University of Georgia

Longtime Associated Press Top 25 voter Kirk Bohls of the Houston Chronicle said this week's ballot was the most difficult he's had to fill out. Six unranked teams upset Top 25 teams. Texas returned to No. 1 after a week’s absence. The biggest questions were how far to drop Alabama for losing to Vanderbilt and what to do with Georgia.

Trevor Etienne ran for two touchdowns as No. 5 Georgia bounced back from its first regular-season loss in almost four years with a 31-13 victory over Auburn. The Bulldogs improved to 4-1 with their eighth straight win in the Deep South’s oldest rivalry.

The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs host the struggling Auburn Tigers in the Deep South’s oldest rivalry on Saturday. The Tigers have lost seven in a row to UGA. The matchup comes after Alabama held off the Bulldogs in a 41-34 thriller, snapping their streak of 42 consecutive victories during the regular season.

Alabama has returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two years following its dizzying victory over Georgia, making this 16 of 17 seasons the Crimson Tide have held the top spot at some point. Alabama received 40 of 63 first-place votes and leapfrogged three teams to take over No. 1 from Texas.

No. 2 Georgia and No. 4 Alabama played a classic, a wild affair that included a 28-0 run by the Crimson Tide to start the game and a resilient comeback by the Bulldogs. When it was done, Carson Beck and Jalen Milroe had combined for 939 total yards and seven touchdowns in a thriller between Southeastern Conference superpowers.

Jalen Milroe is always a threat to break loose for a long run or uncork a deep ball. Carson Beck is a big-game veteran who makes few mistakes and could well wind up being the No. 1 NFL draft pick. Now, the two quarterbacks are set to meet for Round 2 Saturday night when Beck leads No. 2 Georgia against Milroe and fourth-ranked Alabama.

No. 2 Georgia visits No. 4 Alabama on Saturday night for a Southeastern Conference opener and only their third regular-season meeting since 2015. Of the last eight matchups, four have come in SEC title games and two in College Football Playoff championship games.

The Crimson Tide is gearing up for what may be its toughest challenge this year. Alabama will face Georgia for the SEC Championship this Saturday in Atlanta. The title game follows a white-knuckle Iron Bowl where the Tide scored the winning touchdown with just forty two seconds left. Head Coach Nick Saban says the come-from-behind win is nice, but Atlanta and the Bulldogs are just days away…

Georgia coach Kirby Smart insists there was no political motivation behind the decision for his national championship football team to decline an invitation to visit the White House in June.

The University of Georgia is the twelfth back-to-back national champion in the history of the AP rankings. The number one Bulldogs routed the TCU Horned Frogs, who came in at number two. Michigan was number three, followed by Ohio State and Alabama.