The Texas Longhorns returned to the highest 10 of the Related Press faculty soccer ballot on Sunday, whereas the ACC has 5 groups ranked for the primary time this season and two Group of 5 conferences at the moment are represented with a month earlier than the Faculty Soccer Playoff bracket is ready.
The Longhorns, the preseason No. 1 workforce, are ranked No. 10 prematurely of their go to to No. 5 Georgia this week. They’d been within the high 10 for the primary six polls earlier than their loss at Florida knocked them out of the High 25 for per week.
4 straight wins elevated them to No. 13 final week, and so they jumped three spots forward of BYU and Virginia and an idle Oklahoma, which they beat 23-6 on Oct. 11. Texas didn’t play over the weekend.
BYU, which was unbeaten earlier than its 29-7 loss at Texas Tech, dropped 4 spots to No. 12 to finish its two-week keep within the high 10.
Ohio State was No. 1 for the eleventh week in a row with 55 first-place votes. Indiana remained No. 2 after its slim escape at Penn State, however the Hoosiers’ six first-place votes have been 5 fewer than final week.
No. 3 Texas A&M acquired 4 first-place votes, three greater than per week in the past, and was 31 factors behind Indiana. Alabama and Georgia rounded out the highest 5. Ole Miss, Oregon, Texas Tech, Notre Dame and Texas rounded out the highest 10.
In all, 19 spots within the High 25 modified arms.
The ACC has 5 groups with one loss in convention play and two others with two losses. That is mirrored within the intently bunched group of ACC groups within the ballot — No. 14 Georgia Tech, No. 16 Miami, No. 19 Louisville, No. 20 Virginia and No. 23 Pittsburgh. The final time the ACC had as many ranked groups was Nov. 3, 2024.
Pittsburgh, No. 24 within the preliminary CFP rankings, is within the AP ballot for the primary time since final November.
The race for the Group of 5’s automated bid within the Faculty Soccer Playoff acquired extra attention-grabbing with Memphis’ loss to Tulane on Friday. The CFP committee didn’t have a G5 workforce in its high 25 however mentioned Memphis was first in line. That can nearly definitely change when the committee’s subsequent rankings come out Tuesday.
No. 24 James Madison of the Solar Belt Convention made its first AP ballot look since 2023, when Curt Cignetti’s final Dukes workforce was within the closing seven regular-season polls. The Dukes are 8-1, their solely loss to Louisville, and are the highest-ranked G5 workforce.
No. 25 South Florida of the American Convention is true behind after the Bulls’ 32-point win over UTSA, and Tulane of the American obtained probably the most votes among the many unranked.
The final time there have been groups from two G5 conferences ranked on the similar time was final yr, when Boise State and UNLV of the Mountain West and Military and Memphis of the American have been within the closing two polls of the season.
Virginia and James Madison give the commonwealth two ranked groups for the primary time because the closing 2023 regular-season ballot (Liberty, James Madison).
Missouri (19), Memphis (22) and Washington (24) dropped out this week.
CONFERENCE CALL
SEC (8): Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 21.
ACC (5): Nos. 14, 16, 19, 20, 23.
Massive Ten (5): Nos. 1, 2, 7, 17, 18.
Massive 12 (4): Nos. 8, 12, 15, 22.
Unbiased (1): No. 9.
Solar Belt (1): No. 24.
American (1): No. 25.
RANKED VS. RANKED
No. 10 Texas (7-2, 4-1 SEC, No. 11 CFP) at No. 5 Georgia (8-1, 6-1, No. 5 CFP): The Bulldogs received the regular-season assembly and SEC championship sport towards the Longhorns final yr. It’s the third straight time that this can be a top-10 matchup.
No. 9 Notre Dame (6-2, No. 10 CFP) at No. 23 Pittsburgh (7-2, No. 24 CFP): Large playoff implications for each, because the Irish and Panthers are each ranked after they meet for the primary time since 1991.
No. 11 Oklahoma (7-2, 3-2, No. 12 CFP) at No. 4 Alabama (8-1, 6-0, No. 4 CFP): Final yr’s embarrassing loss in Norman killed the Crimson Tide’s playoff hopes.