College football rankings: Texas leapfrogs Georgia for No. 1 spot in updated CBS Sports 134

For the first time in the 2024 season, we have a real debate for No. 1 team in the country in the college football rankings. After spending the first three weeks of the season on top, Georgia has been bounced from No. 1. 

Texas has taken over at No. 1 in the CBS Sports 134, our comprehensive ranking of every FBS team compiled by experts from CBS Sports and 247Sports, but the Longhorns’ ascension to the top was far from unanimous. The average ranking across all ballots for Texas was 1.7, while the average ranking for Georgia was 2.4. So, there are definitely voters not ready to tab Texas as No. 1 but also some who think No. 2 is too high for the Bulldogs. 

The Georgia doubt comes in the wake of a 13-12 win at Kentucky in a game where the Bulldogs were four-score favorites at kickoff. The game was in primetime on a big stage, and the entire country was dialed in to see if No. 1 would lose outright. Because Georgia survived, there is less of a headline, but for voters tasked with sorting out the top teams in the country, notes were certainly taken from the result. 

Another factor in the debate — one that seems overlooked at the moment — is Ohio State. The Buckeyes were off in Week 3 and have yet to play a power conference opponent, but the team has done nothing to change the sky-high expectations for 2024 in two wins that featured a combined scoring margin of 108-6. 

Further down in the CBS Sports 134 there are teams like Alabama, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Miami that have a chance to enter that conversation for No. 1 if they can continue their winning ways. Even Oregon, which was inside the top three to start the year, looks to be heading back in the right direction after thumping Oregon State in Corvallis over the weekend. 

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Author : Chip Patterson

Publish date : 2024-09-16 14:26:35

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