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Six voters swung to Texas as the No. 1 team on their ballot of top 16 college football teams this week. That gives the Longhorns eight total and enough to move above Ohio State which lost nine of last weeks eleven No. 1 votes. The Georgia Bulldogs added six more believers and nabbed 44 of the possible 54 top votes to remain at the top of the heap.
The 54 voters are members of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) or college football hall-of-famers, and include CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove.
Georgia has topped all three polls this season. The 'Dawgs were 48-3 winners at home over FCS member Tennessee Tech, while the Buckeyes blanked Western Michigan 56-0 in Columbus.
By far, Texas had the weekend's most impressive victory with a 31-12 rumble over Michigan in "The Big House". The No. 2 ranking ties the highest ranking for the Longhorns in the Super 16 Poll.
The top ranking for Georgia marks the 37th appearance at No. 1 for the Bulldogs, placing the Dawgs second behind Alabama's 61 No. 1 appearances. An SEC team has been ranked No. 1 in the poll 58 of the last 59 weeks dating back to September 29, 2019.
Ole Miss advanced three spots to No. 5 by virtue of its 49-point victory over Middle Tennessee, marking the highest ranking for the Rebels since taking the No. 3 spot on September 27, 2015.
Miami (FL) moved up four spots to No. 6 after defeating Florida A&M 56-9, which marks the highest ranking for the Hurricanes since being ranked No. 2 on November 19, 2017.
Michigan fell seven spots to No. 16 after losing to Texas at home. The No. 16 ranking represents the lowest ranking for the Wolverines since last being left out of the poll on September 21, 2021.
Notre Dame, which ranked No. 5 last week, completely fell out of the poll after losing to Northern Illinois 14-16 at home, marking only the second time a team has fallen out of the poll after being ranked in the top five the previous week. The only other time occurred in 2016 after No. 5 LSU lost to unranked Wisconsin at Lambeau Field.
Kansas State joined the poll for the first time this season, claiming No. 15 respectively.
The SEC leads all conferences with seven teams, followed by the Big Ten with five, Big 12 with three and the ACC with one.
(1) Texas, (2) Ole Miss, (3) Ohio State, (4) Georgia, (5) Oregon, (6) USC, (7) Utah, (8) Alabama, (9) Tennessee, (10) Missouri, (11) Penn State, (12) Miami (FLA), (13) Oklahoma, (14) Oklahoma State, (15) Louisville, (16) Iowa State.
| 1. | Georgia (2-0) | 849 | 44 | 1 |
| 2. | Texas (2-0) | 801 | 8 | 3 |
| 3. | Ohio State (2-0) | 770 | 2 | 2 |
| 4. | Alabama (2-0) | 629 | 4 | |
| 5. | Ole Miss (2-0) | 600 | 8 | |
| 6. | Miami, FL (2-0) | 480 | 10 | |
| 7. | Tennessee (2-0) | 468 | 14 | |
| 8. | Penn State (2-0) | 451 | 7 | |
| 9. | USC (2-0) | 436 | 12 | |
| 10. | Oregon (2-0) | 429 | 6 | |
| 11. | Missouri (2-0) | 398 | 11 | |
| 12. | Utah (2-0) | 323 | 13 | |
| 13. | Oklahoma (2-0) | 166 | 15 | |
| 14. | Oklahoma State (2-0) | 146 | 16 | |
| 15. | Kansas State (2-0) | 101 | -- | |
| 16. | Michigan (1-1) | 61 | 9 |
LSU (43), Nebraska (35), Notre Dame (27), Clemson (27), Louisville (24), Iowa State (21), Washington (15), Rutgers (12), Arizona (6), North Carolina (6), Arizona State (5), Mississippi State (4), South Carolina (4), Texas A&M (3), Northern Illinois (2), Memphis (1), Iowa (1).
No. 1 Georgia at Kentucky
UTSA at No. 2 Texas
No. 3 Ohio State is idle.
No. 4 Alabama at Wisconsin
No. 5 Ole Miss at Wake Forest
Ball State at No. 6 Miami (FL)
Kent State at No, 7 Tennessee
No.8 Penn State is idle.
No. 9 USC is idle.
No. 10 Oregon at Oregon State
Boston College at No. 11 Missouri
No. 12 Utah at Utah State
Tulane at No. 13 Oklahoma
No. 14 Oklahoma State at Tulsa
Arizona at No. 15 Kansas State (Friday)
Arkansas State at No. 16 Michigan
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