Georgia moves up to No. 2 in poll
Georgia jumped three spots to No. 2 behind defending national champion Alabama in The Associated Press Top 25 released Tuesday, giving the Southeastern Conference the top two teams in the country for the 30th time in the 85-year history of the college football poll.
It’s the second time in the last three seasons and the third in the last five that the SEC is sitting 1-2 in the Top 25. Alabama and LSU had a four-week run as Nos. 1 and 2 in the 2019 season before they played each other.
The Crimson Tide strengthened its hold on No. 1 after it throttled then-No. 14 Miami in the first full week of the regular season.
Alabama received 59 first-place votes, up from the 47 it had in the preseason poll.
Georgia received four first-place votes after beating Clemson 10-3 in the opening weekend’s biggest game.
Ohio State moved up to No. 3 and Oklahoma dropped two spots to No. 4. Texas A&M is fifth, giving the SEC three teams in the top five.
Clemson fell three spots to sixth, marking the first time the Tigers have been out of the top four since 2017. Clemson dropped as low as No. 7 that season before finishing fourth.
No. 7 Cincinnati and No. 8 Notre Dame moved up one spot each. Iowa State dropped two places to No. 9, one spot ahead of No. 10 Iowa, heading into their rivalry game on Saturday.
College basketball: Gonzaga coach Mark Few has been cited for driving under the influence in Idaho. Few was stopped by police around 8 p.m. Monday after he was “called in as driving erratic and speeding,” according to a police report. The report stated that Few exhibited “several signs of intoxication” and that he refused to complete field sobriety tests. Few provided breath samples of .119 and .120, which is above the legal limit of .08. Few, 58, has been the Bulldogs coach for 22 seasons.
NFL: The Ravens signed three-time Pro Bowl RB Le’Veon Bell to their practice squad, ESPN reported. Bell, 29, likely will soon get elevated to the 53-man roster. The addition of Bell comes after the Ravens lost third-string RB Justice Hill to an Achilles injury Thursday. They’d already lost starting RB J.K. Dobbins when he tore the ACL in his left knee in the preseason finale . ... The Saints released veteran RB Latavius Murray after he refused to take a reduction in pay, ESPN reported. Murray, 31, was due to make $3.15 million in salary and bonuses this season. Murray had been an excellent running mate for Saints star Alvin Kamara over the last two seasons after he signed a four-year, $14.4 million contract in 2019. Murray tallied 1,293 rushing yards, 411 receiving yards and 11 TDs over those two seasons . ... Former players Clinton Portis, Tamarick Vanover and Robert McCune pleaded guilty for their roles in a nationwide health care fraud scheme and could face years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Portis, 40, the 2002 offensive rookie of the year while with the Broncos, Vanover, 47, and McCune, 42, admitted to defrauding an NFL program set up to reimburse medical expenses not covered by insurance for retired players and their families. The DOJ said McCune orchestrated the scheme. He could be facing life in prison. Portis and Vanover each could face up to 10 years in prison.