USC joins AP high 4; Michigan as much as No. 2 behind top-ranked Georgia

Michigan moved as much as No. 2 in The Related Press school soccer ballot Sunday, with TCU at No. 3 and USC at No. 4 behind top-ranked Georgia after 4 top-10 groups misplaced on the ultimate day of regular-season video games.

The Bulldogs (12-0) are No. 1 for the eighth straight week and eleventh time this season. Georgia acquired 58 first-place votes, and Michigan acquired the opposite 5.

The Wolverines (12-0) reached a season-high No. 2 after beating Ohio State, which dropped the Buckeyes three spots to No. 5.

TCU (12-0) has its highest rating since reaching No. 2 within the 2015 season, and USC has its finest rating this late within the season since ending the 2016 season at No. 3.

Different top-10 groups to fall have been LSU, Clemson and Oregon. LSU’s loss to Texas A&M dropped the Tigers 5 spots to No. 11. Clemson’s loss to South Carolina despatched it falling three spots to No. 10. The Geese’ fourth-quarter collapse in opposition to Oregon State price Oregon a spot within the Pac-12 title sport and 5 spots within the ballot, the place it fell to No. 15.

Alabama was No. 6, simply forward of Tennessee, which beat the Crimson Tide on a last-second subject objective at house earlier this season.

No. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Washington each have their finest rankings of the season. The Huskies have not been within the high 10 because the 2018 season, after they peaked at No. 6.

POLL POINTS

This was the eighth regular-season week since 2017 the place 4 top-10 groups misplaced, together with the second this season. Three of these weeks occurred in 2017.

The final time 5 or extra top-10 groups misplaced in the identical regular-season week was 2016.