{"id":846249,"date":"2021-10-04T18:14:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T22:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=846249"},"modified":"2021-10-04T18:14:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T22:14:10","slug":"college-football-iowa-and-cincinnati-move-up-alabama-and-georgia-stay-1-2-in-ap-top-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-football-iowa-and-cincinnati-move-up-alabama-and-georgia-stay-1-2-in-ap-top-25\/","title":{"rendered":"COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Iowa and Cincinnati Move Up, Alabama And Georgia Stay 1-2 In AP Top-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcollege-football-iowa-and-cincinnati-move-up-alabama-and-georgia-stay-1-2-in-ap-top-25%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=846249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1235660939.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Week five of the college football season looked to be a dandy on paper, and even though we didn\u2019t get the close games in the marquee matchups we were hoping for, the college football gods kept us entertained with a few upsets.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Four top-25 games were on schedule \u2014 including two top-10 matchups \u2014 with No.1 Alabama and No. 2 Georgia separating themselves from the pack with dominant wins over quality SEC competition.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-football-poll\">AP\u2019s top-25<\/a> rankings came out on Sunday, and there are some new schools to introduce.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cincinnati \u2014 coming off the biggest win in school history \u2014 moves up to No. 5 after beating Notre Dame 24-13 in South Bend. It\u2019s the second win over a Power Five school on the road this season for the Bearcats.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe didn\u2019t just beat a top-10 team, we beat a top-five program,\u201d Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/recap?gameId=401282708\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Iowa also moved up two slots, coming in as the No. 3 team in the country behind Alabama and Georgia.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Hawkeyes put a licking on Maryland Friday night, beating the previously undefeated Terrapins 51-14. Iowa\u2019s defense had five interceptions and forced seven total turnovers. We\u2019ll know very soon if Iowa is for real, as they\u2019ll face their biggest test of the year in week six, when they\u2019ll welcome No. 4 Penn State to Iowa City.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ohio State jumped back into the top-10 with a resounding 52-13 win over Rutgers on the road, and Michigan and BYU make their first appearance in the top-10.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Michigan was impressive in their first win at Wisconsin since 2001, holding the Badgers to just 43 yards on the ground.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAgainst a tough, physical team, I thought our team played really physical,\u201d Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/recap?gameId=401282776\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cWe matched it every bit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>BYU beat Utah State 34-20 Friday night, moving up three spots to No. 10. Michigan State and Oklahoma State both moved up \u2014 OKST to No. 12 and Michigan St. to No. 11 \u2014 with wins on Saturday, taking them both to 5-0 on the year.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kentucky makes their first AP top-25 appearance of the season after their first win over Florida in Lexington, Kentucky, since 1986, SMU comes in at No. 24, and San Diego State makes an appearance in the AP top-25 for the first time since 2019.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Alabama and Georgia remain at the top of the polls after blowout wins over SEC opponents.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Crimson Tide jumped on Ole Miss early, at one point holding a 35-0 lead, and Georgia shut out Arkansas at home 37-0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the first time since 2014, Clemson is not in the AP poll after beating Boston College 19-13. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The complete <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-football-poll\"><span>Associated Press<\/span><\/a><span> Top-25 can be seen below.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span>Alabama (53)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Georgia (9)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Iowa&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Penn State&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Cincinnati<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Oklahoma<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ohio State<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Oregon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Michigan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>BYU<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Michigan State<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Oklahoma State<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Arkansas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Notre Dame<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Coastal Carolina<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Kentucky<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ole Miss&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Auburn<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Wake Forest<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Florida<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Texas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Arizona State<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>N.C. State<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>SMU<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>San Diego State<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week five of the college football season looked to be a dandy on paper, and even though we didn\u2019t get the close games in the marquee matchups we were hoping &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-846249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}