Alabama takes a fall in AP Poll following Texas performance
As always, the Coaches Poll is a good indicator of what could happen in the latest AP Poll, which always gets released within an hour of each other. After seeing Alabama drop from No. 3 to No. 10 in the Coaches, we also saw the Crimson Tide take a fall in the AP. They also went from being ranked No. 3 in that poll to being ranked No. 10.
Texas, who Alabama lost to on Saturday night, climbed even higher in the AP than it did the Coaches. After checking in at No. 6 in the Coaches on Sunday, the Longhorns are all the way up to No. 4 in these latest rankings from the AP. That’s good for the Crimson Tide’s resume, but there’s a lot of football that needs to be played before anyone should start worrying about quality of losses.
Texas A&M fell out of the top-25 in these rankings, too.
That leaves five SEC teams left. Georgia (No. 1), Alabama (No. 10) and LSU (No. 14) all rank the same in both polls. Tennessee, on the other hand, checks in at No. 11 in the AP after being No. 9 in the Coaches. That means the Volunteers actually dropped in the rankings. Ole Miss checks in a little higher at No. 17 after being ranked No. 19 in the Coaches. The Crimson Tide have a showdown coming up with them in two weeks.
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Below, you’ll find the entire AP Poll.
2023 AP Poll
*Note: Team Name (Points, First-Place Votes)
1. Georgia Bulldogs – 1,540 (55)
2. Michigan Wolverines – 1,458 (2)
3. Florida State Seminoles – 1,413 (3)
4. Texas Longhorns – 1,338 (2)
5. USC Trojans – 1,269
6. Ohio State Buckeyes – 1,265
7. Penn State Nittany Lions – 1,204
8. Washington Huskies – 1,102
9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish – 1,015
10. Alabama Crimson Tide – 953
11. Tennessee Volunteers – 929
12. Utah Utes – 874
13. Oregon Ducks – 827
14. LSU Tigers – 667
15. Kansas State Wildcats – 636
16. Oregon State Beavers – 605
17. Ole Miss Rebels – 505
18. Colorado Buffalo – 481
19. Oklahoma Sooners – 453
20. North Carolina Tar Heels – 444
21. Duke Blue Devils – 421
22. Miami Hurricanes – 230
23. Washington State Cougars – 129
24. UCLA Bruins – 107
25. Iowa Hawkeyes – 106
Others receiving votes
Clemson 86, Arkansas 33, TCU 19, Kansas 19, Tulane 17, Wisconsin 10, Kentucky 5, Mississippi St. 5, Minnesota 3, Cincinnati 3, Fresno St. 2, Wyoming 1, Oklahoma St. 1, Maryland 1, James Madison 1.
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