A strong start to the 2024 college football season was taken to the next level during a Week 5 slate highlighted by an instant classic and controversial finishes that led to plenty of shakeup in the rankings. And while there are sizable changes throughout the CBS Sports 134, our comprehensive ranking of every FBS team, the latest update is most notable for yet another change at No. 1.
At the start of the year, it was Georgia battling with Ohio State before the Bulldogs nearly took sole control of the top spot after a statement win against Clemson. Then Texas rolled into the Big House and stunned Michigan in Week 3 to make its move to the top of our rankings, which are compiled by ballots from experts across CBS Sports and 247Sports. Now, after beating Georgia in a battle of the sport’s titans on Saturday night in Tuscaloosa, it’s Alabama that makes a jump from No. 5 all the way to No. 1 in the rankings.
The Bulldogs dropped down to the Crimson Tide’s previous spot of No. 5 after the defeat, six spots ahead of any other one-loss team. A similar drop came for Ole Miss after the Rebels fell to Kentucky at home, down six spots to No. 13 but still among the top one-loss teams in the rankings. That led to some resorting within the top 10, but those changes are far from the biggest ones in a week that saw voters reacting swiftly to the changing landscape.
These conference battles have given voters real data points that help in splitting ties between teams with similar records. Here, we saw 12 teams from the top 30 of last week’s rankings move at least five spots up or down following the Week 5 results. There are penalties for teams like…
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Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2024-09-30 14:24:34
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