Clemson ranked No. 2 in new-look AP Poll |
| - - Sunday, November 25, 2018, 2:16 PM |
We're one week out from the final College Football Playoff rankings and the new AP Top 25 featured some movement.
Three top-10 teams went down in all - Ohio State benefitting the most by a move up four spots with a 63-29 win at previous No. 4 Michigan and also losses from Washington State and LSU. That paved the way for a new top-7 of Alabama then Clemson, Notre Dame, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ohio State and UCF. Clemson opponents check in at No. 18 (Syracuse) and No. 22 Texas A&M, while ACC Championship opponent Pittsburgh dropped out (24-0 road loss at Miami). The next-to-last CFP rankings will come on Tuesday at 7 p.m. (ESPN) and the final selections will be made at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday (ESPN). Notable games Saturday include neutral site contests between Clemson and Pittsburgh (8 p.m./ABC), Oklahoma and No. 14 Texas (noon/ABC), Alabama and Georgia (4 p.m./CBS) and Ohio State and No. 21 Northwestern (8 p.m./FOX). AP Top 25 - 11/25 1. Alabama (61 first-place votes) 2. Clemson 3. Notre Dame 4. Georgia 5. Oklahoma 6. Ohio State 7. UCF 8. Michigan 9. Texas 10. Washington 11. Florida 12. Washington State 13. LSU 14. Penn State 15. West Virginia 16. Kentucky 17. Utah 18. Syracuse 19. Boise State 20. Miss. State 21. Northwestern 22. Texas A&M 23. Army 24. Iowa State 25. Fresno State Others receiving votes: Utah State 92, Missouri 88, NC State 39, Cincinnati 33, Stanford 10, Iowa 4, Appalachian State 1, Buffalo 1, Oregon 1.
