Georgia stays No. 1 in CFP rankings; Ohio State in top 4

The undefeated Georgia Bulldogs remained No. 1 in the second edition of the rankings released on Tuesday night, followed again by No. 2 Alabama, which survived a 20-14 scare against LSU at home.

Georgia, which blasted Missouri 43-6 at home last week to improve to 9-0, plays at Tennessee on Saturday.

Michigan State was the only top-five team from a week ago to lose on Saturday,

40-29 at Purdue. The Spartans fell to No. 7, so the other three top-six teams in the initial rankings moved up a spot. Oregon is No. 3, Ohio State is No. 4 and Cincinnati is No. 5.

Michigan is No. 6 and is one spot ahead of Michigan State, even though the Spartans defeated the Wolverines 37-33 on Oct. 30. Oklahoma, which was idle last week, remained No. 8, followed by No. 9 Notre Dame and No. 10 Oklahoma State.

Elsewhere: California’s game against

Southern California was postponed after a series of positive coronavirus tests in the Golden Bears program, the first major college football game to be rescheduled this season because of COVID-19. Cal played last week at Arizona without starting quarterback Chase Garbers and six other starters because of positive tests that knocked out 24 players and assistant coaches. The Bears lost 10-3 to Arizona.

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Men’s college basketball: Trayce JacksonDavis

enjoyed having the fans back inside Indiana’s home arena. The preseason All-American scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, helping Indiana withstand Eastern Michigan’s frantic second-half rally to hold on for a 6862 victory. Indiana has won 22 of its last 23 season openers and led this one from start to finish, giving new coach Mike Woodson a win in his first college game after spending the last quartercentury on NBA benches. … Zed Key hit a layup with less than a second left to give No. 17 Ohio State a 67-66 win over Akron in the season opener for both teams. Ali Ali hit a step-back threepointer and a foul shot to put Akron up 66-65 with 6 seconds left. … Jimmy Boeheim made a splash in his Syracuse debut, teaming with his younger brother and the rest of their father’s Orange squad for a 97-63 victory over Lafayette in a season opener. Jimmy and younger brother Buddy finished with 18 points each.

Women’s college basketball: Zia Cooke scored 17 points and topranked South Carolina never trailed in its 66-57 win over No. 5 North Carolina State, earning an impressive road win in a marquee season-opening matchup of Final Four contenders.

Tennis: Americans

Brandon Nakashima and Sebastian Korda and favorite Carlos Alcaraz of Spain all won on the opening day of the Next Gen Finals in Milan. Alcaraz took just 75 minutes to beat Holger Rune of Denmark 4-3 (6), 4-2,

4-0.