AP Top 25

The Pac-12 Conference is having a heck of a final kick. No. 3 Washington and No. 5 Oregon are two of the four conference teams ranked in the AP Top 25. They meet Friday for an almost certain spot in the College Football Playoff.

No. 3 Washington, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Oregon all moved up a spot in The AP college football poll Sunday, giving the Pac-12 two top-five teams for the first time since the final ranking of the 2016 season.

Georgia extended its streak of weeks being top-ranked in the AP Top 25 to 22, giving the Bulldogs the second-longest run of being No. 1 in the history of the college football poll.

This season is the start of a new phase for No. 11 Gonzaga. Drew Timme is gone after what seemed like an eternity in Spokane. Anton Watson is one of only two returning starters from last season’s team that went 31-6

Seven ranked teams lost Saturday, including six that were unbeaten. Seems like a perfect time for a major shakeup in the rankings, but it didn't play out that way.

Georgia’s hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll loosened as the Bulldogs received a season-low 35 first-place votes out of possible 62.

The Huskies opened last season 4-0, then lost their first road game to UCLA and took another loss to Arizona State to drop out of the College Football Playoff conversation.

Josh Kelly caught three touchdown passes, Cameron Ward passed for 404 yards and accounted for five scores, as No. 21 Washington State upend No. 14 Oregon State 38-35 in the Pac-12 Conference opener.

No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 of The AP college football poll for the first time since 2015, and Georgia remained No. 1 on Sunday. This week, the opening of regular season conference play.

Jake Dickert would still like to wait until six weeks into the season before there are any rankings of college football teams. Washington State validation that came with the Cougars cracking the AP Top 25 following their upset victory over Wisconsin.