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AP Top 25: Georgia remains No. 1, USC rises 10 spots
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AP Top 25: Georgia remains No. 1, USC rises 10 spots

Florida State dropped out of The Associated Press’ American football poll on Tuesday after starting the season 0-2. That makes Florida State only the third team to drop from the preseason top 10 to an unranked position in the first regular-season poll since the rankings expanded to 25 in 1989.

Georgia remained No. 1, receiving 57 first-place votes after opening the season with a blowout of then-No. 14 Clemson. The Tigers remained 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 rose one spot, putting three SEC teams in the top four, along with Georgia.

No. 5 Notre Dame moved up two spots after opening the season with a win over then-No. 20 Texas A&M, which had fallen from the rankings.

Florida State was the big disappointment of the early season. The reigning Atlantic Coast Conference champions lost a Week 0 game in Dublin, Ireland, to ACC rival Georgia Tech, then lost another regular season game at home to Boston College on Monday night.

No other preseason Top 25 team this year lost to an unranked opponent to open the season, with Florida State doing so twice as a double-digit favorite.

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The other preseason top 10 teams that have dropped out of the Top 25 after Week 1 entirely over the past 35 years were Michigan in 2007, after losing to No. 5-seeded Appalachian State, and Clemson in 2008. The Tigers were ranked No. 9 but opened with a blowout loss to Alabama and dropped out of the rankings.

Ole Miss remained at No. 6. Oregon dropped four spots to No. 7 after a narrow win over Idaho. Penn State remained at No. 8. Missouri rose two spots to No. 9, giving the SEC five teams in the top 10. Michigan dropped one spot to No. 10.

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Georgia Tech’s 2-0 start lifts the Yellowjackets to No. 23 for the first time since 2015.

The big climbers in the Top 25 were Miami and USC.

The Hurricanes rose seven spots to 19 after beating Florida in The Swamp and are now in their best position since cracking the top 10 in late 2020.

No. 13 USC rose 10 spots after beating LSU with a late touchdown Sunday night in Las Vegas. The loss dropped LSU to No. 18.

The Trojans started last season ranked No. 6 but finished unranked after a disappointing 8-5 season led by 2022 Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams.

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The only other team to move up in the rankings this week, along with Georgia Tech, was fellow ACC school Louisville. The Cardinals were among the top unranked voters in the preseason and are now ranked No. 22.

Despite Florida State and Clemson starting the season 0-3, the ACC has one more team in the rankings this week than 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).

(2024 College Football Rankings: Georgia, Ohio State Top; Nebraska Enters Top 25))

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Here’s the full top 25:

1. Georgia (57 votes for first place)
2. State of Ohio (5 votes for first place)
3. Texas
4. Alabama
5. Notre Dame
6. Old lady
7. Oregon
8. Penn State
9. Missouri
10. Michigan
11. Utah
12. Miami (Florida)
13. USC
14. Tennessee
15. Oklahoma
16. State of Oklahoma
17. Kansas State
18. LSU
19. Kansas
20. Arizona
21. Iowa
22. Louisville
23. Georgia technology
24. North Carolina State
25. Clemson

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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