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Georgia sitting pretty at No. 1, regaining confidence of AP Poll voters

Palmber-Thombsby:Palmer Thombs•10/08/23•

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Georgia’s win streak hit 23 on Saturday night with a 51-13 victory over Kentucky. On Sunday afternoon, the stretch of AP Polls on top was extended to 17 with the Bulldogs once again coming in ranked at No. 1.

UGA received 50 of 63 possible first-place votes, a 15-ballot increase from last week when the Bulldogs lost 20 of their first-place votes from Week 5. Michigan (11), Ohio State (1) and Florida State (1) are the other teams receiving votes for the top spot.

Speaking of the Wolverines, Buckeyes and Seminoles, that trio comes in just behind Georgia at Nos. 2, 3 and 4. Oklahoma, who jumped up seven spots after an upset victory over Texas, rounds out the top 5 while the Longhorns drop six places from their previous No. 3 ranking.

Kentucky remains in the top 25 after the loss to Georgia, dropping four spots to No. 24. As for other opponents on Georgia’s schedule, Ole Miss (No. 13) and Tennessee (No. 19) give the Bulldogs a pair of top-20 teams still to come. Missouri, who was ranked last week but lost to LSU, is the first team out in terms of others receiving votes.

Full Top 25

  1. Georgia (50)
  2. Michigan (11)
  3. Ohio State (1)
  4. Florida State (1)
  5. Oklahoma
  6. Penn State
  7. Washington
  8. Oregon
  9. Texas
  10. USC
  11. Alabama
  12. North Carolina
  13. Ole Miss
  14. Louisville
  15. Oregon State
  16. Utah
  17. Duke
  18. UCLA
  19. Washington
  20. Tennessee (Note: Tied for No. 19 with Washington State, both totaling 412 points)
  21. Notre Dame
  22. LSU
  23. Kansas
  24. Kentucky
  25. Miami

Historical Context…

Georgia’s 17 weeks straight at No. 1 is tied with Florida State (1999) for the fourth longest streak all time. UGA has only USC (33, 2003-2005), Miami (21, 2001-2002) and USC (18, 1972-1973) ahead of it.

The Bulldogs also have the longest active streak of being ranked in the top 10 at 40 weeks in a row, 39 of which have been in the top 5. Michigan at 34 and 22 are second in each of those categories.

Georgia’s next outing will be on the road. In fact, the Bulldogs won’t take the field at Sanford Stadium for almost another month, doing so the next time on November 4th against Missouri. Between now and then is a trip to Vanderbilt (Oct. 14), a bye week and a neutral-site contest against Florida (Oct. 28).

Kickoff time for Saturday’s contest in Nashville versus Vanderbilt is set for 12:00 p.m. ET, 11:00 a.m. locally, on CBS.

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