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Alabama rises, Georgia falls in college football rankings
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Alabama rises, Georgia falls in college football rankings

Although Georgia had fallen in most polls two weeks ago, coaches insisted it was the No. 1 team in every edition of the Coaches Poll top-25 college football rankings.

But that changed this week after the events in Tuscaloosa, when Alabama jumped out to a big early lead over the Bulldogs and then broke through with a late touchdown to stave off Georgia’s frantic comeback attempt to rewrite the power structure at the top of the SEC.

Still, it wasn’t enough for the coaches to put the Crimson Tide at No. 1 in the new poll, as Texas earned just enough first-place votes in a close matchup to keep Alabama at No. 2 in the top group-five, in which four Teams came from the SEC.

That wasn’t the only notable move in the polls this week, as Penn State won a key Big Ten opener against ranked Illinois, and Kansas State gave Oklahoma State its second straight seed in the Big 12, where that conference’s title race is already locked completely finished was inflated.

Where are things in the updated top 25 rankings for week six? Let’s see what the coaches’ vote looks like in the new poll.

First place votes in parentheses

  1. Texas (29)
  2. Alabama (19)
  3. Ohio State (7)
  4. Tennessee
  5. Georgia
  6. Oregon
  7. Penn State
  8. Miami
  9. Missouri
  10. Michigan
  11. Ole Miss
  12. LSU
  13. Notre Dame
  14. Clemson
  15. USC
  16. Iowa State
  17. Oklahoma
  18. Utah
  19. BYU
  20. Kansas State
  21. Texas A&M
  22. Louisville
  23. UNLV
  24. Indiana
  25. Illinois

More… AP Top 25 Poll Prediction

No. 20 Oklahoma State. The Cowboys are out of the rankings after losing their second straight game in Big 12 Conference play.

Boise State 103; Pittsburgh 51; Arizona 44; Rutgers 35; Iowa 29; James Madison 25; Duke 22; Kentucky 17; Oklahoma State 15; SMU 14; Nebraska 12; Navy 9; Colorado 9; Boston College 6; Army West Point 3; UCF2; Freedom 2; Tulane 1; South Carolina 1

Georgia (minus 4). The Bulldogs fell in the rankings after the loss at Alabama, but are still in the top five according to the coaches.

Ole Miss (Down 6). The second-largest drop in the polls after the Rebels lost at home to unranked Kentucky in the SEC’s opening game.

Utah (minus 8). The Utes’ biggest drop this week came after they failed to stop an unranked Arizona at home.

Kansas State (plus 5). The Wildcats bounced back with a big win over the Cowboys.

ACC: Miami, Pittsburgh, Duke

Big 12: BYU, Iowa State

Big Ten: Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Indiana, Rutgers

SEC: Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri

Sun belt: James Madison

AAC: Army, Navy

CUSA: Freedom

Mountain West: UNLV

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