Georgia was voted No.
Georgia · Notre Dame · Ohio StateGeorgia was voted No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 for the second time this season Sunday, unbeaten UCLA matched its highest ranking in 25 years, and Ohio State 's free fall continued after a wild weekend that followed the first College Football Playoff rankings of the year. The Bulldogs had been No. 1 for one week before they were upset by Auburn on Oct. 17 but never dropped out of the top five, and they were the voters' choice for No. 1 by a wide margin over Utah and Notre Dame .
The Fighting Irish's 31-24 win over Miami pushed them up one rung to No. 3, while the Hurricanes fell to No. 5 after their first loss. Georgia earned 53 of the 70 first-place votes from the media voting panel.
Utah received 12 first-place votes, and Notre Dame got five. UCLA is 9-0 for the first time since 1998 and moved up to No. 4.
Miami became the fourth No. 1 team to get knocked out of the top spot, the most in a season since 2008. It's the Bruins' highest ranking since their 2001 team was No. 4 following a 6-0 start.
KEY POINTS
- Only one team -- No. 6 Indiana , which was idle -- remained in the same spot it had a week ago in the Top 25.
- Utah moved up one spot to No. 2 after its 28-20 win over rival BYU , giving the Utes their highest-ever AP ranking in the regular season.
- Georgia took No. 1 in the latest AP Top 25 rankings for the second time this season after Miami's loss to Notre Dame, while Ohio State has fallen from No. 2 two weeks ago to No. 21 after a home loss to Oregon.
- Georgia turned in one of the most dominant performances of the season in a 42-7 victory at Ole Miss on Saturday.