Kenneth Walker III of Michigan State and Michigan State play back-and-forth Saturday for a win of 37-33. (2:35).
Michigan State has moved up to No. Michigan State moved up to No. 5 in the Associated Press college football poll, while Wake Forest moved up to No. 10 on Sunday for only the second time in school history.
Georgia is the unanimous No. For the fourth consecutive week, Georgia ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Cincinnati remained at No. 2 but Alabama leapt ahead of Oklahoma to become No. 3. The Sooners landed at No. 4.
The Spartans' star running back Kenneth Walker jumped three places after beating Michigan in the weekend’s biggest match. In 2015, Michigan State was not in the top five. The Spartans made it to the College Football Playoff.
AP Top 25 College Football Poll. Team Record 1. Georgia (63) 8-0 2. Cincinnati 8-0 3. Alabama 7-1 4. Oklahoma 9-0 5. Michigan State 8-0 6. Ohio State 7-1 7. Oregon 7-1 8. Notre Dame 7-1 9. Michigan 7-1 10. Wake Forest 8-0 11. Oklahoma State 7-1 12. Auburn 6-2 13. Texas A&M 2:2 14. Baylor 7-1 15. Mississippi 6-2 16. UTSA 8-1 17. BYU 7-2 18. Kentucky 6-2 19. Iowa 6-2 20. Houston 7-1 21. Coastal Carolina 7-1 22. Penn State 5-3 23. SMU 7-1 24. Louisiana-Lafayette 7-1 25. Fresno State 7-2
Tuesday night will see the release of the first CFP selection committee rankings for the season.
The AP poll ranked Ohio State No. 6 despite it holding off Penn State. 6 despite beating Penn State and Oregon. 7.
The top 10 included Notre Dame, Michigan, and Wake Forest.
POLL POINTS
The Demon Deacons are the program's highest ranked team, achieving No. They reached 11 in 1947. Wake Forest was the only Power 5 conference team that had not been ranked among the top 10.
On Saturday, the Demon Deacons scored another first with a win against Duke.
IN
No. Houston's 20th ranked team is Dana Holgorsen, who took over after SMU suffered its first loss of the year. 2018 was the last year that the Cougars made it to the Top 25.
Houston is the 45th team to make it into the Top 25 in this season's Top 25.
No. No. 24 Louisiana-Lafayette has been reintroduced to the Top 25 following its loss in the opening game.
No. After San Diego State's first defeat in the crucial Mountain West game, 25 Fresno State was also relegated to No.
OUT
Pittsburgh fell to No. 17 after losing at home against Miami.
After losing to West Virginia, Iowa State is back in the rankings. Although the Cyclones managed to climb back up into the rankings last week it was only for a short time.
After a four-week run, San Diego State was forced to withdraw.
CONFERENCE CALL
The Pac-12 and Atlantic Coast Conference are the only Power 5 leagues with one ranked team. Two Group of 5 conferences, Sun Belt and the American Athletic Conference, have three and two ranked teams, respectively.
SEC -- 6 (Nos. 1, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18,
Big Ten -- 5 (Nos. 5, 6, 9, 19, 22,
Big 12 -- 3 (Nos. 4, 11, 14,
American -- 3 (Nos. 2, 20, 23,
Sun Belt -- 2 (Nos. 21, 24
Mountain West -- 1 Mountain West -- 1 (No.
ACC -- 1 (No. 10
C-USA -- 1 16
Pac-12 -- 1 7
Independents -- 2 8, 17.
RANKED vs. RANKED
No. 12 Auburn at No. 13 Texas A&M. This is the third meeting between the Aggies and Tigers since both were ranked in the SEC when A&M joined it in 2011.
