Ohio State, Miami and Clemson plunged in The Related Press Prime 25 school soccer ballot Sunday following their losses throughout a wild weekend, eight of the highest 10 groups moved up one spot and Oregon was No. 1 for the seventh straight week.
The shakeup creates two top-five matchups in convention championship video games arising on Saturday, a day earlier than the Faculty Soccer Playoff bracket is introduced. Oregon, the nation’s solely unbeaten group, will face No. 3 Penn State within the Huge Ten recreation in Indianapolis. No. 2 Texas will play No. 5 Georgia within the Southeastern Convention recreation in Atlanta, a rematch of their top-five assembly in October received by the Bulldogs.
No. 4 Notre Dame, 11-1 and a winner of 10 straight, received’t play once more till the Faculty Soccer Playoff.
Ohio State, which lost for the fourth straight time to Michigan and was knocked out of the Huge Ten title recreation, dropped 5 spots to No. 7, behind Tennessee.
SMU is No. 8 and adopted by Indiana and Boise State. The Broncos are within the high 10 for the primary time since 2011 and the highest-ranked Group of 5 group, two spots forward of No. 12 Arizona State, the highest-ranked Huge 12 group.
If the Broncos win the Mountain West title and are one of many high four-seeded convention champions within the last CFP rankings, they might obtain a bye to the quarterfinals.
Miami’s loss at Syracuse value the Hurricanes a spot within the Atlantic Coast Convention championship recreation, and presumably the CFP, and dropped them six spots to No. 14. Clemson, which performs SMU within the ACC recreation, misplaced at South Carolina and fell six locations to No. 18.
South Carolina has received six straight — 4 towards ranked opponents — and earned a three-rung promotion to No. 13. Mississippi remained No. 15 and was adopted by Iowa State and BYU.
Ballot factors
Ohio State’s 13-10 loss to Michigan marked the fifth time this season a top-five group misplaced to an unranked opponent, probably the most because it occurred 5 occasions in 2017.
Miami’s 42-38 loss to Syracuse was the twelfth by a top-10 group towards an unranked opponent, probably the most since there have been 12 such losses in 2021.
It’s been 10 years since South Carolina was ranked greater than in-state rival Clemson. In 2014, the Gamecocks have been No. 13 following a 3-1 begin and completed 7-6 and unranked in Steve Spurrier’s final full season as coach.
Notre Dame has its highest rating because it was No. 4 on Dec. 22, 2020.
Out and in
No. 23 Syracuse enters the Prime 25 for the primary time since Oct. 30, 2022, after successful 9 video games for the primary time since 2018 below first-year coach Fran Brown. The win over Miami was its first over a top-10 opponent since 2017.
No. 25 Memphis, which was final ranked in October 2020, knocked off Tulane as a double-digit street underdog and has 10 wins for the second straight yr.
Tulane, which performs at No. 24 Military within the American Athletic Convention title recreation, went from No. 18 to out of the rankings.
Texas A&M, No. 20 final week, was bounced after dropping at residence to Texas and dropping its final three SEC video games.
Convention name
SEC — 7 (Nos. 2, 5, 6, 11, 13, 15, 22).
Huge Ten — 5 (Nos. 1, 3, 7, 8, 21).
ACC — 4 (Nos. 8, 14, 18, 23).
Huge 12 — 4 (Nos. 12, 16, 17, 20).
AAC — 2 (Nos. 24, 25).
Mountain West — 2 (Nos. 10, 19).
Unbiased — 1 (No. 4).
Ranked vs. ranked
• No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 3 Penn State in Indianapolis, Huge Ten championship.
• No. 2 Texas vs. No. 5 Georgia in Atlanta, Southeastern Convention championship.
• No. 8 SMU vs. No. 18 Clemson in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlantic Coast Convention championship.
• No. 10 Boise State vs. No. 19 UNLV in Boise, Idaho, Mountain West championship.
• No. 12 Arizona State vs. No. 16 Iowa State in Arlington, Texas, Huge 12 championship.
The Prime 25
1. Oregon (62 first-place votes) 12-0
2. Texas 11-1
3. Penn St. 11-1
4. Notre Dame 11-1
5. Georgia 10-2
6. Tennessee 10-2
7. Ohio St. 10-2
8. SMU 11-1
9. Indiana 11-1
10. Boise St. 11-1
11. Alabama 9-3
12. Arizona St. 10-2
13. South Carolina 9-3
14. Miami 10-2
15. Mississippi 9-3
16. Iowa St. 10-2
17. BYU 10-2
18. Clemson 9-3
19. UNLV 10-2
20. Colorado 9-3
21. Illinois 9-3
22. Missouri 9-3
23. Syracuse 9-3
24. Military 10-1
25. Memphis 10-2
