{"id":84876,"date":"2022-10-02T17:49:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T17:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/alabama-passes-georgia-for-no-1-followed-by-ohio-state\/"},"modified":"2022-10-02T17:49:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T17:49:58","slug":"alabama-passes-georgia-for-no-1-followed-by-ohio-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/alabama-passes-georgia-for-no-1-followed-by-ohio-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama passes Georgia for No.  1 followed by Ohio State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While the top five teams avoided the upset bug during a wild Week 5 in college football, the No.  1 position in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll changes hands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Alabama reclaims the top spot after gutting out a win at Arkansas without Bryce Young in the second half.  The Crimson Tide have 34 of 64 first-place votes this week and finish 23 poll points ahead of Georgia.  The Bulldogs retain 23 No.  1 votes but slip to No.  2 after struggling past unranked Missouri.  no.  3 Ohio State gains a bit of ground on the SEC favorites.  The Buckeyes have seven No.  1 nods this week after another easy home romp against Rutgers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The next four teams remain the same as No.  4 Michigan, No.  5 Clemson, No.  6 Southern California and No.  7 Oklahoma State all picked up conference victories.  Tennessee moves up a notch to No.  8. Mississippi cracks the top 10 for the first time this season, checking in at No.  9 after edging past Kentucky, which slides to No.  13. Penn State also moves up two spots to No.  10 after slogging past Northwestern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">TOP 25:<\/strong>Complete USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll after Week 5<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">HIGHS AND LOWS:<\/strong>Winners and losers from Week 5 in college football<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">MISERY INDEX:<\/strong>Venables failing in first season as coach at Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">THINGS YOU MISSED:<\/strong>Wild Big Ten West and fun Big 12 headline Week 5<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wake Forest makes the biggest jump within The top 25, climbing six places to No.  15 after a bounce-back win at Florida State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">no.  17 Kansas heads the list of newcomers to the poll.  The unbeaten Jayhawks are ranked for the first time since Oct.  18, 2009. No.  18 TCU, the Jayhawks&#8217; next opponent, and No.  20 Kansas State also join the poll in a big week for the Big 12. No.  19 UCLA also makes its season debut after Friday night&#8217;s impressive showing against Washington.  Mississippi State is the week&#8217;s fifth newcomer, entering at No.  23 after taking down Texas A&#038;M.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Washington and Arkansas managed to avoid the dropout club.  The Huskies slid six spots but hold on at No.  24, while the Razorbacks hold on at No.  25 by a single point over Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Oklahoma and Texas A&#038;M leave the rankings along with Florida State, Minnesota and Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/10\/02\/USAT\/e75b399d-2f6a-4e0c-ba57-96a58bc78278-USATSI_19159764.jpg?crop=2399,1349,x0,y41&amp;width=660&amp;height=372&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/10\/02\/USAT\/e75b399d-2f6a-4e0c-ba57-96a58bc78278-USATSI_19159764.jpg?crop=2399,1349,x0,y41&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the top five teams avoided the upset bug during a wild Week 5 in college football, the No. 1 position in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll changes hands. Alabama reclaims the top spot after gutting out a win at Arkansas without Bryce Young in the second half. The Crimson Tide have 34 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/alabama-passes-georgia-for-no-1-followed-by-ohio-state\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alabama passes Georgia for No.  1 followed by Ohio State<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67942,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/alabama-leads-georgia-now-second\/","url_meta":{"origin":84876,"position":0},"title":"Alabama leads;  Georgia now second","date":"September 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The first full week of actual results in college football led to a few changes in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll despite relatively few upsets.Alabama remains No. 1. 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