#Gamecocks vault back into AP Top 25 with win over #Clemson, Tigers fall and #CCU drops out

Juice Wells latches on to a 72-yard TD pass from Spencer Rattler (Travis Bell/SIDELINE CAROLINA)

Lots of movement for the state’s three FBS teams in the AP Top 25 ranking Sunday following Saturday’s results. The big winner, of course, was USC. The Gamecocks victory over Clemson propelled them back into the ranking for the second time this season at #20. That’s the Gamecocks’ highest ranking in an AP Poll since they were 9th in 2014.

Clemson’s lost cost the Tigers three spots as they moved from 7th to 10th. And with their blowout loss at James Madison yesterday, Coastal Carolina fell out of the top 25 from #23.

Georgia retained the #1 spot with 58 of 63 first place votes. Michigan, coming off the win over Ohio State, moved to #2 and earned 5 first place votes. TCU moved up one spot to #3, and Southern Cal is the newcomer to the top four at #4 following the win over Notre Dame.

Ohio State fell from #2 to #5 and is followed in the top ten by Alabama, Tennessee, Penn State, Washington and Clemson.

AP Top 25

RankTeamRecordPoints (No. 1 votes)
1Georgia12-01,570 (58)
2Michigan12-01,516 (5)
3TCU12-01,449
4USC11-11,382
5Ohio State11-11,313
6Alabama10-21,243
7Tennessee10-21,195
8Penn State10-21,131
9Washington10-21,048
10Clemson10-2928
11LSU9-3874
12Utah9-3849
13Kansas State9-3815
14Florida State9-3730
15Oregon9-3701
16Oregon State9-3662
17UCLA9-3618
18Tulane10-2551
19Notre Dame8-4384
20South Carolina8-4358
21Texas8-4316
22UCF9-3170
23UTSA10-2145
24North Carolina9-3114
25Mississippi State8-499

Coaches Top 25

RankTeamRecordPoints (No. 1 votes)
1Georgia12-01,572 (60)
2Michigan12-01,512 (3)
3TCU12-01,446
4USC11-11,381
5Ohio State11-11,312
6Alabama10-21,262
7Penn State10-21,153
8Tennessee10-21,143
9Washington10-21,039
10Kansas State9-3930
11Clemson10-2900
12Utah9-3872
13LSU9-3845
14Florida State9-3739
15Oregon9-3681
16Oregon State9-3613
17UCLA9-3603
18Tulane10-2558
19Notre Dame8-4344
20South Carolina8-4299
21Texas8-4292
22North Carolina9-3175
23UCF9-3141
24UTSA10-2127
25Mississippi State8-488

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