Week 10 AP Poll Sees Georgia Rightfully Take Over Top Spot While Voters Continue to Award

The Georgia Bulldogs earned recognition as the No. 1 team in the country following a 42-7 road victory over Ole Miss.

Week 10 featured seven ranked-on-ranked matchups, with favorites winning five of those contests to yield mostly chalk results instead of weekend chaos.

No team sent a stronger statement than Georgia in its dismantling of the Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Both teams threw for 186 yards, but the Bulldogs dominated the lines of scrimmage by rushing for 295 yards compared to Ole Miss’s 66 yards on the ground.

Despite holding a loss unlike unbeatens Utah and UCLA, the Bulldogs earned the top spot unanimously in the eyes of voters. Notre Dame also climbed after defeating Miami, moving up from No. 4 after knocking off the team voters had ranked No. 1 in the country the previous week, regardless of the absence of Miami’s best player, Malachi Toney.

Frustrations surfaced around the standings for 7-2 teams Alabama and Tennessee. Volunteers fans can point to a 16-point head-to-head victory over the Crimson Tide earlier in the season, alongside a 34-6 domination of then-No. 8 Kentucky in Week 10. Alabama was slotted at No. 7 following a win over then-No. 15 LSU in Baton Rouge, while Tennessee sat at No. 9, with Texas holding the No. 8 spot due to a win in Knoxville.

USC advanced three spots to No. 15 during a bye week. The Trojans’ movement followed an earlier win over Ohio State, which subsequently lost to Oregon, leaving USC with a signature victory over a three-loss Buckeyes team while not playing.