The Georgia Bulldogs returned to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll during Week 11 after beating Ole Miss 42-7, CBS Sports reported. CBS Sports listed Georgia at 8-1 overall and 6-1 in SEC play.
CBS Sports reported that Georgia moved back to the top after Miami lost to Notre Dame. Miami fell from No. 1 to No.
5, while Notre Dame climbed to No. 3 after defeating the Hurricanes.
The Week 11 rankings also placed Utah at No. 2 after its 28-20 victory over BYU. The changes reshaped the SEC standings and created a significant shift among teams connected to the early College Football Playoff picture.
Key Takeaways
- Georgia returned to No. 1 after its 42-7 victory over Ole Miss.
- Utah rose to No. 2, Notre Dame ranked No. 3 and Miami dropped to No. 5.
- The SEC went from 10 ranked teams to eight after Missouri and Florida exited the poll.
Georgia returns to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll
CBS Sports reported that Georgia reclaimed the top ranking after combining its decisive win over Ole Miss with Miami’s loss to Notre Dame. The Bulldogs’ 42-point performance against Ole Miss was the largest result attached to the change at the top of the Week 11 rankings.
Georgia’s position gives the SEC the No. 1 team in the country, while Alabama was the next-highest conference team at No. 7.
Tennessee ranked No. 9, Kentucky ranked No. 13, South Carolina ranked No.
20 and LSU ranked No. 24, according to CBS Sports.
The movement at the top also lifted Notre Dame to No. 3 and moved Utah to No. 2.
CBS Sports tied Utah’s rise to the Utes’ 28-20 win over BYU, while Notre Dame’s new position followed its victory over Miami.
SEC football rankings lose two teams
CBS Sports reported that the SEC’s presence in the poll declined from 10 teams to eight in Week 11. Missouri and Florida were the two conference teams that exited the rankings, leaving six SEC programs listed behind Georgia.
Missouri received the most votes among teams outside the poll, according to CBS Sports. Florida was listed at 5-4 overall and 3-4 in SEC play after falling out of the rankings.
| Rank | SEC team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia |
| 7 | Alabama |
| 9 | Tennessee |
| 13 | Kentucky |
| 20 | South Carolina |
| 24 | LSU |
The six ranked SEC teams behind Georgia span the second half of the top 25, with Alabama holding the conference’s No. 7 spot and LSU occupying No. 24.
South Carolina was the only other SEC team in the rankings’ 20s at No. 20.
Ohio State ranking tumbles as Oregon enters poll
Ohio State fell from No. 11 to No. 21 after losing 41-28 to Oregon, CBS Sports reported.
The 10-spot drop made No. 21 Ohio State’s lowest AP ranking since the first month of the 2014 season.
Oregon moved from unranked to No. 18 after the victory. CBS Sports listed both Oregon and Ohio State at 6-3 and outside the College Football Playoff picture entering Week 11.
The Ohio State-Oregon result was the largest ranking movement among the teams highlighted in the Week 11 update. It also placed Oregon directly ahead of Ohio State in the national poll, with the Ducks at No. 18 and the Buckeyes at No.
21.
At the top, Georgia, Utah and Notre Dame occupied the first three positions after the weekend’s results. Miami’s drop to No. 5 and Ohio State’s slide to No.
21 were the clearest changes among teams that began the week near the top of the national conversation.
The Week 11 AP Top 25 poll therefore placed Georgia first, Utah second and Notre Dame third, while the SEC held eight ranked teams and Oregon entered at No. 18.
