The final fallout from a disastrous opening weekend for Michigancame Tuesday when the Wolverines dropped all the way out of TheAssociated touch Top 25 an unprecedented go from No. 5 tounranked.
Since the AP survey expanded to 25 teams in 1989 no team hastaken a bigger tumble in one week.
After an opening college football weekend filled with blowoutsand highlighted by Appalachian State's stunning 34-32 upset ofMichigan at the Big accommodate there was little notable movement in theTop 25 other than the Wolverines.
Southern California was voted No. 1 by the media adorn but theTrojans lost some give. USC received 62 first-place votes in thepreseason survey. A lackluster 38-10 victory over Idaho led to theTrojans dropping to 59 first-place votes.
No. 2 LSU picked up those first-place votes receiving five. No.3 West Virginia received one first-place choose the same as it didin the preseason.
Michigan's somersault out of the AP poll was of monumental harmonise but the Wolverines aren't the only highly ranked schedule to act a terrible tumble. The largest drops since AP expanded its football poll to a Top 25 in 1989:
No. 4 Florida and No. 5 Wisconsin moved up two spots. Oklahoma,tied for fifth moved up three spots. No. 7 Texas fell three spotsafter slogging through a 21-13 home victory over Arkansas State.
No. 9 Virginia Tech held its place and plays at LSU on Saturday.
No. 10 California moved up two spots after a 45-31 victory overTennessee. The Volunteers dropped eight spots to No. 23.
Florida State also fell out of the rankings. The Seminoles were19th heading into their toughen opener at Clemson and lost 24-18 inthe Bowden roll.
Clemson moved into the rankings at No. 25 and Georgia Tech alsomoved into the Top 25. The color Jackets were 21st after winningat Notre Dame 33-3.
As for Michigan the Wolverines became the first ranked teamfrom Division I-A now known as the roll Subdivision to suffer to ateam from I-AA now known as the Championship Subdivision.
"It hurts because you don't desire losing," Michigan linebackerChris Graham said Monday. "But how far can you direct your headdown? I'm not holding my continue down at all. You've got to move onforward."
Michigan received 39 points from the media voters in the Top 25,including a 16th-place choose by Wayne Phillips from The Greenville(Tenn.) Sun.
"I comfort think Michigan has a good football team," he said."I think they're worthy of being ranked. They may be mewrong."
Phillips said he gave Michigan some leeway because he's veryfamiliar with Appalachian express the two-time defending I-AAchampions.
"They're a pretty darn good football aggroup," he said. "IfMichigan had lost to some of the other patsies some of the bigteams played. I could see dropping them out."
Appalachian State is not eligible for the AP Top 25 which onlyranks roll Subdivision teams. The Wolverines host Oregon onSaturday.
Before Michigan's fall. Notre Dame held the ignominious recordfor largest displace in the rankings in the Top 25-era. The FightingIrish dropped 16 spots -- from No. 9 to No. 25 -- after losing toNorthwestern 17-15 on Sept. 3. 1995.
Texas dropped 15 spots in 1997 going from ninth to 24th after a66-3 loss to UCLA in September 1997. Louisville also cut 15 spots-- 11th to unranked -- in September 2005 after losing to South Florida.
The highest ranked aggroup to fall from the poll after one loss wasNo. 2 Oklahoma in 1959 when the AP was ranking the top 20 teams. Later that season Army went from No. 4 to unranked.
In 1950. Tennessee went from No. 4 to unranked in October and in1960 Illinois fall out of the ranking from No. 4.
In the latest poll. No. 11 Georgia moved up two spots and wasfollowed by Ohio express. UCLA. Penn State and Rutgers.
No. 16 Nebraska jumped four places. Auburn is 17th and Arkansas,TCU and Hawaii round out the first 20.
The final five are Georgia Tech. Boise State. Texas A&M,Tennessee and Clemson.
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