BYU Soars While Utah Drops In Latest AP Poll After Weekend Of Upsets
Sep 11, 2022, 12:09 PM | Updated: 12:21 pm
BYU football wide receiver Puka Nacua is a huge piece to the Cougars high-powered offense in 2022. (Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News)
(Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY- BYU made a spectacular jump while Utah dropped the latest AP Poll after a crazy weekend for the college football AP Top 10. #6 Texas A & M fell to Appalachian State, #8 Notre Dame was taken out by Marshall, #9 Baylor lost to #21 BYU in double overtime, and #1 Alabama barely pulled off a win against an unranked Texas.
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Those weren’t the only notable upsets either. #19 Wisconsin didn’t survive their game with an unranked Washington State team, and #12 Florida transformed back into a pumpkin when #20 Kentucky got the win in The Swamp. While neither team is ranked in the AP Poll, it was still shocking on a local level to see Weber State take out Utah State.
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Admittedly, the Utes’ game was not as exciting in week two as it was in week one, but Kyle Whittingham’s team did what you expect a fringe Top 10 team to do to an FCS opponent. However, a combination of not an exciting opponent, and Florida losing moved Utah back a spot to #14 in this week’s poll.
BYU on the other hand hosted a double overtime thriller in Provo and was part of the chaos that ensued in the AP Top 10 this weekend. For finishing the job against #9 Baylor, 26-20, the Cougars jumped up nine spots to #12.
Week Three AP Top 25
- Georgia (2-0)
- Alabama (2-0)
- Ohio State (2-0)
- Michigain (2-0)
- Clemson (2-0)
- Oklahoma (2-0)
- USC (2-0)
- Oklahoma State (2-0)
- Kentucky (2-0)
- Arkansas (2-0)
- Michigan State (2-0)
- BYU (2-0)
- Miami (2-0)
- Utah (1-1)
- Tennessee (2-0)
- North Carolina (2-0)
- Baylor (1-1)
- Florida (1-1)
- Wake Forest (2-0)
- Ole Miss (2-0)
- Texas (1-1)
- Penn State (2-0)
- Pittsburgh (1-1)
- Texas A & M (1-1)
- Oregon (1-1)
