AP Top 25 Poll for Week 9 Released – Georgia, Ohio State, Tennessee, and Michigan Still in College Football Playoff Places

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AP Top 25 Poll for Week 9 Released – Georgia, Ohio State, Tennessee, and Michigan Still in College Football Playoff Places – originally posted on Sportslens.com

The Top 25 AP Poll for week nine has been released and the places at the top are unchanged from week eight. Georgia, Ohio State, Tennessee and Michigan still occupy the CFP places while Alabama and Clemson are still just outside.

Big Wins Not Enough To Change College Football Rankings

Two of the teams in the CFP places were idle this week as Georgia and Michigan put their feet up and watch their competitors in action. What they saw might have been a little scary as all the teams in contention won, most convincingly so.

Alabama put 24th ranked Mississippi State away by 30-6 while Clemson beat 14th ranked Syracuse by six points. Clemson have even done enough this year to earn a number one vote, but both them and Bama remain outside the current College Football Playoff Spots.

They are occupied by the aforementioned Georgia at one and Michigan at four. Ohio State is at two after they thumped Iowa and Tennessee, who did the same to Tennessee-Martin are at three.

There was a new entry to the 25 as South Carolina crept in at 25. Shane Beamer’s boys are on a run of four straight wins after beating Texas A&M on Saturday.

Up Next

There are three top-25 mathchups next Saturday, which are as follows:

#2 Ohio State @ #13 Penn State (12:00pm on Fox)
#9 Oklahoma State @ #22 Kansas State (3:30pm on Fox)
#19 Kentucky @ #3 Tennessee (7:00pm on ESPN)

The full Top 25 AP Poll is below:

Rank	School	Conference	First Place Votes	Points
1	Georgia	SEC	31	1530
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	18	1513
3	Tennessee	SEC	13	1476
4	Michigan	Big Ten		1382
5	Clemson	ACC	1	1318
6	Alabama	SEC		1266
7	TCU	Big 12		1213
8	Oregon	Pac-12		1114
9	Oklahoma State	Big 12		1064
10	USC	Pac-12		927
10	Wake Forest	ACC		927
12	UCLA	Pac-12		803
13	Penn State	Big Ten		783
14	Utah	Pac-12		766
15	Ole Miss	SEC		744
16	Syracuse	ACC		626
17	Illinois	Big Ten		508
18	LSU	SEC		502
19	Kentucky	SEC		429
20	Cincinnati	American Athletic		386
21	North Carolina	ACC		278
22	Kansas State	Big 12		272
23	Tulane	American Athletic		243
24	NC State	ACC		169
25	South Carolina	SEC		113