NC State falls, Wake Forest rises in new AP poll after ranked college football games
Week 5 of the college football season brought so many upsets the Associated Press Top 25 poll looks dramatically different now than it did last week leading up to the games.
With 10 ranked teams suffering losses, seven teams entered the rankings. With a near upset, a change also occurred at the top.
Alabama (5-0) surpassed Georgia (5-0) as the nation’s No. 1 team in the new rankings, released Sunday. The change occurred after Georgia, which was previously No. 1, need a late rally to win 26-22 at Missouri. Alabama, ranked No. 2 last week, won 49-26 at previously No. 20 Arkansas on Saturday.
N.C. State (4-1), which was ranked in the top 10 for the first time in 20 years last week, fell four spots to No. 14 after losing 30-20 at No. 5 Clemson on Saturday night.
Wake Forest (4-1) climbed seven spots to No. 15 after winning, 31-21, at Florida State. That result caused the Seminoles (4-1) to fall out of the poll.
With Pittsburgh losing, 26-21, to Georgia Tech, the Panthers joined Florida State among ACC teams disappearing from the poll. But the league gained a team as No. 22 Syracuse (5-0) entered the rankings for the first time this season.
The Orange join No. 17 TCU (4-0), No. 18 UCLA, No. 19 Kansas, No. 23 Mississippi State, No. 24 Cincinnati and No. 25 LSU as poll newcomers this week.
Latest AP Top 25 rankings
Rk. | Team |
1 | Alabama |
2 | Georgia |
3 | Ohio State |
4 | Michigan |
5 | Clemson |
6 | USC |
7 | Oklahoma State |
8 | Tennessee |
9 | Mississippi |
10 | Penn State |
11 | Utah |
12 | Oregon |
13 | Kentucky |
14 | N.C. State |
15 | Wake Forest |
16 | BYU |
17 | TCU |
18 | UCLA |
19 | Kansas |
20 | Kansas State |
21 | Washington |
22 | Syracuse |
23 | Mississippi State |
24 | Cincinnati |
25 | LSU |
Steve Wiseman’s latest AP poll ballot
| 1 | Georgia |
| 2 | Alabama |
| 3 | Ohio State |
| 4 | Clemson |
| 5 | Michigan |
| 6 | USC |
| 7 | Oklahoma State |
| 8 | Penn State |
| 9 | Mississippi |
| 10 | Kentucky |
| 11 | N.C. State |
| 12 | Oregon |
| 13 | Tennessee |
| 14 | Wake Forest |
| 15 | BYU |
| 16 | Utah |
| 17 | Kansas State |
| 18 | UCLA |
| 19 | Kansas |
| 20 | TCU |
| 21 | Washington |
| 22 | Cincinnati |
| 23 | Mississippi State |
| 24 | James Madison |
| 25 | Syracuse |
This story was originally published October 2, 2022 at 11:15 AM with the headline "NC State falls, Wake Forest rises in new AP poll after ranked college football games."