AP Top 25 poll: Michigan gains ground on Georgia, Alabama tops Penn State in college football rankings

While the AP Top 25 noticed no adjustments in the highest six spots, there are changes that replicate what electorate realized about the most productive groups in the rustic on Saturday. Of observe is that whilst Georgia maintained its spot at No. 1 whilst off in Week 8, Michigan continues to achieve momentum in difficult for the highest spot. The balloting issues margin is as slender as its been all season (1536 to 1504), with a couple of extra first-place votes switching arms. But in the consensus, it is nonetheless Georgia at No. 1, adopted through Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State, Washington and Oklahoma on the best of the rankings. 

There is a few transferring in the wake of Ohio State’s win towards Penn State, which noticed the Nittany Lions drop 3 spots to No. 10. That allowed for Texas and Oregon to each and every transfer up one spot, whilst Alabama jumped two spots to No. 9 following its robust 2nd part efficiency in a competition win over Tennessee. 

North Carolina had one of the most greatest drops in the ballot this week, tumbling from No. 10 to No. 17 after a loss to unranked Virginia. USC just about fell out of the highest 25 after its loss to Utah, touchdown at No. 24. Duke and Tennessee each and every dropped after losses as smartly, however most effective 4 spots each and every — to No. 20 and No. 21, respectively — after dropping on the street to higher-ranked convention foes. 

James Madison, now at 7-0 after a win towards Marshall on Thursday evening, cracked the highest 25 for simply the second one time in faculty historical past. The Dukes made their AP ballot debut in Oct. 2022 however lasted only one week in the rankings. They will put that new ranked standing on the road subsequent Saturday towards ODU at house. JMU’s access into the ballot was once made imaginable in phase due to Iowa’s house loss to Minnesota, which bounced the Hawkeyes from the highest 25. 

Here is a complete have a look at the AP Top 25 after Week 4, with first-place votes indexed in parentheses.

AP Top 25 ballot

1. Georgia (38)
2. Michigan (19)
3. Ohio State (3)
4. Florida State (3)
5. Washington
6. Oklahoma
7. Texas
8. Oregon
9. Alabama
10. Penn State
11. Oregon State
12. Ole Miss
13. Utah
14. Notre Dame
15. LSU
16. Missouri
17. North Carolina
18. Louisville
19. Air Force
20. Duke
21. Tennessee
22. Tulane
23. UCLA
24. USC
25. James Madison

Others receiving votes: Florida 34, Liberty 17, Kansas St. 16, Miami 12, Fresno St. 8, Oklahoma St. 5, Toledo 3, Kentucky 2, Rutgers 2, UNLV 1, Wisconsin 1