Sep 3, 2013

The University of South Carolina football team is ranked sixth in both national polls after the first week of the season, it was announced today. The Gamecocks remained steady in the Associated Press poll and moved up one spot in the USA Today Coaches poll.

The Gamecocks have been ranked among the AP top 25 for 49 consecutive polls, tying Stanford for the fifth-longest streak in the country, behind Alabama, LSU, Oregon and Oklahoma.

Alabama remained atop both polls, while Oregon and Ohio State are flip-flopped between the two polls for the No. 2 and 3 positions. Clemson and Stanford are also flip-flopped in the polls for the No. 4 and 5 slots, just ahead of the Gamecocks.

Georgia, who was ranked fifth in both polls before a 38-35 loss at Clemson, dropped to No. 11 in the AP poll and to No. 12 in the USA Today poll. They are the highest ranked one-loss team.

The Gamecocks will travel to Athens on Saturday to face the Bulldogs. Carolina has won the last three games in the series, including a 35-7 rout in Columbia last season. Saturday’s contest is set for a 4:30 p.m. ET kick with Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe working the contest for the ESPN broadcast.

AP Top 25

RK TEAM RECORD PTS

1 Alabama (58) 1-0 1497

2 Oregon 1-0 1355

3 Ohio State (1) 1-0 1330

4 Clemson (1) 1-0 1304

5 Stanford 0-0 1277

6 South Carolina 1-0 1181

7 Texas A&M 1-0 1085

8 Louisville 1-0 1073

9 LSU 1-0 971

10 Florida State 1-0 953

11 Georgia 0-1 894

12 Florida 1-0 875

13 Oklahoma State 1-0 780

14 Notre Dame 1-0 707

15 Texas 1-0 674

16 Oklahoma 1-0 612

17 Michigan 1-0 583

18 UCLA 1-0 387

19 Northwestern 1-0 320

20 Washington 1-0 315

21 Wisconsin 1-0 287

22 Nebraska 1-0 219

23 Baylor 1-0 150

24 TCU 0-1 148

25 Southern California 1-0 135

USA Today Poll

RK TEAM RECORD PTS

1 Alabama (58) 1-0 1545

2 Ohio State (3) 1-0 1444

3 Oregon 1-0 1420

4 Stanford 0-0 1292

5 Clemson 1-0 1275

6 South Carolina 1-0 1220

7 Texas A&M (1) 1-0 1181

8 Louisville 1-0 1051

9 Florida 1-0 974

10 Florida State 1-0 946

11 LSU 1-0 926

12 Georgia 0-1 875

13 Notre Dame 1-0 840

14 Oklahoma State 1-0 798

15 Oklahoma 1-0 666

16 Texas 1-0 660

17 Michigan 1-0 623

18 UCLA 1-0 368

19 Nebraska 1-0 357

20 Northwestern 1-0 348

21 Wisconsin 1-0 301

22 Southern Calfornia 1-0 176

23 Washington 1-0 145

24 Miami (FL) 1-0 140

24 TCU 0-1 140