Credit, AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Georgia preserves the top spot after a weekend filled with upsets in the college football’s top 25 rankings. The Bulldogs thumped Missouri 43-6 on Saturday as it continues to hold a firm grip on its ranking.
No. 3 Michigan State became the highest-ranked team to fall. The Boilermakers, who recorded its 17th win over a top-five team, leads the NCAA with the most of its kind.
Perdue led Michigan State, who last week defeated its archrival Michigan, 37-33, all game while eradicating a pair of comeback attempts. Michigan State trailed 28-21 before the Boilermakers used field goal to expand its lead, 31-21 in the third quarter, and later halted the Spartans final rally cry, up, 37-29 by putting the game on ice, 40-29.
The No. 9 Demon Deacons lost an 18-point lead as it fell, 58-56 to North Carolina.
Other ranked teams include No. 12 Baylor, losing 30-28 to TCU, Illinois knocked off No. 20 Minnesota, Arkansas defeated No. 17 Mississippi State, Tennessee beat No. 18 Kentucky, and Boise State toppled Fresno State, 40-14.
No. 14 Texas A&M got a massive effort from its defense to upend SEC foe and No. 13 Auburn, 20-3.
| 1 | Georgia (63) | 1 | 9-0 | |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 2 | 9-0 | |
| 3 | Alabama | 3 | 8-1 | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 4 | 9-0 | |
| 5 | Oregon | 7 | 8-1 | |
| 6 | Ohio State | 6 | 8-1 | |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 8 | 8-1 | |
| 8 | Michigan State | 5 | 8-1 | |
| 9 | Michigan | 9 | 8-1 | |
| 10 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 8-1 | |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 13 | 7-2 | |
| 12 | Ole Miss | 15 | 7-2 | |
| 13 | Wake Forest | 10 | 8-1 | |
| 14 | BYU | 17 | 8-2 | |
| 15 | UTSA | 16 | 9-0 | |
| 16 | Auburn | 12 | 6-3 | |
| 17 | Houston | 20 | 8-1 | |
| 18 | Baylor | 14 | 7-2 | |
| 19 | Iowa | 19 | 7-2 | |
| 20 | Wisconsin | NR | 6-3 | |
| 21 | NC State | NR | 7-2 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina | 21 | 8-1 | |
| 23 | Penn State | 22 | 6-3 | |
| 24 | Louisiana | 24 | 8-1 | |
| 25 | Pittsburgh | NR | 7-2 |