UNC and NC State rise in AP Top 25 football poll. Four ACC teams in latest rankings
A wonderful first November Saturday of college football served to reset the national rankings as the stretch run to the playoff began.
That included the ACC, thanks to Clemson’s 35-14 loss at Notre Dame, no longer having a team among the top 10 in the new Associated Press Top 25 poll on Sunday.
One of three top-10 teams to lose on Saturday, the Tigers, now No. 12, fell seven spots. That was part of a big shuffle after nine ranked teams lost during Week 10 play on Friday and Saturday.
ACC teams North Carolina and N.C. State benefited with their league wins on Saturday.
The No. 15 Tar Heels (8-1, 6-0 ACC) moved up two spots after beating Virginia, 31-28.
No. 17 N.C. State’s 30-21 win over Wake Forest pushed the Wolfpack (7-2, 3-2 ACC) up five spots.
That loss caused the Demon Deacons (6-3, 2-3 ACC) to fall out of the poll. The ACC also lost Syracuse from the top 25 after the Orange lost 19-9 to unranked Pittsburgh.
A fourth ACC team is included in the poll this week as No. 25 Florida State joined Clemson, UNC and N.C. State. The Seminoles (6-3, 4-3 ACC) blasted Miami, 45-3, on Saturday night.
In addition to Clemson’s loss, top-10 teams Tennessee and Alabama lost to fellow ranked teams in SEC play, with No. 1 Georgia whipping the Vols, 27-13, and No. 10 LSU outlasting the Crimson Tide, 32-31, in overtime.
That leaves only four unbeaten teams to occupy the top four spots in the poll.
Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and TCU are all 9-0 and ranked in that order.
After that, Tennessee fell three spots to No. 5 thanks to its impressive overall resume even after losing at Georgia. No. 6 Oregon (8-1) has also only lost to Georgia.
LSU (7-2) moved up to No. 7, followed by a pair of 8-1 Pac-12 teams in USC and UCLA. No. 10 Alabama fell four spots after its loss to LSU.
Latest AP poll football rankings
Rk. | Team |
1 | Georgia |
2 | Ohio State |
3 | Michigan |
4 | TCU |
5 | Tennessee |
6 | Oregon |
7 | LSU |
8 | USC |
9 | UCLA |
10 | Alabama |
11. | Mississippi |
12 | Clemson |
13 | Utah |
14 | Penn State |
15 | North Carolina |
16 | Tulane |
17 | N.C. State |
18 | Texas |
19 | Liberty |
20 | Notre Dame |
21 | Illinois |
22 | UCF |
23 | Kansas State |
24 | Washington |
25 | Florida State |
Steve Wiseman’s latest AP Top 25 ballot
| 1 | Georgia |
| 2 | Ohio State |
| 3 | Michigan |
| 4 | TCU |
| 5 | Tennessee |
| 6 | Oregon |
| 7 | USC |
| 8 | UCLA |
| 9 | LSU |
| 10 | Mississippi |
| 11 | Alabama |
| 12 | Clemson |
| 13 | Utah |
| 14 | Penn State |
| 15 | Tulane |
| 16 | North Carolina |
| 17 | N.C. State |
| 18 | Notre Dame |
| 19 | Texas |
| 20 | Kansas State |
| 21 | Liberty |
| 22 | Washington |
| 23 | Illinois |
| 24 | UCF |
| 25 | Cincinnati |
This story was originally published November 6, 2022 at 11:45 AM.