Updating Oregon’s rankings in college football polls entering its game against UCLA

Oregon kicker Atticus Sappington celebrates a field goal with Oregon punter Luke Dunne as the Oregon State Beavers host the Oregon Ducks Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024 at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Ore.

The Ducks didn’t play on Saturday, but they weren’t idle in the national football polls Sunday morning.

Oregon (3-0) dropped one spot in the US LBM Coaches Poll and rose one spot in The Associated Press top-25 media rankings.

The Ducks are coming off their first bye week of the season and will return to the field on Saturday for an 8 p.m. game against UCLA (1-2) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. 

In the coaches poll, the No. 7 Ducks flip-flopped with No. 6 Tennessee, as the Volunteers improved to 4-0 with a 25-15 win against No. 18 Oklahoma on Saturday. In the AP poll, they went up from No. 9 to No. 8 thanks to Missouri’s four-spot tumble from No. 7 to No. 11.

Oregon had been ranked sixth in the coaches poll for the past three weeks, ever since a 24-14 win against Idaho in its season-opener on Aug. 31 dropped the Ducks from their preseason No. 3 ranking.

The top-5 remained the same this week, with No. 1 Georgia (3-0) followed by No. 2 Texas (4-0), No. 3 Ohio State (3-0), No. 4 Alabama (3-0) and No. 5 Ole Miss (4-0).

Fellow Big Ten team Penn State (3-0) is behind Oregon at No. 8, with Miami (4-0) and Utah (4-0) rounding out the top 10, respectively.

Other Big Ten teams ranked in the coaches poll are No. 12 Michigan (3-1), No. 16 Southern California (2-1) and No. 21 Illinois (4-0), which makes its season debut in the top 25.

Also receiving votes were Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Washington and Rutgers.

In the AP poll, No. 1 Texas maintained its top ranking for the second straight week, with No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Alabama also holding strong. No. 5 Tennessee and No. 6 Ole Miss traded places from a week ago, with No. 7…

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Author : The Register-Guard

Publish date : 2024-09-22 18:35:24

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