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Tennessee moved to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll behind No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Ohio State after knocking off Alabama.
The Crimson Tide were one of five unbeaten teams to fall during a wild weekend and dropped three places to No. 6 in the AP Top 25. Alabama swapped places with the Volunteers after losing to them 52-49 on a field goal as time expired Saturday.
Georgia remained No. 1 and received 31 first-place votes, while Ohio State had 17 first-place votes.
The Volunteers received 15 first-place votes and have their best ranking since starting the 2005 season at No. 3. The last time Tennessee was ranked this high in the second half of the season was 2001, reaching the top 10 in late October and heading into the SEC championship at No. 2.
No. 4 Michigan moved up a spot Sunday, switching places with No. 5 Clemson after the Wolverines blew out now-No. 16 Penn State.
No. 7 Ole Miss moved up two spots, and No. 8 TCU, No. 9 UCLA and No. 10 Oregon all moved into the top 10.
POLL POINTS
The Crimson Tide had their string of 40 straight appearances in the top five snapped. It was the longest such active streak in the country.
Georgia now has the longest run of top-five appearances with 24.
The Tide’s latest top-five run is only the third longest of the Saban era. Their 68 straight top-five appearances from 2015 to 2019 is the AP poll record, and a string of 48 consecutive top-five rankings from 2011 to 2013 is tied for fourth.
EXPLAIN YOUR VOTE
Tennessee made a case to be the No. 1 team in the country, and it swayed some voters.
Those who bought in on the Volunteers…
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Source : espn
