USC makes return to prime 5; Vols flop to No. 9 after blowout

USC moved into the highest 5 of The Related Press faculty soccer ballot Sunday for the primary time in 5 years.

Georgia once more obtained 62 of the 63 first-place votes within the AP High 25 as the highest 4 groups held their locations after taking part in various levels of shut video games Saturday.

No. 2 Ohio State obtained the opposite first-place vote. Michigan was No. 3 once more, adopted by TCU.

The fifth-ranked Trojans moved up two spots after an exciting victory over rival UCLA. The final time USC was ranked within the prime 5 was September 2017, when it began at No. 4 however spent a lot of the season ranked within the teenagers earlier than ending twelfth.

Lincoln Riley’s first season as USC coach has produced the most effective turnarounds within the nation, with the Trojans going from 4 wins to 10 and the regular-season finale towards No. 13 Notre Dame and a Pac-12 championship sport nonetheless to go.

“Should you would have informed me on the finish of final season I’d be right here now with this group of men and with the ability to play for a championship, I’d have referred to as you a lifeless liar. Simply being fully sincere,” USC fourth-year vast receiver Kyle Ford informed reporters after the UCLA sport. “I am simply so grateful for everybody on this workforce.”

LSU stayed at No. 6. Clemson moved up two spots to No. 7. Alabama held at eighth, and Tennessee dropped 4 spots to No. 9 after getting upset in a blowout at South Carolina.

Of their 63-38 victory, the Gamecocks scored extra factors towards a top-five workforce as an unranked workforce than any within the historical past of the AP ballot.

Oregon rounded out the highest 10 after the Geese beat Utah within the Pac-12’s different marquee sport Saturday night time.