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