Georgia drops in college football rankings following Alabama loss

The Georgia Bulldogs, who lost to the Alabama Crimson Tide 24-21 on Saturday, have dropped in the college football rankings for Week 6.

Georgia dropped seven spots to No. 12 in the AP Poll following the devastating loss to the Crimson Tide. The Bulldogs received 965 points in the AP Poll, which is 463 less points than they received in last week’s poll.

The Top 5 of the AP Poll is now (1) Ohio State, (2) Oregon, (3) Miami, (4), Ole Miss, and (5) Oklahoma.

In the Coaches Poll, the Bulldogs dropped seven spots to No. 10. For some reason, Georgia us ranked one spot higher than Alabama, which came in at No. 11 this week.

Below are the complete AP and Coaches polls for Week 6 (first-place votes in parentheses):

AP POLL – Week 6

1. Ohio State (46)
2. Oregon (16)
3. Miami (4)
4. Ole Miss
5. Oklahoma
6. Texas A&M
7. Penn State
8. Indiana
9. Texas
10. Alabama
11. Texas Tech
12. Georgia
13. LSU
14. Iowa State
15. Tennessee
16. Vanderbilt
17. Georgia Tech
18. Florida State
19. Missouri
20. Michigan
21. Notre Dame
22. Illinois
23. BYU
24. Virginia
25. Arizona State

Others receiving votes: South Florida 53, Utah 52, Mississippi State 46, Memphis 38, Louisville 36, Southern Cal 22, Maryland 7, North Texas 7, TCU 6, UNLV 3

Dropped from rankings: USC 21, TCU 24

FBS COACHES POLL – WEEK 6

1. Ohio State (58)
2. Oregon (6)
3. Miami (1)
4. Ole Miss
5. Texas A&M
6. Penn State
7. Texas
8. Oklahoma
9. Indiana
10. Georgia
11. Alabama
12. Iowa State
13. LSU
14. Texas Tech
15. Tennessee
16. Georgia Tech
17. Vanderbilt
18. Missouri
19. Florida State
20. Michigan
21. Notre Dame
22. Illinois
23. BYU
24. Arizona State
25. Utah

Others receiving votes: Memphis 88, Louisville 83, Virginia 63, South Florida 29, Maryland 17, USC 17, Auburn 12, UNLV 11, Navy 9, Mississippi State 9, Tulane 8, Washington 7, North Texas 7, TCU 6, Nebraska 4, Duke 4, Iowa 3, Houston 1

Dropped from rankings: USC 22, TCU 25

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Georgia’s next game is on Saturday, Oct. 4 against the Kentucky Wildcats at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga. The game will be televised by ABC and streamed via ESPN3 at noon ET (Buy Tickets).

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