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Georgia Football Isn't Even Close to Being Ranked No. 1 over Texas Longhorns

It could take a while for No. 2 Georgia Football to return to the top overall spot in college football.
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Georgia Bulldogs QB Gunner Stockton is pressured by Texas DL Colin Simmons.
Georgia Bulldogs QB Gunner Stockton is pressured by Texas DL Colin Simmons. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

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ATHENS - It could take a while for No. 2 Georgia Football to return to the top overall spot in college football.

After UGA’s lopsided 45-17 win at Arkansas over the weekend, the Bulldogs remained as the No. 2 team in the country, which was expected. But the Bulldogs didn’t make up much ground on No. 1 Texas in the Associated Press’s new rankings that were released Sunday.

A week after the Horns secured a one-point win over Ohio State, they held a 127-point lead over the Bulldogs for the No. 1 spot. But after a lackluster win over Texas-San Antonio, the vote totals separating the Horns and Dawgs was virtually the same as a week before - this time 126 votes separate the two schools.

Georgia Football LB Gabe Harris Jr. tackles Texas QB Arch Manning.
Georgia Football LB Gabe Harris Jr. tackles Texas QB Arch Manning. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Texas and Georgia are not scheduled to play one another this year after playing three times in two seasons. The Bulldogs won all three contests between the two schools. The Horns and Dawgs will face the other's archrival this Saturday as Texas travels to The Swamp this week to take on the Florida Gators while UGA hosts Oklahoma.

Meanwhile, Georgia will play two teams ranked in the top ten of this week’s poll - with both games coming on the road. No. 2 Georgia will visit No. 8 Alabama in three weeks. Alabama got off to a slow start against Florida State before zooming to a 50-36 win in Tuscaloosa. No. 4 Ole Miss got the big win of the week in college football - holding on to beat Lane Kiffin’s LSU squad in Oxford. Georgia will visit Ole Miss in November.

Georgia Football RB Nate Frazier runs with the ball against Arkansas.
Georgia Football RB Nate Frazier runs with the ball against Arkansas. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Georgia’s will also face No. 19 Missouri in November. The Tigers took care of of Troy 27-17 in a sloppy effort from Mizzou. And Georgia’s rival Florida is back in the rankings for the first time in a long time after a 44-39 win at Auburn. The Gators and Dawgs will hold their annual showdown on Halloween, but in Atlanta this due to the new stadium being built in Jacksonville.

The Bulldogs, Rebels, Tide, Gators and Mississippi State are all in a tie for first place in the SEC at 1-0. Georgia’s showdown with previously ranked Oklahoma will kickoff at 3:30 on ABC. The Sooners fell out of the rankings after back-to-back dreadful showings in a 17-10 loss at Michigan and a 14-6 win over New Mexico at home.

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Dean Legge
DEAN LEGGE

After two-plus decades of covering the Georgia Bulldogs and the SEC, Dean Legge is one of the definitive voices in Athens and beyond. Legge has authored two books - DAWGSTRUCTION and DOUBLE DAWGS - with each chronicling Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs' run to national titles in 2021 and 2022. Legge has been a Heisman Trophy voter since 2005 and a Biletnikoff Award voter since 2009. He’s covered SEC Championships, Peach Bowls, Orange Bowls, Sugar Bowls, the Rose Bowl Game, College Football Playoff National Championship Games, the NCAA Tournament, the College World Series as well as a slew of college football, basketball and baseball games. Legge graduated from Coker College in 1999 with a degree in Political Science. He played both tennis and basketball for the Cobras. After graduating, Legge completed his academic career at the University of Georgia where he earned a Master of Public Administration from the School of Public and International Affairs in 2001. In 2008, Legge was elected President of the Coker College Alumni Association. He served on the Board of Trustees at Coker from 2009 to 2017 and was a member of the Executive Committee, Student Services and Enrollment Committee and Athletic Committee in that time. Legge is a native of Tucker, Georgia.

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