AP Top 25: Eight SEC teams make poll, five in top 10 ahead of Week 14
By Sydney Hunte
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With what’s referred to as “Cupcake Week” in the books, the post-Week 13 AP Top 25 is out. A total of eight SEC teams are in the poll ahead of Week 14’s regular-season-ending slate.
Texas A&M and Georgia stayed put at No. 3 and No. 4 after cruising to victory against Samford and Charlotte, respectively. But Oregon, behind a dominant win over USC, pushed idle Ole Miss out of the top five.
Oklahoma (No. 8) and Alabama (No. 10) saw no movement. The Sooners stifled Mizzou — which dropped out of the Top 25 —while the Crimson Tide coasted past Eastern Illinois behind eight rushing touchdowns. That should certainly send a message to the College Football Playoff selection committee, which called out the Tide’s previous rushing struggles as the reason they dropped six spots after a Week 12 loss to the Sooners.
Meanwhile, Vanderbilt (No. 12) saw no change to its ranking after blowing out Kentucky behind a monster day by Diego Pavia. Texas rose a spot to No. 16 after Arch Manning’s career day against Arkansas. And Tennessee (No. 18) jumped two spots after beating Florida at The Swamp for the first time since 2003.
Here’s the full AP Top 25 heading into Week 14:
- Ohio State
- Indiana
- Texas A&M
- Georgia
- Oregon
- Ole Miss
- Texas Tech
- Oklahoma
- Notre Dame
- Alabama
- BYU
- Vanderbilt
- Miami
- Utah
- Michigan
- Texas
- Virginia
- Tennessee
- USC
- James Madison
- North Texas
- Tulane
- Georgia Tech
- Pitt
- SMU
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
