Clemson Jumps To #4 In AP Top 25 Poll
NEW YORK (AP) — Clemson has surged to its highest ranking in The Associated Press poll in 25 years after the Tigers won the biggest game of the opening weekend of the college football season.
Clemson is No. 4 in the first regular-season Top 25, following its 38-35 victory against Georgia. The Tigers, who also jumped three spots to No. 5 in the USA Today coaches poll, received one first-place vote and have their best showing in the AP poll since Sept. 12, 1988, when they were No. 3.
Georgia fell six spots to No. 11.
Alabama remained No. 1 and received 58 of 60 first-place votes from the media panel after beating Virginia Tech 35-10 to start its season.
No. 2 Oregon and No. 3 Ohio State traded spots from the preseason rankings. The Buckeyes received one first-place vote. Stanford is No. 5.
No. 20 Washington and No. 23 Baylor moved into the rankings.
RK |
Team |
W-L |
Points |
Prev |
Next |
Last |
| 1 | Alabama (58) | 1-0 | 1497 | 1 | @Texas A&M | W35-10 at Virginia Tech |
| 2 | Oregon | 1-0 | 1355 | 3 | @Virginia | W66-3 Nicholls State |
| 3 | Ohio State (1) | 1-0 | 1330 | 2 | San Diego State | W40-20 Buffalo |
| 4 | Clemson (1) | 1-0 | 1304 | 8 | South Carolina State | W38-35 Georgia |
| 5 | Stanford | 0-0 | 1277 | 4 | San Jose State | |
| 6 | South Carolina | 1-0 | 1181 | 6 | @Georgia | W27-10 North Carolina |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 1-0 | 1085 | 7 | Sam Houston State | W52-31 Rice |
| 8 | Louisville | 1-0 | 1073 | 9 | Eastern Kentucky | W49-7 Ohio |
| 9 | LSU | 1-0 | 971 | 12 | UAB | W37-27 at TCU |
| 10 | Florida State | 1-0 | 953 | 11 | Nevada | W41-13 at Pittsburgh |
| 11 | Georgia | 0-1 | 894 | 5 | South Carolina | L35-38 at Clemson |
| 12 | Florida | 1-0 | 875 | 10 | @Miami (FL) | W24-6 Toledo |
| 13 | Oklahoma State | 1-0 | 780 | 13 | @Texas-San Antonio | W21-3 Mississippi State |
| 14 | Notre Dame | 1-0 | 707 | 14 | @Michigan | W28-6 Temple |
| 15 | Texas | 1-0 | 674 | 15 | @Brigham Young | W56-7 New Mexico State |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 1-0 | 612 | 16 | West Virginia | W34-0 Louisiana-Monroe |
| 17 | Michigan | 1-0 | 583 | 17 | Notre Dame | W59-9 Central Michigan |
| 18 | UCLA | 1-0 | 387 | 21 | @Nebraska | W58-20 Nevada |
| 19 | Northwestern | 1-0 | 320 | 22 | Syracuse | W44-30 at California |
| 20 | Washington | 1-0 | 315 | – | @Illinois | W38-6 Boise State |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 1-0 | 287 | 23 | Tennessee Tech | W45-0 Massachusetts |
| 22 | Nebraska | 1-0 | 219 | 18 | Southern Miss | W37-34 Wyoming |
| 23 | Baylor | 1-0 | 150 | – | Buffalo | W69-3 Wofford |
| 24 | TCU | 0-1 | 148 | 20 | Southeastern Louisiana | L27-37 LSU |
| 25 | USC | 1-0 | 135 | 24 | Washington State | W30-13 at Hawaii |
Others receiving votes:
Miami (FL) 127, Mississippi 50, Arizona State 48, Michigan State 42, Northern Illinois 27, Cincinnati 27, Fresno State 22, Virginia Tech 12, Bowling Green 9, Georgia Tech 8, Arizona 6, Penn State 4, Boise State 3, Virginia 2, Arkansas 1.
Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press
