Arizona ticks up a spot in college football rankings after beating New Mexico
Sep 3, 2024, 12:17 PM
Head coach Brent Brennan of the Arizona Wildcats applauds during warm ups before the game against the New Mexico Lobos at Arizona Stadium on August 31, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
(Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
The Arizona Wildcats moved up one spot, to No. 21, in The Associated Press’ college football top 25 rankings with a win against New Mexico on Saturday night.
Florida State fell out of The AP top 25 poll released Tuesday after starting the season 0-2, becoming just the third team to go from preseason top-10 to unranked in the first regular-season poll since the rankings expanded to 25 in 1989.
Georgia remained No. 1, receiving 57 first-place votes after starting the season with a blowout of then-No. 14 Clemson. The Tigers hung on at No. 25.
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Ohio State is No. 2 with five first-place votes. No. 3 Texas and No. 4 Alabama each moved up a spot, putting three Southeastern Conference teams in the top four along with Georgia.
No. 5 Notre Dame jumped two spots after opening the season with a victory at then-No. 20 Texas A&M, which fell out of the rankings.
Florida State has been the early season’s major disappointment. The defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion lost a Week 0 game in Dublin, Ireland, to ACC rival Georgia Tech and then dropped another league game Monday night at home to Boston College.
No other preseason Top 25 team this year lost to an unranked opponent to open the season. Florida State did it twice as a double-digit favorite.
The other preseason top-10 teams to fall all the way out of the Top 25 after Week 1 in the past 35 years were Michigan in 2007 after famously losing to Appalachian State as No. 5 and Clemson in 2008. The Tigers were No. 9 but opened with a blowout loss to Alabama and tumbled out of the rankings.
Mississippi remained at No. 6. Oregon slipped four spots to No. 7 after winning a close game with Idaho. Penn State stayed at No. 8. Missouri moved up two spots to No. 9 to give the SEC five teams in the top 10. Michigan dropped one spot to No. 10.
How many teams from each conference are in the college football top 25 rankings?
Despite Florida State and Clemson starting the season 0-3, the ACC has one more team in this week’s rankings than it did last time:
SEC — 8 (Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 14, 16, 18).
Big Ten — 6 (Nos. 2, 7, 8, 10, 13, 21).
ACC — 5 (Nos. 12, 22, 23, 24, 25).
Big 12 — 5 (Nos. 11, 16, 17, 19, 20).
Independent — 1 (No. 5).
AP college football poll – Sept. 3
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Georgia (57) | 1-0 | 1545 | 1 |
| 2. Ohio St. (5) | 1-0 | 1478 | 2 |
| 3. Texas | 1-0 | 1418 | 4 |
| 4. Alabama | 1-0 | 1309 | 5 |
| 5. Notre Dame | 1-0 | 1240 | 7 |
| 6. Mississippi | 1-0 | 1212 | 6 |
| 7. Oregon | 1-0 | 1197 | 3 |
| 8. Penn St. | 1-0 | 1146 | 8 |
| 9. Missouri | 1-0 | 968 | 11 |
| 10. Michigan | 1-0 | 935 | 9 |
| 11. Utah | 1-0 | 897 | 12 |
| 12. Miami | 1-0 | 893 | 19 |
| 13. Southern Cal | 1-0 | 811 | 23 |
| 14. Tennessee | 1-0 | 784 | 15 |
| 15. Oklahoma | 1-0 | 703 | 16 |
| 16. Oklahoma St. | 1-0 | 610 | 17 |
| 17. Kansas St. | 1-0 | 607 | 18 |
| 18. LSU | 0-1 | 410 | 13 |
| 19. Kansas | 1-0 | 349 | 22 |
| 20. Arizona | 1-0 | 339 | 21 |
| 21. Iowa | 1-0 | 294 | 25 |
| 22. Louisville | 1-0 | 188 | – |
| 23. Georgia Tech | 2-0 | 161 | – |
| 24. NC State | 1-0 | 142 | 24 |
| 25. Clemson | 0-1 | 134 | 14 |
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 97, Boston College 49, Boise St. 47, Iowa St. 32, Memphis 27, Nebraska 27, SMU 23, Washington 20, Liberty 12, Vanderbilt 8, Wisconsin 8, Auburn 8, Tulane 4, North Carolina 4, UTSA 3, Appalachian St. 3, Kentucky 2, West Virginia 2, Arkansas 2, UNLV 1, Colorado 1.
