University Football Rankings: Georgia Rises, Clemson Drops to AP Top 25 Poll in Week 2

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Week 1 is officially on the books, so AP Top 25 voters now have (at least) one result to judge the country’s college football teams. Last weekend, the top ten fell off the road on Friday night. lost at home to an FCS opponent with just 7 points.

After all these actions, there were certainly major changes in the latest AP polehead of Week 2.

Here is the complete AP Top 25 survey before week 2.

AP Top 25 Vote: Week 2

RANK

school (first place vOtes)

SCORE

Previous RANK

RECORD

1 Alabama (59) 1571 1 1-0
2 Georgia (4) 1507 5 1-0
3 State of Ohio 1437 4 1-0
4 Oklahoma 1374 2 1-0
5 Texas A&M 1288 6 1-0
6 Clemson 1231 3 0-1
7 Cincinnati 1136 8 1-0
8 Our Lady 1070 9 1-0
9 State of Iowa 1045 7 1-0
10 Iowa 942 18 1-0
11 Penn State 908 19 1-0
12 Oregon 883 11 1-0
13 Florida 842 13 1-0
14 Southern California 789 15 1-0
15 Texas 683 21 1-0
16 UCLA 668 NO 2-0
17 Coastal Carolina 384 22 1-0
18 Badger State 376 12 0-1
19 Virginia Tech 359 NO 1-0
20 Be Miss 335 NO 1-0
21 Utah 334 24 1-0
22 Miami (FL) 229 14 0-1
23 State of Arizona 222 25 1-0
24 North Carolina 198 10 0-1
25 Auburn 83 NO 1-0

Other voters: TCU 80, NC State 69, UCF 61, LSU 57, Liberty 57, Michigan 52, Oklahoma State 39, Indiana 37, Michigan State 28, Nevada 23, Kansas State 13, Louisiana 12, BYU 10, Boston College 8, Ball State 7 , Maryland 6, LLC 5, Arizona 5, Florida State 4, Kentucky 3, Army 2, Texas Tech 2, Appalachian State 1.

Changes among the top ten

Prelude No. 1 Alabama remained at the top of the AP survey after it had caught fire. 14 Miami 44-13 two-team neutral opener and pre-season No. 13 Florida remained in 13th place after 1 week of victory over Florida Atlantic. But every rank between SEC Enemy No. 2-12 has a different team than the pre-season poll.

New No. 2 is Georgia after ‘Dawgs managed to beat 10-3 Clemson in the Charlotte defense tournament, where the only goal of the game was a pick-six. The Tigers dropped to 6th place, which is their worst AP poll on October 29, 2017, when they were also No. 6.

Texas A&M rose one place to No. 5, Cincinnati and Notre Dame each rose to No. 7 and No. 8, respectively, while state rivals Iowa State and Iowa complete the top 10 in that order.

The biggest movers

Improved for the season 2-0 with a win of 38-27 from the then No. 16 LSU, the Bruins took the Tigers ’16th place as they moved from the last team in the“ other to vote ”class in the pre-season vote to the mid-teens.

Big Ten stable Iowa and Penn State each rose eight places in the AP survey compared to the season’s initial ranking. The Hawkeyes are now No. 10, one place ahead of the Nittany Lions. No team ranked in the pre-season improved their position in the AP survey more than the two.

In the other direction, Season No. 10 North Carolina dropped 14 points to 24th after falling 17-10 on the way to Virginia Tech, which is now 19th in the hands of Alabama.

Week 2 scored the matches to be watched

  • No. 12 Oregon at No. 3 State of Ohio | 12 noon ET, Saturday, Sept. 11
  • No. 10 Iowa at No. 9 State of Iowa | 16.30 ET, Saturday, September 11th

Columbus is in a huge showdown this week as pre-season Pac-12 favorite Oregon travels to face pre-season Big Ten’s favorite Ohio State. The winner will have a party tent that cannot attend the conference to win their back pocket, but the loss will not affect their premature predictions regarding their conference title.

You could argue that Ames, Iowa, will be home to the biggest game of Week 2 when the Cyclones host Hawkeyes among the top ten matches. The state of Iowa earned the all-time best AP poll ranked 7th in the pre-season poll, but a narrow victory over Northern Iowa, the FCS enemy, caused the cyclones to drop two points to number 2. However, they are still higher – although Iowa has since won 34-6 . 17 Indiana with a couple of pick-ups from the Hawkeyes defense. Each team can compete for their conference championship this season, and a win in Week 2 can help the winner strive for even higher expectations.

Click or tap here to see the full FBS scoreboard for week 2.

Here are other games involving ranked teams that are worth highlighting:

  • Kansas at No. 17 Coastal Carolina | 19.30 ET, Friday, September 10th
  • No. 5 Texas A&M Colorado | 15.30 ET, Saturday, September 11th
  • No. 15 Texas Arkansas 19.00 ET, Saturday, September 11th
  • No. 21 Utah At BYU 22:15 ET, Saturday, September 11th

Last season, Coastal Carolina started its campaign 11-1, beating Kansas 38-23. It was a springboard for The Chanticleers and Sun Belt, whose teams beat three Big 12 opponents this week, and Coastal Carolina even reached 9th place in the AP poll in 2020. number next to their name.

University football fans will be able to enjoy the competition on Saturday as Utah visits BYU. The Utes lead the all-time series 62-34-4 and they drive a nine-game winning streak over the Cougars.

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