Ohio State remained No. 1 and Michigan was ranked fifteenth within the AP Top 25 on Sunday, organising the 50th ranked matchup within the historical past of the sequence, greater than another rivalry in faculty soccer.
The defending champion Buckeyes (11-0) acquired 58 first-place votes to preserve the highest rating for the thirteenth straight week. Big Ten rival Indiana (11-0) is No. 2 with seven first-place votes and No. 3 Texas A&M (11-0) acquired one first-place vote.
None of the highest 14 groups in final week’s ballot misplaced, which led to little motion on the high.
Georgia (10-1) is No. 4, adopted by Oregon (10-1), which moved up a spot to No. 5 after beating USC. Ole Miss (10-1) dropped to sixth and Texas Tech (10-1), which was tied for sixth with the Ducks final week, is now No. 7. USC (8-3) fell three spots to No. 19.
No. 8 Oklahoma (9-2), Notre Dame (9-2) and Alabama (9-2) all held their spots and rounded out the highest 10.
For the Buckeyes and Wolverines, Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich., marks the primary time since 2006 that both enters the sport ranked No. 1. That was a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in Columbus, Ohio, gained by the top-ranked Buckeyes.
Michigan has gained 4 straight conferences, with Ohio State ranked No. 2 within the AP ballot in all of them, together with final 12 months when the Wolverines have been unranked.
AP Top 25 after Week 13
| Rank | Team | Ralph’s vote | Record | Prev |
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1 |
1 |
11-0 |
1 |
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2 |
2 |
11-0 |
2 |
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3 |
3 |
11-0 |
3 |
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4 |
4 |
10-1 |
4 |
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5 |
6 |
10-1 |
6 |
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6 |
7 |
10-1 |
5 |
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7 |
5 |
10-1 |
6 |
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8 |
8 |
9-2 |
8 |
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9 |
11 |
9-2 |
9 |
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10 |
9 |
9-2 |
10 |
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11 |
12 |
10-1 |
11 |
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12 |
14 |
9-2 |
12 |
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13 |
10 |
9-2 |
14 |
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14 |
13 |
9-2 |
13 |
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15 |
17 |
9-2 |
18 |
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16 |
16 |
8-3 |
17 |
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17 |
18 |
9-2 |
19 |
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18 |
20 |
8-3 |
20 |
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19 |
15 |
8-3 |
16 |
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20 |
25 |
10-1 |
21 |
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21 |
22 |
10-1 |
22 |
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22 |
21 |
9-2 |
24 |
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23 |
NR |
9-2 |
15 |
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24 |
24 |
8-3 |
NR |
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25 |
19 |
8-3 |
NR |
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NR |
23 |
8-3 |
NR |
Others receiving votes: Arizona State 77, Navy 44, Missouri 23, Arizona 20, San Diego State 19, Washington 16, Iowa 10, UNLV 7, South Florida 4, UConn 3, Wake Forest 2, Illinois 1
Also thought of by Ralph: Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Houston, Arizona State, Iowa, Missouri, Navy
Oklahoma-Texas is the rivalry with the second-most ranked matchups at 44, although Red River didn’t add to that whole earlier this 12 months as a result of the Longhorns have been unranked on the time. Notre Dame-USC is subsequent at 36 ranked matchups, adopted by Alabama-LSU at 32.
Two different well-known and infrequently impactful rivalries gained’t add to their ranked matchup totals on Thanksgiving weekend.
Alabama and Auburn have met whereas each are ranked within the Iron Bowl 24 instances, however the Tigers will likely be unranked subsequent week internet hosting the Crimson Tide.
Neither Florida nor Florida State will likely be ranked or bowl eligible after they meet in Gainesville on Saturday. The Gators and Seminoles have performed 23 instances when each are ranked.
On the flip facet, No. 12 Vanderbilt performs at No. 18 Tennessee within the first ranked matchup between the in-state SEC rivals in 119 conferences. The final time the Commodores have been ranked heading into their recreation with the Volunteers was 1958.
No. 16 Texas hosts Texas A&M on Black Friday night time, marking the twelfth time the Longhorns and Aggies have each been ranked after they performed.
No. 23 Georgia Tech and Georgia play at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in what may even be the twelfth ranked matchup in that sequence and first since 2014.
How I voted
Mostly, by simply chopping and pasting final week’s poll. The high 11 all stayed the identical on my poll. I gave somewhat thought to transferring Oregon up to No. 5 forward of Texas Tech after the Ducks beat USC 42-27, but it surely’s not as if the idle Red Raiders did something to justify being dropped.
I reassessed eight by means of 11 with Oklahoma, Alabama, Miami and Notre Dame, however once more, noticed no cause to make any strikes there. The Sooners did what they do towards a stable Missouri group on Saturday, profitable 17-6. Alabama had a walk-through towards an FCS faculty. Miami managed the sport towards Virginia Tech, although once more, it will be good to see the Hurricanes be somewhat extra environment friendly in locking video games down within the fourth quarter. Notre Dame dropped 70 on a Syracuse group that’s noncompetitive proper now.
None of these groups made a compelling case to be moved up or dropped down.
I thought of dropping Utah behind Vanderbilt within the Nos. 13 and 14 spots, after the Utes’ epic comeback towards Kansas State. The Utes and Commodores have quite a bit in frequent, insofar as they each misplaced to their finest two opponents.
I dropped USC solely three spots to No. 15 after the Trojans performed a aggressive recreation at Oregon. I gave USC the advantage of the doubt over a Michigan group that the Trojans beat. The Wolverines are No. 17 on my poll.
Georgia Tech’s loss cleared out some area in that a part of the rankings. In truth, I dropped the Yellow Jackets all the best way out. Tech is collapsing down the stretch. The Yellow Jackets have misplaced two of three, and the one win was on a late area objective towards Boston College. That might sound harsh, however the best way they’ve performed currently mixed with a reasonably weak schedule general has me pondering Georgia Tech wants a timeout.
In and out
Houston and Missouri each dropped out of the rankings this week after shedding and have been changed by Pitt at No. 24 and SMU at No. 25.
The Panthers have been yo-yoing out and in of the rankings for the previous few weeks, each instances setting them up for ranked matchups at residence.
That didn’t end up too effectively after they performed Notre Dame. But they bounced again with a win at Georgia Tech and head into the regular-season finale at residence towards No. 13 Miami with an opportunity to attain the ACC title recreation with a victory and a few assist.
SMU started the season ranked and coming off a Playoff look in 2024, but it surely fell out of the ballot after a few early season nonconference losses to Baylor and TCU.
The Mustangs dominated Louisville on Saturday are again this week. They head into their season finale towards Cal with an opportunity to return to the ACC title recreation for a second straight season with a victory.
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