AP Prime 25: Oregon Stays No. 1; Ohio State, Miami, Clemson Take Plunge

Ohio State, Miami (Fla.) and Clemson plunged in The Related Press Prime 25 school soccer ballot Sunday following their losses throughout a wild weekend; eight of the highest 10 groups moved up one spot and Oregon was No. 1 for the seventh straight week.

The shakeup creates two top-five matchups in convention championship video games developing on Saturday, a day earlier than the Faculty Soccer Playoff bracket is introduced. Oregon, the nation’s solely unbeaten crew, will face No. 3 Penn State within the Huge Ten sport in Indianapolis. No. 2 Texas will play No. 5 Georgia within the SEC title sport in Atlanta, a rematch of their top-five assembly in October received by the Bulldogs.

No. 4 Notre Dame, 11-1 and a winner of 10 straight, will not play once more till the CFP.

Ohio State, which misplaced for the fourth straight time to Michigan and was knocked out of the Huge Ten title sport, dropped 5 spots to No. 7, behind Tennessee.

SMU is No. 8 and adopted by Indiana and Boise State. The Broncos are within the high 10 for the primary time since 2011 and the highest-ranked Group of 5 crew, two spots forward of No. 12 Arizona State, the highest-ranked Huge 12 crew.

If the Broncos win the Mountain West title and are one of many high four-seeded convention champions within the closing CFP rankings, they might obtain a bye to the quarterfinals.

Miami’s loss at Syracuse price the Hurricanes a spot within the ACC title sport — and probably the CFP — and dropped them six spots to No. 14. Clemson, which performs SMU within the ACC sport, misplaced to South Carolina and fell six locations to No. 18. South Carolina has received six straight — 4 towards ranked opponents — and earned a promotion to No. 13.

Ole Miss remained No. 15 and was adopted by Iowa State and BYU.

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Ohio State’s 13-10 loss to Michigan marked the fifth time this season a top-five crew misplaced to an unranked opponent, probably the most because it occurred 5 occasions in 2017.

Miami’s 42-38 loss to Syracuse was the twelfth by a top-10 crew towards an unranked opponent, probably the most since there have been 12 such losses in 2021.

It has been 10 years since South Carolina was ranked larger than in-state rival Clemson. In 2014, the Gamecocks have been No. 13 following a 3-1 begin and completed 7-6 and unranked in Steve Spurrier’s final full season as coach.

Notre Dame has its highest rating because it was No. 4 on Dec. 22, 2020.

No. 23 Syracuse enters the Prime 25 for the primary time since Oct. 30, 2022, after profitable 9 video games for the primary time since 2018 beneath first-year coach Fran Brown. The win over Miami was its first over a top-10 opponent since 2017.

No. 25 Memphis, which was final ranked in October 2020, knocked off Tulane as a double-digit street underdog and has 10 wins for the second straight yr. Tulane, which performs at No. 24 Military within the American Athletic Convention title sport, went from No. 18 to out of the rankings.

Texas A&M, No. 20 final week, was bounced after dropping at residence to Texas and dropping its final three SEC video games.

SEC: 7 (Nos. 2, 5, 6, 11, 13, 15, 22).

Huge Ten: 5 (Nos. 1, 3, 7, 8, 21).

ACC: 4 (Nos. 8, 14, 18, 23).

Huge 12: 4 (Nos. 12, 16, 17, 20).

AAC: 2 (Nos. 24, 25).

Mountain West: 2 (Nos. 10, 19).

Unbiased: 1 (No. 4).

Here is the complete high 25:

1. Oregon
2. Texas
3. Penn State
4. Notre Dame
5. Georgia
6. Tennessee
7. Ohio State
8. SMU
9. Indiana
10. Boise State
11. Alabama
12. Arizona State
13. South Carolina
14. Miami (Fla.)
15. Ole Miss
16. Iowa State
17. BYU
18. Clemson
19. UNLV
20. Colorado
21. Illinois
22. Missouri
23. Syracuse
24. Military
25. Memphis

Reporting by The Related Press.

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