2024 college football rankings: Georgia, Ohio State on top; Nebraska cracks top 25

Kirby Smart's Georgia Bulldogs kicked off the 2024 campaign by holding a top 25 team to three points. Meanwhile, Ohio State trailed a MAC team that hasn't won more than two games in a season since 2018.

At this stage, at this level, style matters. When the third-best SEC team in the country, Ole Miss, can name the number against Furman, Ohio State can’t afford slow starts. 

When Texas can stomp a mudhole in Colorado State and pitch a shutout before playing the Buckeyes’ most hated foe, Ohio State can’t afford to look like a program that needs time to form.

The standard for Ohio State is the one Georgia set. And the Buckeyes have not met it.

Dominance. Excellence. Unflinching perfection. That’s all I ask.

With that, here are my top 25 rankings:

Editor's note: This set of rankings reflects Florida State's Week 0 loss to Georgia Tech. It will be updated following Monday night's Florida State vs. Boston College game.

1. Georgia (1-0)

Week 1 result: Defeated Clemson, 34-3

Georgia has won 43 of its last 45 games. Its only losses during that stretch were to Nick Saban’s Alabama program, and Saban is no longer at Alabama.

After a statement win against a top 25 program that has won as many national titles in the CFP era as the Dawgs have, Georgia has earned the right to be the No. 1-ranked team in the country.

2. Ohio State (1-0)

Week 1 result: Defeated Akron, 52-6

I expected Ohio State to shut out one of the worst teams in the country. Instead, they trailed Akron 3-0 and allowed twice as many points scored by the Zips (6) as Georgia allowed Clemson to score all day.

The Buckeyes should’ve held the Zips to zip.

3. Texas (1-0)

Week 1 result: Defeated Colorado State, 52-0

Despite losing two of their top three