AP Top 25: Updated Week 4 poll features 6 SEC teams
The Week 4 AP Top 25 poll is out, and the SEC has increased its number of ranked teams from 5 to 6. Three other SEC teams received votes.
Florida has joined the AP Top 25 after its 29-16 upset win over a Tennessee team that was ranked No. 11. The Volunteers, meanwhile, plummeted all the way down to No. 23 with the road loss.
Georgia was not punished for a closer-than-expected win over South Carolina. The two-time defending national champion stayed at No. 1, picking up 57 first-place votes, after defeating the Gamecocks 24-14.
Alabama, meanwhile, has dropped after beating USF just 17-3. The Crimson Tide’s narrow win is one of the bigger national stories of Week 3. UA slid 3 spots down to No. 13.
LSU and Ole Miss moved up with wins in Week 3. Malik Nabers put up monster numbers as LSU thumped Mississippi State 41-14 in Starkville. The Rebels moved further up the polls as Jaxson Dart led Ole Miss to a 48-23 victory.
Here’s the updated poll:
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Texas
- Florida State
- USC
- Ohio State
- Penn State
- Washington
- Notre Dame
- Oregon
- Utah
- LSU
- Alabama
- Oregon State
- Ole Miss
- Oklahoma
- North Carolina
- Duke
- Colorado
- Miami
- Washington State
- UCLA
- Tennessee
- Iowa
- Florida
Others receiving votes:
Clemson 76, Missouri 72, Kansas St. 54, TCU 21, Fresno St. 17, Kansas 15, Tulane 13, Kentucky 10, Maryland 4, BYU 3, Wisconsin 2, Syracuse 2, Louisville 1, Auburn 1.
KState loses on a 61yd FG as time expires in a true P5 road game and they fall 13 spots and completely out? That’s bogus.
KState fell 13 spots not because they lost, but because they lost to Missouri.
Swampy, 6 & 6 vs MIZZOU all time. Your arrogance is misplaced. Always remember, there is no replacement for education.
Are you seriously trying to say Missouri is a better school than Florida? I’m no Gator, but they offer an elite education in the Swamp.
Swamp79, I’m guessing that’s why Tennessee is ranked after their brutal loss to Florida as well.
Mizzou fans on their high horse are up there with the worst (i.e. Vol fans). Can’t wait for 10/14 in Lex.
Then Tennessee should have dropped to about 35. The just lost to Florida.
Some weird ordering but at least these voters appear to have watched the games, unlike the Coaches Poll.
Factual
Alabama has no QB and they’re 13th. I don’t think they’re watching very many games.
They watched – they still just see the script A.
Go Gators #25
Can’t argue with UT’s place.
You could argue they shouldn’t be ranked at all. We’re talking about a Florida team that was manhandled by Utah missing several stars.
You clearly didn’t watch that Utah game. Florida outgained them and went into the TN game with the number 3 defense. Florida shot themselves in the foot with stupid penalties which killed drives.
Who objectively watched that Florida Utah game and was amazed at how easily Utah handled Florida considering Utah was missing several stars? At what point did you think Florida actually had a chance to win?
The AP poll looks like they paid a bit more attention to the games than the Coaches.
7 PAC 12 teams, one of them is Oregon State; Oregon State plays 5 of the other 6. Oregon State was on ESPN’s preseason list of teams with the easiest schedule in the nation.
That’s funny!
8 Pac 12 teams – not 7. The deepest conference this year. Arizona and Cal are not strong at all and could easily have beaten Miss State and Auburn.
Miss State needed 4 INT’s, home field advantage, and OT to beat Arizona…
Wilcox is the luckiest coach still around, like his team, there is no desire, to fire him.
Newsflash: Mississippi State and Auburn are two of the worst teams in the SEC.
Oh, and they WON against the Pac12 teams.
I am not sure either one of them are among the worst this year. If we don’t get it together and play 4 full quarters Auburn is going to get us. We don’t have Bo Nix to bail us out. Mizzou is in Athens so I worry less but they can wreck your day. See lazt season.
We’ll see how Miss State and Auburn do this year in conference play. I know Florida couldn’t beat a Utah team playing several back ups (including no star QB and missing several defensive linemen) and it wasn’t even close.
Quite the different line up of “regulars”. This is likely good for the national interest in the game.
As the season unfolds, I totally expect a couple of the other SEC contenders to climb into range of playoff contention.
Who? Florida? Alabama maybe though they wouldn’t deserve it unless they just start blowing out other SEC teams. People who didn’t watch the USF game don’t realize that Saban’s late score made the game seem more of a comfortable win.
Try LSU! They seem to be coming together. Will be interesting to watch.
…. or if you are a Miss homer, you might try a long shot with Ole Miss, … though I’m not a fan of theirs.
Seems I recall they pushed Florida way up the rankings last year after they beat Utah? The best thing they could do for rankings is stop them.
Isn’t the PAC 2 now?
Next year.
All the sudden Georgia plays 3 ranked opponents and Auburn is a tougher out than Bama. Funny how the talking season yields to real games.
Sorry Charlie, Missouri at 3-0 is not lower ranked than Tennessee or Florida, did you really think anybody else would buy this ?
Maybe squeaking by Middle Tennessee St has something to do with it..
This is kind of nostalgic, like the old days when there were good teams all over the country. It’s good for college football. (Of course, we know it’s because this is a down year for the SEC, but it’s still kind of exciting when you don’t know who will rise to the top.)
The cream always rises to the top. Will it be UGA or LSU in the SEC? Will the SEC not have a team in the playoff for the first time? I fully expect one of those two to be in the playoff.
So many vying for those spots…FSU, USC, Washington, Ohio State along with the aforementioned two.