular-season recreation matching the highest two groups within the AP ballot, and the third straight involving Southeastern Convention groups. Neither the Bulldogs nor the Volunteers have ever performed in a 1-2 recreation within the common season.

Georgia remained No. 1 for the fourth straight week, receiving 30 first-place votes and 1,528 factors.

The Volunteers moved up a spot, receiving 18 first-place votes and 1,500 factors to match Ohio State. The Buckeyes acquired 15 first-place votes.

On Saturday, Tennessee routed Kentucky 44-6 and Ohio State received 44-31 at Penn State.

Tennessee has not been ranked this excessive because it was No. 2 in 2001, a season the Vols completed fourth.

No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Clemson, No. 6 Alabama, No. 7 TCU and No. 8 Oregon held their spots within the rankings. USC moved up a spot to ninth and No. 10 UCLA gave the Pac-12 three groups within the top-10 for the primary time since November 2016.

The primary School Soccer Playoff rankings of the season might be launched Tuesday evening.

POLL POINTS

The final two 1-2 regular-season video games each concerned Alabama and LSU.

The Tigers had been No. 1 in 2019 after they beat the second-ranked Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on the way in which to an SEC and nationwide championship.

In 2011, the top-ranked Tigers received at No. 2 Alabama in extra time and the 2 SEC West rivals performed once more within the BCS nationwide championship recreation. The Tide received the rematch and completed No. 1.

Together with postseason video games, this would be the 53rd recreation matching AP’s No. 1 and No. 2 because the ballot started in 1936.

IN

Three groups are making there season debuts on the High 25 this week.

— No. 23 Liberty is ranked for the primary time since 2020, when the Flames had been ranked for eight weeks and peaked at No. 17 within the remaining ballot of the season.

— No. 24 Oregon State turns into the most recent Energy 5 faculty to snap an extended absence from the rankings. The Beavers had not been ranked since they had been No. 25 within the 2013 preseason ballot. They’d not been ranked within the common season since 2012 after they completed twentieth.

Earlier this 12 months Kansas broke a 13-year rankings drought, which had been the longest in Energy 5. Then Illinois broke the subsequent longest dry spell, shifting into the rankings for the primary time since 2011.

Rutgers at present holds the longest AP High 25 drought amongst Energy 5 groups, courting again to 2012. Vanderbilt is subsequent. The Commodores haven’t been ranked because the 2013 season.

— No. 25 UCF is ranked for the primary time since Sept. 27, 2020.

OUT

SEC East rivals Kentucky and South Carolina each dropped out of the ballot after absorbing their third losses of the season. The Gamecocks are out after only one week ranked. The Wildcats are unranked for the primary time this season.

Cincinnati additionally dropped out of the rankings after shedding to UCF.

CONFERENCE CALL

SEC — 5 (Nos. 1, 2, 6, 11, 15).

ACC — 5 (Nos. 5, 17, 20, 21, 22).

Pac-12 — 5 (Nos. 8, 9, 10, 12, 24).

Massive Ten — 4 (Nos. 2, 4, 14, 16).

Massive 12 — 3 (Nos. 7, 13, 18).

American — 2 (Nos. 19, 25).

Unbiased — 1 (No. 23).

RANKED vs. RANKED

Massive weekend within the SEC as each division leads might be up for grabs.

No. 6 Alabama at No. 15 LSU. First ranked matchup for the Crimson Tide and Tigers since that 2019 1 vs. 2 recreation.

No. 20 Wake Forest at No. 21 North Carolina State. For the second straight 12 months, the Demon Deacons and Wolfpack will meet as ranked opponents.

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