Oregon, Iowa enter top 5; Arkansas has 1st ranking since ’16

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Oregon and Iowa were the large movers successful The Associated Press assemblage shot canvass aft roadworthy wins implicit top-10 opponents.

The Ducks’ triumph implicit Ohio State earned them a promotion from No. 12 to No. 4.

Another awesome antiaircraft show by Iowa successful the Cy-Hawk Trophy crippled pushed the Hawkeyes from No. 10 to No. 5.

Arkansas, coming disconnected a location triumph implicit aged Southwest Conference rival Texas, was rewarded with its archetypal quality successful the AP Top 25 successful 5 years, coming successful astatine No. 20.

Alabama remained No. 1 successful the AP Top 25, which is presented by Regions Bank. The Crimson Tide received 60 of the 63 first-place votes. Georgia, which picked up the different 3 first-place votes, stayed astatine No. 2.

Oklahoma was No. 3 and followed by Oregon, Iowa, Clemson, Texas A&M, Cincinnati, Ohio State and Penn State.

Oregon’s eight-rung leap came aft its 35-28 triumph successful the Horseshoe. It marks the biggest leap for a squad entering the apical 5 since LSU went from No. 13 to No. 5 aft it knocked disconnected second-ranked Georgia successful October 2018.

The Ducks person their highest ranking since they finished the 2014 play No. 2 arsenic the nationalist runner-up to Ohio State.

Iowa, a 27-17 victor astatine Iowa State, allowed a full of 23 points portion beating 2 ranked teams successful succession for the archetypal clip since 1960. The Hawkeyes’ defence is ever stout. The question astir this squad is whether it tin elevate its violative play with backmost Spencer Petras.

As it is, the Hawks person their highest ranking since they were No. 3 connected Nov. 22, 2015, aft a 12-0 start.

Ohio State dropped from No. 3 to No. 9 and Iowa State from No. 9 to No. 14.

The Big Ten has 5 ranked teams and matches the Southeastern Conference with 3 successful the apical 10, acknowledgment to Penn State’s determination up from No. 11.

More could travel successful implicit the adjacent mates of weeks.

Mel Tucker’s much-improved Michigan State squad is 2-0 entering its roadworthy crippled against No. 24 Miami this week. Indiana, which fell level successful its opener against Iowa, gets a accidental to amusement it wasn’t a one-year wonderment successful 2020 erstwhile it hosts No. 8 Cincinnati. Maryland apt volition beryllium 4-0 going into its Oct. 1 location crippled against Iowa.

— No. 20 Arkansas gets a 3rd consecutive location game, this 1 against Georgia Southern, earlier things get existent successful SEC play.

— No. 23 BYU, which appeared successful each regular-season canvass past season, returns aft beating Utah for the archetypal clip successful 10 meetings. Voters are buying successful aft taking a wait-and-see stance with a squad that mislaid the No. 2 wide draught prime (QB Zach Wilson) and 8 antiaircraft starters.

— Two coagulated wins to commencement the season, the latest against a amazingly anemic Washington, bring No. 25 Michigan backmost into the rankings. The Wolverines don’t deed the roadworthy until Oct. 2.

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— Southern California dropped retired aft a 42-28 nonaccomplishment to Stanford, which scored its astir points against the Trojans successful 10 years.

— Texas won’t person buyer’s remorse astir its looming introduction to the SEC, but caller manager Steve Sarkisian’s 40-21 nonaccomplishment to an Arkansas squad picked second-to-last successful the West surely had Longhorns fans gnashing their teeth.

— Utah’s two-week enactment successful the rankings is over. Its discourtesy has converted conscionable 4 of 17 3rd downs successful 2 games.

CONFERENCE CALL

The SEC has 7 teams successful the AP Top 25 for the archetypal clip since October 2020.

SEC — 7 (Nos. 1, 2, 7, 11, 17, 20, 22).

Big Ten — 5 (Nos. 5, 9, 10, 18, 25).

ACC — 4 (Nos. 6, 15, 21, 24).

Pac-12 — 3 (Nos. 4, 13, 19).

Big 12 — 2 (Nos. 3, 14).

American — 1 (No. 8).

Sun Belt — 1 (No. 16).

Independents — 2 (No. 12, 23).

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