Rounding out the top five are Michigan, which is ready to take an enormous leap forward in Jim Harbaugh’s second season Baylor, thanks in large part to the return of quarterback Seth Russell from injury and Florida State, with the Seminoles poised to rebound from a somewhat underwhelming 2015 season and challenge for the College Football Playoff. In what has become a familiar refrain, Alabama has more than enough talent and depth to weather a number of personnel losses on both sides of the ball. The Tigers will return quarterback Deshaun Watson, an early Heisman Trophy favorite, along with the majority of an offense that ranked among the best in program history.
With both teams set to reload during the offseason, there’s reason to believe the Tigers and Crimson Tide will do it again next year.Ĭlemson and Alabama top the USA TODAY Sports early top 25 for the 2016 season. On Monday night in Glendale, Ariz., Clemson and Alabama met to decide college football's national championship. All rights reserved.Watch Video: NCAA football look ahead: Who wins it all in 2016? Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2022 ESPN Internet Ventures. Marquette, Saint Mary's and Xavier fell out from last week's rankings. The ACC, West Coast, American, Ohio Valley and Mountain West conferences each had one ranked team. The Big 12 had four, followed by the Pac-12 and Big East each having three. With the Razorbacks and Crimson Tide returning to the poll, the SEC tied the Big Ten for the national lead with five AP Top 25 teams. Wyoming is making only its second appearance since the 1987-88 season. 25 Alabama were the week's new additions, with the Cowboys from the Mountain West Conference earning their first ranking since spending a week in the 2015 poll. 14 after losses to SMU and Memphis last week. Houston had the week's biggest slide, falling eight spots to No. 8 for its highest ranking since spending a week in that same position in January 2016.ĭuke and Villanova rounded out the top 10, with the Wildcats making the week's biggest jump by climbing five spots after wins over St. 6, followed by reigning national champion Baylor and Providence, which climbed three spots to No. 3 and is followed by Kentucky - which has its highest ranking since spending a week at No. I think that's the beauty of this program and what has built here."īruce Pearl's Tigers earned the other four first-place votes despite losing in overtime at Arkansas last week to snap a 19-game winning streak.Īrizona climbed one spot to No. "You look at the scoreboard and it's, 'Oh, he had 20, he had 20.' It's just how we play the game. "That's kind of how we play," leading scorer Drew Timme said after Saturday's win over Saint Mary's. Gonzaga has four players averaging in double figures and three others averaging at least 7.4 points. This year's Zags are doing it again with a high-powered offense that leads the country in scoring (90.0 PPG) for the fourth straight season. 1 in the poll over the past four seasons, with Duke (11) and Baylor (10) the closest competitors. The Zags have now spent 31 of 72 weeks at No. 1 each season, including last year's wire-to-wire hold on the top spot. Going back to 2018-19, Gonzaga has spent at least four weeks at No. It's become a regular position for Gonzaga over the past four seasons, one no other team in the country can match. 1 in mid-January before being supplanted by Auburn. The Zags spent three weeks at the top before falling out after a loss to Duke and also spent a week at No. 1 after last year's run to the NCAA championship game, which became the team's only loss.
1 but fell from the top spot after suffering its first loss since November. Mark Few's Bulldogs earned 56 of 60 first-place votes in Monday's poll to swap positions with Auburn, which had spent the past three weeks at No. 1 ranking for a third stint this season, while Providence climbed into the top 10 and Wyoming earned its first ranking in more than seven years. Gonzaga keeps finding its way back to the top of the The Associated Press men's college basketball poll. 1 in AP Top 25 men's basketball poll Wyoming ranked for first time since 2015
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