There’s a new No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-136.
Oregon ascends to the top spot after a double-overtime win at Penn State, taking advantage of a stunning weekend of results that included losses by Georgia, LSU and Florida State.
That’s just one of several major moves near the top of the re-rank. Ohio State rises to No. 2 after a solid road win against Washington. Mississippi soars to No. 4 after beating LSU and Texas A&M goes up to No. 5 after beating Auburn.
Georgia drops six spots to No. 7 after losing 24-21 to Alabama, which is up 13 spots to No. 13. The Nittany Lions are also down six to No. 9 after another loss against top-five competition. LSU suffers the biggest drop, going down eight spots to No. 16 thanks to the loss to the Rebels and the diminishing respect for the Tigers’ season-opening win against Clemson.
The outlier inside the top nine is No. 2 Miami, the only team at the top of the 1-136 to come from outside the Big Ten or SEC. There are four ACC teams in the top 25 in the Hurricanes, No. 12 FSU, No. 21 Georgia Tech and No. 23 Louisville.
One team making a big climb in the rankings is No. 47 Mississippi State, which is up 15 after pushing No. 14 Tennessee in an overtime loss. That performance joins an earlier win against Arizona State to make the Bulldogs one of the surprise teams in the Power Four.
And teams dropping down the 1-136 include No. 52 Syracuse, No. 57 North Carolina State, No. 69 Colorado and No. 79 Arkansas.
