After college football upsets, NC State and Wake Forest move up in latest AP poll
The wild Saturday on the field showed why college football is so popular.
The result was massive changes in the latest Associated Press top 25 poll.
Georgia took over the No. 1 spot after Alabama, the top team in the previous two polls this season, posted a narrow 20-19 win at Texas.
Behind them, teams shuffled after three teams in last week’s top 10 — No. 6 Texas A&M, No. 8 Notre Dame and No. 9 Baylor — all lost. So, too, did No. 19 Wisconsin.
Three of those losses, all but Baylor, came at home to unranked opponents in Appalachian State, Marshall and Washington State.
Speaking of App State, the Mountaineers (2-1) narrowly missed joining the top 25 after their 17-14 win at Texas A&M, which was No. 6 in the rankings prior to Saturday’s loss. App State gained 80 poll points, finishing nine points behind No. 25 Oregon.
UNC was also among teams close to reaching the top 25. The Tar Heels (3-0) gained 71 poll points from the voters.
The ACC once against has five teams in the top 25 led by No. 5 Clemson. Miami (2-0) moved up two spots to No. 13, followed by No. 16 N.C. State (2-0). Wake Forest (2-0) moved up four spots to No. 19 after it beat Vanderbilt 45-25 in Nashville on Saturday.
Pittsburgh (1-1) stayed in the poll, dropping six spots to No. 23, after its 34-27 overtime loss at home to Tennessee on Saturday. The Vols jumped nine spots to No. 15 with the win.
Latest AP Top 25 rankings
Rk. | Team |
1 | Georgia |
2 | Alabama |
3 | Ohio State |
4 | Michigan |
5 | Clemson |
6 | Oklahoma |
7 | USC |
8 | Oklahoma State |
9 | Kentucky |
10 | Arkansas |
11 | Michigan State |
12 | BYU |
13 | Miami |
14 | Utah |
15 | Tennessee |
16 | N.C. State |
17 | Baylor |
18 | Florida |
19 | Wake Forest |
20 | Mississippi |
21 | Texas |
22 | Penn State |
23 | Pittsburgh |
24 | Texas A&M |
25 | Oregon |
Steve Wiseman’s latest AP ballot
| 1 | Georgia |
| 2 | Alabama |
| 3 | Ohio State |
| 4 | Clemson |
| 5 | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Michigan |
| 7 | USC |
| 8 | Oklahoma State |
| 9 | Michigan State |
| 10 | Kentucky |
| 11 | BYU |
| 12 | Arkansas |
| 13 | Miami |
| 14 | Wake Forest |
| 15 | Florida |
| 16 | Utah |
| 17 | Baylor |
| 18 | N.C. State |
| 19 | Tennessee |
| 20 | Ole Miss |
| 21 | Oregon |
| 22 | Cincinnati |
| 23 | Penn State |
| 24 | Pittsburgh |
| 25 | Texas |
This story was originally published September 11, 2022 at 10:00 AM.