BREAKING: UGA Football Stays At No. 1 Heading Into Auburn Game
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ATHENS - As expected, Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs stay at No. 1 in the latest AP Poll after their 49-21 win over UAB this weekend inside Sanford Stadium.
The top-ranked Bulldogs are 4-0 heading into their rivalry game against Hugh Freeze and the Auburn Tigers.
The Bulldogs have had their way with Auburn recently, winning the last six games against their SEC Western foe, including the 2017 SEC Championship game. Smart is currently 7-1 vs Auburn since 2016.
The Bulldogs are back-to-back national champions and the Tigers are in their first season under Freeze.
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Here’s what the latest AP Poll looks like...
1) Georgia
2) Michigan
3) Texas
4) Ohio State
5) Florida State
6) Penn State
7) Washington
8) USC
9) Oregon
10) Utah
11) Notre Dame
12) Alabama
13) LSU
14) Oklahoma
15) North Carolina
16) Washington State
17) Duke
18) Miami
19) Oregon State
20) Ole Miss
21) Tennessee
22) Florida
23) Missouri
24) Kansas
25) Fresno State
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Notes from UGA Football’s win over UAB:
*Offensive Highlights: In tonight’s 49-21 win, Georgia tallied a season-high 581 yards of total offense on 76 plays. In the first half, the Bulldogs gained 322 yards on 40 plays in building a 28-14 lead.
Georgia scored a TD on its first possession of a game for the first time this season. The Bulldogs went 75 yards on six plays in 2:51 for a 7-0 lead. The drive was capped by a 12-yard pass from Carson Beck to Arian Smith. After UAB tied the game at 7, Georgia responded with a 72-yard TD drive on nine plays in 4:04 for a 14-7 edge. Also, Georgia went 92 yards on seven plays in 2:32 to build a 21-7 lead. This TD drive featured a 41-yard TD catch by junior Brock Bowers who finished with a team-leading 120 yards on nine catches and a pair of TDs.
In three quarters of play, junior QB Carson Beck went 22-for-32 for a career-high 337 yards and career-high 3 TDs plus he had a one-yard TD plunge. Then, QBs Brock Vandagriff and Gunner Stockton saw action in the final quarter.
Senior WR Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint had a career-high 94 receiving yards on three catches including a career-long 50-yarder.
The Bulldogs ran for 188 yards on 36 carries with four TDs. Senior RB Daijun Edwards had a team-high 66 yards on 12 carries with two TDs. Senior Sevaugh Clark notched his first career rushing TD as it covered seven yards.
*Bowers Moving Up In the Bulldog Record Book: Junior TE Brock Bowers had a team-high nine catches for 120 yards including a 41-yard TD and a 10-yard TD. Tonight marked his eighth career game of at least 100 yards receiving and seventh time with 2 TDs in a game.
He has 22 career TD catches which is third in school history. Bowers went over the 2,000 yards receiving career mark in the second quarter. He is one of only 10 Bulldogs to have at least 2K career receiving yards and currently has 2,079, which ranks ninth.