Week 14 AP Poll: Georgia climbs to No. 6 after chaotic Saturday
Chaos has entered the College Football chat and it has allowed Georgia to jump xxx combined spots in the two Associated Press polls since its second loss to Ole Miss. The Bulldogs are ranked XXX in the Week 14 AP poll.
Oregon is ranked No. 1 followed by Ohio State, Texas, Penn State, and Notre Dame to round out the top five. Tennessee is ranked one spot behind Georga at No. 7 followed by Miami at No. 8. SMU comes in at No. 9 with Indiana falling to No. 10 after its loss to Ohio State.
Clemson, the team Georgia beat 34-3 in the season opener, is up to No. 12. That gives the Bulldogs three wins over teams ranked inside the top 12.
The Bulldogs came into the day hoping that a few things would break their way and that the opportunity to host a College Football Playoff game might look more realistic. With Ole Miss losing at Florida, Alabama falling at Oklahoma, and Texas A&M getting stunned at Auburn, Georgia has now clinched a spot in the SEC Championship game. It will play the winner of the Week 14 showdown between Texas and Texas A&M, which will take place at Kyle Field in College Station.
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The Bulldogs finished their SEC slate last week with a 34-17 win over Tennessee. They made easy work of UMass yesterday by a score of 59-21. The defensive performance wasn’t up to snuff but Georgia ran through the Minutemen and pulled away in the second half. Still, Kirby Smart wasn’t exactly pleased.
“I don’t know that it was just tackling,” Smart said after the win over UMass. “We did not tackle well, but it was more than just tackling. It was — like, I hate to say it, I just don’t think that our guys were ready to play and energized to play as their guys were. Their guys wanted it more than us, and it’s very rare that I could sit up here and say that. Like, they were playing harder, they were moving us, they were playing physical. They had some nice RPOs and some nice play designs, but it wasn’t about that. It’s, I want to — like, desire. That’s the biggest thing.”
UGA’s next game is in just five days as it will host in-state rival Georgia Tech on Friday, November 29. Kickoff for that game is set for 7:30 p.m. ET and it will be broadcast by ABC.
