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# 22 Syracuse and No. 23 Virginia were long unclassified and ranked among the seven record teams to enter the Associated Press football poll after the loss of 11 ranked teams this weekend. end.
The top of the ranking has hardly changed. No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 LSU and No. 5 Michigan were at rest and unchanged. No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Our Lady won easily.
The college football qualifiers selection committee publishes its first ranking of the season on Tuesday.
The back of the AP Top 25 was overhauled after the defeat of nine of the eleven teams ranked 15-25. Seven teams ranging from unclassified to ranked are the highest number since the AP poll was taken to 25 in 1989. The total number of defeats of eleven ranked teams is the largest since the weekend of November 26, 2016. And eight ranked losing teams at the expense of unclassified teams is also a record for the Top 25
Syracuse is ranked for the first time since 2001 and Virginia for the first time since 2011.
SURVEY POINTS
The Orange had the second-longest series of seasons not ranked among Power Five schools, behind Indiana. The Hoosiers are no longer ranked since 1994. The Cavaliers were tied for sixth on this list with Illinois.
With these teams now ranked, here are the longest droughts in the top 25 of the AP:
Indiana, 1994
Purdue, 2007
Wake Forest, 2008
Kansas, 2009
Illinois 2011
Rutgers, 2012
The other teams that started their season in the Top 25 came from outside the Power Five conferences:
– No. 17 Houston is in for the first time since 2016.
– Utah No. 18 is ranked for the first time since the last election in 2016, when the Aggies finished 16th.
– Fresno No. 20 was ranked briefly last season.
Re-enter the rankings were:
– No. 21, Mississippi State, which has been making yo-yo in the bottom of the Top 25 for a good part of the season.
– # 24 Boston College after beating Miami Friday night.
OUTSIDE
In the last 10 years, on average, just under two teams that started the season in the top 10 APs finished the season with no rankings. There are currently four of the top 10 preparatory teams for the survey.
Washington and Wisconsin became the last. The Huskies were No. 15 last week but lost to California 12-10. They started season # 6. The Badgers, # 4 of the presidential poll, dropped from 31-17 to Northwestern.
Miami (pre-season # 8) and Auburn (pre-season # 9) are also out of the league after starting the season with high expectations. The last time four teams in the top 10 of the pre-season ended up without a ranking, it was in 2002, when Tennessee (pre-season No. 5), Florida (No. 6), Washington ( No. 9) and Nebraska (No. 10) collapsed.
The other dropouts this week have been Oregon, South Florida, the states of North Carolina, Stanford and the Appalachians.
DOWN
No. 15, Texas was the top ranking among the eight ranked teams to lose to unclassified teams, and the Longhorns recorded the biggest drop of the week. Texas lost nine places in No. 6 after losing to Oklahoma State.
– No. 25 Texas A & M also lost nine places after losing to Mississippi State.
UP
10th place, Washington State, gained four places after his victory at Stanford. The Cougars and Utah No. 16 are the only ranked teams in the Pac-12 this week, and none have been ranked in pre-season.
CONFERENCE CALL
SEC – 7 (1, 4, 6, 11, 13, 21, 25).
ACC – 4 (2, 22, 23, 24).
Big Ten – 4 (5, 8, 14, 19).
Big 12 – 33 (7, 12, 15).
American – 2 (9, 17).
West Mountain – 2 (18, 20).
Pac-12-2 (10, 16).
Independent – 1 (3).
CLASSIFIED vs. CLASS
The tenth week of the university football season has the potential to be the best and most significant to date.
Alabama No. 1 at LSU No. 4. The Scarlet Tide can win the SEC West.
No. 14 Penn State at No. 5 Michigan. The Wolverines' last big hurdle before Ohio No. 8 in the regular season finale.
No. 6 Georgia at No. 11 Kentucky. The Breeders & # 39; Cup will be relegated to the background that will determine the SEC East.
# 12 West Virginia to # 15 Texas. Will break a tie to three on the Big 12 with Oklahoma.
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