Ohio State moves to No. 2 in poll, jumping Michigan
Ohio State passed Michigan and moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, a week before the Big Ten rivals play another top-five matchup, and No. 4 Washington flip-flopped with No. 5 Florida State.
Georgia remained No. 1 and received a seasonhigh 61 first-place votes. The Bulldogs have been atop the rankings for 23 straight weeks, the second- best streak in the history of the poll and 10 behind the record held by Southern California (2003-05).
The top five teams, all unbeaten, had held their places for five straight weeks. All improved to 11-0 on Saturday, but their order changed Sunday.
Michigan had been No. 2 since the preseason but slipped a spot after playing its closest game yet. The Wolverines, without suspended head coach Jim Harbaugh, beat Maryland 31-24.
The Buckeyes received one first-place vote after blowing out Minnesota.
Washington won 22-20 on the road against Oregon State, which slipped five spots to No. 15, and moved up a spot. The Huskies have their highest ranking since reaching No. 4 in 2016, their lone playoff season and the last time the Pac-12 had a team in the College Football Playoff.
Florida State dropped a spot after beating FCS North Alabama 58-13, but it suffered a far more significant loss. Quarterback Jordan Travis was carted off the field in the first quarter with what appeared to be a serious injury to his lower left leg.
SYRACUSE FIRES COACH
>> Syracuse fired coach Dino Babers after eight years with the Orange that included just two bowl appearances.
Babers was 41-55 overall and 20-45 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, including a breakout season in 2018 when the Orange went 10-3 and finished No. 15 in the AP Top 25. He could never replicate that success, managing only a 7-6 record in 2022, his other winning season.
Golf
ABERG GETS WIN >> Ludvig Aberg added to his astonishing second half of the year when he closed with a second straight 9-under 61 to win the RSM Classic, his first PGA Tour title to go along with a European tour victory and a winning debut in the Ryder Cup.
And to think the 24-yearold Swede was still at Texas Tech six months ago.
Not only did he win the final event of the PGA Tour season, he did it in record fashion. His final birdie allowed Aberg to tie the 72hole scoring record on the PGA Tour, matching the 253 of Justin Thomas at the 2017 Sony Open.
YANG TAKES LPGA TOUR VICTORY >> Amy Yang birdied her last two holes for a 6-under 66 to win the CME Group Tour Championship and claim the $2 million prize, matching the largest in women's golf.
The victory was her fifth on the LPGA Tour, the previous four coming in Asia.
Yang holed out for eagle on the 13th fairway to overcome an early threeshot deficit, and then she let Nasa Hataoka make the mistakes in crucial moments down the stretch. HOLGAARD GETS EUROPEAN TITLE >> Nicolai Hojgaard claimed the biggest title of his career after running off five straight birdies down the stretch for an 8-under 64 to win the season-ending World Tour Championship by two strokes.
The 22-year-old Dane delivered a clinic in iron play to set up close-range birdies starting on the 13th holes. He finished at 21-under 261 to hold off Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland and Matt Wallace.
Tennis
DJOKOVIC WINS >> Top-ranked Novak Djokovic won a record-breaking seventh ATP Finals title with a straightset victory over home favorite Jannik Sinner.
Djokovic took 1 hour, 43 minutes to win 6-3, 6-3 as the Serbian continues to break records at the age of 36.
Djokovic entered the match tied with Roger Federer on six titles at the season-ending tournament for *the year's top eight players.