Six teams from the Southeastern Conference have a spot in the Week 8 AP Top 25 College Football rankings that were released on Sunday.
This is the fifth week this season that the SEC has had six teams in the rankings.
Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs are heading into the open date with the No. 1 ranking in the country and an undefeated record after pulling away from Vanderbilt late in the game in Nashville on Saturday afternoon. Georgia has not moved from the top spot in the country for the entirety of the season to date.
Alabama, on the other hand, cannot quite find its way into the Top 10, though that will certainly change with a win this weekend against No. 17 Tennessee. The Tide have been ranked at either No. 10, 11, 12, or 13 for the last six straight weeks coming off of their loss to Texas in the second week of the season.
Ole Miss has consistently been ranked as the SEC’s third-best team since Tennessee’s loss to Florida dropped them into the back half of the rankings. Lane Kiffin’s Rebels stayed at No. 13 this week following an open weekend with the bye.
Tennessee jumped up two spots to No. 17 in the country after a one-touchdown victory over Texas A&M in Knoxville on Saturday while LSU rose three spots after handling Auburn.
Missouri, meanwhile, jumped back into the rankings at No. 20 after running Kentucky out of their own building on Saturday. The Wildcats subsequently fell out of the rankings due to the loss.
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Here’s a look at how the SEC rankings have played out through the first eight weeks of the college football season:
Preseason/Week 1 (August 14)
- No. 1 Georgia (48-7 win over UT Martin)
- No. 4 Alabama (56-7 win over MTSU)
- No. 5 LSU (45-24 loss to No. 8 Florida State)
- No. 12 Tennessee (49-13 win over Virginia)
- No. 22 Ole Miss (73-7 win over Mercer)
- No. 23 Texas A&M (52-10 win over New Mexico)
Receiving votes: South Carolina 73, Arkansas 22, Kentucky 14, Auburn 7, Mississippi State 4, Florida 4
Week 2 (September 5)
- No. 1 Georgia (45-3 win over Ball State)
- No. 3 Alabama (34-24 loss to No. 11 Texas)
- No. 9 Tennessee (30-13 win over Austin Peay)
- No. 14 LSU (72-10 win over Grambling)
- No. 20 Ole Miss (37-20 win over No. 24 Tulane)
- No. 23 Texas A&M (48-33 loss to Miami)
Receiving votes: Arkansas 28, Kentucky 15, Mississippi State 5, Auburn 3
Week 3 (September 10)
- No. 1 Georgia (24-14 win over South Carolina)
- No. 10 Alabama (17-3 win over South Florida)
- No. 11 Tennessee (29-16 loss to Florida)
- No. 14 LSU (41-14 win over Mississippi State)
- No. 17 Ole Miss (48-23 win over Georgia Tech)
Week 4 (September 17)
- No. 1 Georgia (49-21 win over UAB)
- No. 12 LSU (34-31 win over Arkansas)
- No. 13 Alabama (24-10 win over Ole Miss)
- No. 15 Ole Miss (24-10 loss to Alabama)
- No. 23 Tennessee (45-14 win over UTSA)
- No. 25 Florida (22-7 win over Charlotte)
Receiving votes: Missouri 72, Kentucky 10, Auburn 1
Week 5 (September 24)
- No. 1 Georgia (27-20 win at Auburn)
- No. 12 Alabama (40-17 win at Mississippi State)
- No. 13 LSU (55-49 loss at Ole Miss)
- No. 20 Ole Miss (55-49 win over vs LSU)
- No. 21 Tennessee (41-20 win vs South Carolina)
- No. 22 Florida (33-14 loss at Kentucky)
- No. 23 Missouri (38-21 win at Vanderbilt)
Receiving votes: Kentucky 41, Texas A&M 5
Week 6 (October 1)
- No. 1 Georgia (51-13 win vs Kentucky)
- No. 11 Alabama (26-20 win at Texas A&M)
- No. 16 Ole Miss (27-20 win vs Arkansas)
- No. 20 Kentucky (13-51 loss at Georgia)
- No. 21 Missouri (49-39 loss vs LSU)
- No. 22 Tennessee (OPEN)
- No. 23 LSU (49-39 win at Missouri)
Receiving votes: Texas A&M 31
Week 7 (October 8)
- No. 1 Georgia (37-20 win at Vanderbilt)
- No. 11 Alabama (24-21 win vs Arkansas)
- No. 13 Ole Miss (OPEN)
- No. 19 Tennessee (20-13 win vs Texas A&M)
- No. 22 LSU (48-18 win vs Auburn)
- No. 24 Kentucky (38-21 loss vs Missouri)
Receiving votes: Missouri (69), Texas A&M (5)
Week 8 (October 15)
- No. 1 Georgia [7-0, 4-0 SEC] (OPEN)
- No. 11 Alabama [6-1, 4-0 SEC] (vs No. 17 Tennessee)
- No. 13 Ole Miss [5-1, 2-1 SEC] (at Auburn)
- No. 17 Tennessee [5-1, 2-1 SEC] (at No. 11 Alabama)
- No. 19 LSU [5-2, 4-1 SEC] (vs Army)
- No. 20 Missouri [6-1, 2-1 SEC] (vs South Carolina)
Receiving votes: Florida (12), Kentucky (4)
To view the entire Week 8 AP Top 25 poll, click here.
