College Football’s AP Top 25 Voters find themselves in a new situation after a standout weekend that could result in what would become a third No. 1 team in the rankings as we enter Week 6.

As many as four teams could end up taking the top spot in this week’s poll, which would likely result in a change at the top after a historic battle between SEC heavyweights Georgia and Alabama.

Other resulting matchups saw a major upset involving a top-10 ranked playoff contender in the SEC at home against an unranked opponent, and a statement in a battle between ranked Big 12 rivals.

This week’s results will force the AP Top 25 voters to make some major changes to their ballots and shake things up as early as a month into the 2024 season.

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No one was necessarily surprised that Alabama took an early lead at home against Georgia, but jumping out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter and a 30-7 lead at halftime had most spectators doing a double take. what was going to happen. a defeat of epic proportions.

Kalen DeBoer’s offenses have a habit of doing that to opponents, and working with the talent Alabama can attract has the potential to take his playbook to new, stratospheric heights.

But he’ll have to be wary of his team going to neutral after building that early lead, as the Tide did in the second half, allowing Georgia to not only crawl back into the game but take a lead. albeit short-lived, late in regulation with some big winners in the field.

In a game full of offensive fireworks, Jalen Milroe made history as the Alabama quarterback became the first player in AP poll history with 300 yards passing, 100 yards rushing and two rushing touchdowns against a top-five opponent, according to the report. research from ESPN.

Thanks to that historic performance, Alabama should be the No. 1 team in the country on Sunday.

Against any team not named Alabama, Kirby Smart is 96-11. But against the Crimson Tide, the Bulldogs’ two-time national champion head coach is just 1-6.

Georgia’s passing game was out of sync early, thanks in large part to the pressure placed on it by Alabama’s inspired forward seven and the resulting mistakes, such as Beck’s interceptions and lost fumbles.

And the Bulldogs’ vaunted secondary was exposed by a battery of agile Bama receiving goals and a selection of Milroe runs that left these defenders out of sorts and chasing shadows.

Georgia’s early performance, had it lasted the entire game, would have lent credence to the theory that the Kentucky game was not an outlier and that there was a marked drop in talent from last season, but the resurgence of the offense the second half should allay these fears for the time being.

The Bulldogs rallied from a 23-point deficit to take a 1-point lead with 2:31 left when Beck hit Dillon Bell on a 67-yard touchdown.

But their defenders couldn’t contain Ryan Williams, Alabama’s transcendent 17-year-old receiver who spun and sprinted down the sideline for a 75-yard TD pass from Milroe on the next play that gave the Tide their final lead.

The comeback bid showed that Beck can still go deep, and on the other end, he has legitimate receiving talent to make those plays. But this week, Georgia will lose most, if not all, of its first-place votes and move down the rankings, with other big tests ahead.

It’s been a tumultuous week for the Rebels, to say the least, after lost starting quarterback Matthew Shuka left the program due to an NIL dispute.

But his replacement, Hajj-Malik Williams, threw three touchdown passes and ran for more than 100 yards and a fourth score as UNLV smoked Fresno State in a 59-14 decision that put the school in first place in the Mountain West standings.

UNLV is undefeated through four games for the first time since the school entered the Division I ranks in 1978, and could land on enough ballots to crack the Week 6 rankings.

Analysts were of the opinion that the No. 6 Rebels and their monumental start to the season against four non-conference cupcakes.

Either this team could be the real deal, with the very best, or it could come back down to earth when SEC play opens up. This week it turned out that it was more of the latter.

What Kentucky almost did to Georgia a few weeks ago, it also did to Ole Miss, play-time-of-possession offense and a kind of suffocating defense that held college football’s No. 1 offense to 1 of 10 on third downs, and seven tackles yielded for a loss, and had 4 sacks.

And it did what it couldn’t do to Georgia: score a late touchdown in a fourth quarter in which the Rebels didn’t score a point to seal the deal.

Ole Miss lost the turnover battle, letting UK score points in the red zone all three times and converting all three fourth down attempts.

A season full of great expectations, with a place in the extended play-off up for grabs, has already presented a major problem that the selection committee will remember.

BYU will pick up some votes on the AP top 25 ballots after moving to a perfect 2-0 in Big 12 play after first dominating and then using some timely defense late to stop Baylor on the road.

Kansas State is also due for a rise in the polls, though likely still behind BYU after losing to that team on the road last week, but responds with a confident, ground-oriented approach in a statement routine against a ranked Oklahoma State .

This should be the moment we see the Cowboys completely out of the rankings after falling to Kansas State on the road in a decisive 42-20 result.

Alan Bowman threw 2 interceptions and Ollie Gordon was held to 76 yards rushing and no touchdowns as the Wildcats ran over OSU for 388 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That makes it two straight losses for the No. 20 Cowboys against ranked Big 12 opponents, which could ultimately be the final blow to the school’s Big 12 championship prospects.

In the short term, that means this will likely be an unranked team on Sunday.

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