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Alabama falls, Big Ten teams stack top four of Week 7’s AP poll
4 top-10 groups misplaced — together with the No. 1 workforce — and 7 ranked groups misplaced in whole in a wild begin to an October of school soccer. After all, there can be modifications on this week’s AP ballot. Here is what you might want to know.
Week 7 AP High 25 Ballot
| RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | PTS | PREV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas (52) | 5-0 | 1516 | 2 |
| 2 | Ohio State (9) | 5-0 | 1473 | 3 |
| 3 | Oregon | 5-0 | 1348 | 6 |
| 4 | Penn State | 5-0 | 1305 | 7 |
| 5 | Georgia | 4-1 | 1299 | 5 |
| 6 | Miami (FL) | 6-0 | 1187 | 8 |
| 7 | Alabama | 4-1 | 1182 | 1 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 4-1 | 1001 | 4 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | 5-1 | 978 | 12 |
| 10 | Clemson | 4-1 | 861 | 15 |
| T-11 | Iowa State | 5-0 | 853 | 16 |
| T-11 | Notre Dame | 4-1 | 853 | 14 |
| 13 | LSU | 4-1 | 827 | 13 |
| 14 | BYU | 5-0 | 753 | 17 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 5-1 | 702 | 25 |
| 16 | Utah | 4-1 | 473 | 18 |
| 17 | Boise State | 4-1 | 463 | 21 |
| T-18 | Kansas State | 4-1 | 459 | 20 |
| T-18 | Indiana | 6-0 | 459 | 23 |
| T-18 | Oklahoma | 4-1 | 459 | 19 |
| 21 | Missouri | 4-1 | 352 | 9 |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 5-0 | 196 | NR |
| 23 | Illinois | 4-1 | 182 | 23 |
| 24 | Michigan | 4-2 | 170 | 10 |
| 25 | SMU | 5-1 | 165 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Southern California 98, Nebraska 51, Navy 43, Military 33, Vanderbilt 26, Arkansas 17, Washington State 8, Iowa 8, Texas Tech 7, Syracuse 6, Washington 4, Louisville 4, Colorado 3, Kentucky 1.
Texas returns to No. 1
Texas and Ohio State cleared the path on this week’s AP ballot. The Longhorns and Buckeyes have been the one groups to obtain first-place votes after then-No. 1 Alabama misplaced to an unranked Vanderbilt squad.
| No. of First-Place Votes | Group |
|---|---|
| 52 | Texas |
| 9 | Ohio State |
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The remainder of the highest 10 has a brand new look
Undefeated Massive Ten applications Oregon and Penn State observe within the rankings at No. 3 and No. 4. Then issues get fascinating. Not like the Geese and Nittany Lions who moved up three spots this week, No. 6 Miami (Fla.) solely moved up two spots after barely squeaking out wins in back-to-back weeks towards Virginia Tech and Cal.
Who’s at No. 5? That may be the Georgia Bulldogs, who simply misplaced the earlier week. Sure, No. 5 Georgia is ranked above Alabama, a workforce it misplaced to. The Crimson Tide dropped six spots to No. 7 after shedding to an unranked Vanderbilt workforce. Head-to-head did not outweigh Alabama’s loss.
No. 8 Tennessee dropped 4 spots after its unranked loss to Arkansas, whereas No. 9 Ole Miss is again within the prime 10 after rebounding from its unranked loss per week in the past to Kentucky. Rounding out the highest 10 is Clemson. The Tigers are 4-1 and have scored a mean of 48.5 factors throughout its four-game win streak since shedding within the season opener to Georgia.
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Missouri, Miami and USC fall
Issues have been a lot calmer from Nos. 12-21 in final week’s rankings, with six groups on byes and the opposite faculties successful their video games handily. So the place do final week’s top-10 groups that misplaced slot in among the many group?
No. 24 Michigan fell 14 spots, however because of a head-to-head win, the Wolverines did not fall out of the ballot like Southern California. The Trojans fell from No. 11 to the primary workforce within the receiving votes class after a loss to Minnesota.
No. 21 Missouri misplaced to a ranked Texas A&M, main the Tigers to drop 12 spots. On the opposite aspect of that sport, Texas A&M rose 10 spots — probably the most of any workforce this week — to No. 15.
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Pittsburgh and SMU enter this week’s rankings
Southern California, Louisville and UNLV dropped out of final week’s 26-team rankings, leaving room for 2 groups to enter the highest 25 this week. Becoming a member of the rankings this week are Pittsburgh and SMU.
Pitt is certainly one of 12 undefeated groups this yr after successful its first ACC sport towards North Carolina. Quarterback Eli Holstein has been excellent and only one week in the past was certainly one of my darkhorse Heisman candidates. In the meantime, SMU enters the rankings after taking down then-No. 22 Louisville. The Mustangs are on a three-game win streak and their solely loss got here by three factors to a now-No. 14 BYU squad.
| File | Group (Convention) |
|---|---|
| 6-0 | Indiana (Massive Ten), Miami (ACC) |
| 5-0 | Military (AAC), BYU (Massive 12), Iowa State (Massive 12), Ohio State (Massive Ten), Oregon (Massive Ten), Penn State (Massive Ten), Pitt (ACC), Texas (SEC), Navy (AAC) |
| 4-0 | Liberty (CUSA) |
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Ranked video games to look at this week
Listed below are the ranked-vs.-ranked matchups in Week 7 on Saturday, Oct. 12: