{"id":141225,"date":"2022-11-27T21:29:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T21:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ap-top-25-michigan-up-to-no-2-behind-top-ranked-georgia\/"},"modified":"2022-11-27T21:29:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T21:29:07","slug":"ap-top-25-michigan-up-to-no-2-behind-top-ranked-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ap-top-25-michigan-up-to-no-2-behind-top-ranked-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Top 25: Michigan up to No. 2 behind top-ranked Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michigan moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, with TCU at No. 3 and Southern California at No. 4 behind top-ranked Georgia after four top-10 teams lost on the final day of regular-season games.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs (12-0) are No. 1 for the eighth straight week and 11th time this season in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank. Georgia received 58 first-place votes and Michigan received the other five.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines (12-0) reached a season-high No. 2 after beating Ohio State, which dropped the Buckeyes three spots to No. 5.<\/p>\n

TCU (12-0) has its highest ranking since reaching No. 2 in the 2015 season, and USC (11-1) has its best ranking this late in the season since finishing the 2016 season at No. 3.<\/p>\n

Other top-10 teams to fall were LSU, Clemson and Oregon. LSU’s loss to Texas A&M dropped those Tigers five spots to No. 11. Clemson’s loss to South Carolina sent it falling three spots to No. 10 The Ducks’ fourth-quarter collapse against Oregon State cost Oregon a spot in the Pac-12 title game and five spots in the poll, where it fell to No. 15.<\/p>\n

Alabama was No. 6, just ahead of Tennessee, which beat the Crimson Tide on a last-second field goal at home earlier this season.<\/p>\n

no. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Washington both have their best rankings of the season. The Huskies haven’t been in the top 10 since the 2018 season, when they peaked at No. 6.<\/p>\n

POLL POINTS<\/p>\n

This was the eighth regular-season week since 2017 where four top-10 teams lost, including the second this season. Three of those weeks occurred in 2017.<\/p>\n

The last time five or more top-10 teams lost in the same regular-season week was 2016. The week of Nov. 12, 2016, five top-10 teams lost, all to unranked opponents.<\/p>\n

The results: Iowa 14, No. 2 Michigan 13; Pittsburgh 43, No. 3 Clemson 42; USC 26, No. 4 Washington 13; Georgia 13, No. 8 Auburn 7; and Mississippi 29, No. 10 Texas A&M 28.<\/p>\n

OF<\/p>\n

\u2014 No. 23 UTSA (10-2) made its season debut in the AP Top 25. The Roadrunners reached the rankings last year for the first time in the short history of the program.<\/p>\n

Texas-San Antonio became an FBS school in 2012. The defending Conference USA champions peaked at No. 15 last season and will head into a second straight C-USA title game ranked.<\/p>\n

\u2014 No. 20 South Carolina (8-4) is back in the rankings after its second straight upset of a top-10 team. The Gamecocks beat Clemson on Saturday after taking down Tennessee last week. South Carolina was ranked for one week in October, but then immediately lost to Missouri.<\/p>\n

\u2014 No. 25 Mississippi State (8-4) returned to the rankings for the second time this season.<\/p>\n

OUT<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mississippi (8-4) fell out of the rankings for the first time this season. The Rebels reached No. 7 after starting 7-0 but finished the season losing four of five.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Cincinnati (9-3) is out again. The Bearcats have bounced in and out for most of the season. Losing to Tulane on Friday dropped them out again.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Coastal Carolina (9-2) dropped out after being routed by James Madison but still has a spot in the Sun Belt championship game next week.<\/p>\n

CONFERENCE CALL<\/p>\n

Pac-12 \u2014 6 (Nos. 4, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17).<\/p>\n

SEC \u2014 6 (Nos. 1, 6, 7, 11, 20, 25).<\/p>\n

ACC \u2014 3 (Nos. 10, 14, 24).<\/p>\n

Big Ten \u2014 3 (Nos. 2, 5, 8).<\/p>\n

Big 12 \u2014 3 (Nos. 3, 13, 21).<\/p>\n

American \u2014 2 (Nos. 18, 22).<\/p>\n

Conference USA \u2014 1 (No. 23).<\/p>\n

Independent \u2014 1 (No. 19).<\/p>\n

RANKED vs. RANKED<\/p>\n

Championship week features matchup of ranked teams in five conferences:<\/p>\n

\u2014 No. 11 LSU vs. no. 1 Georgia, Southeastern Conference championship.<\/p>\n

\u2014 No. 3 TCU vs. no. 13 Kansas State, Big 12 championships.<\/p>\n

\u2014 No. 4 USC vs. no. 12 Utah, Pac-12 championships.<\/p>\n

\u2014 No. 10 Clemson vs. no. 24 North Carolina, Atlantic Coast Conference championships.<\/p>\n

\u2014 No. 18 Tulane vs. no. 22 UCF, American Athletic Conference Championship.<\/p>\n

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