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ATHENS - Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs are now ranked No. 5 in the latest AP Poll after their epic 43-35 win over Ole Miss.
Led by Gunner Stockton’s five total touchdowns, the Bulldogs scored on every single drive of the game during their thrilling come-from-behind victory.
Georgia’s defense gave up five consecutive touchdowns, but they made three big stops in the 4th quarter that allowed the offense to take the lead late and secure it down the stretch.
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Here’s what the latest AP poll looks like after another wild weekend...
1) Ohio State
2) Indiana
3) Texas A&M
4) Alabama
5) Georgia
6) Oregon
7) Georgia Tech
8) Ole Miss
9) Miami
10) Vanderbilt
11) BYU
12) Notre Dame
13) Oklahoma
14) Texas Tech
15) Missouri
16) Virginia
17) Tennessee
18) South Florida
19) Louisville
20) LSU
21) Cincinatti
22) Texas
23) Illinois
24) Arizona State
25) Michigan
GAME NEWS AND NOTES:
Tough At Home And With College GameDay In Town/Series Update: With today’s win, the No. 9 Bulldogs (6-1, 4-1 SEC) improve to 54-5 at home under Coach Smart including 8-0 against top 10 ranked opponents as No. 5 Ole Miss falls to 6-1, 3-1 SEC. Overall, Smart is 111-20 in this is 10th season. Georgia notched another win with ESPN College GameDay in town too. Georgia is 9-2 when the show is on campus including nine straight wins dating to 2013. The Bulldogs improve to 34-14-1 in the series with the Rebels including 20-4-1 in Athens. Overall, Georgia is 37-3 in its last 40 SEC regular season games.
*Another Second Half Rally: In four of five SEC games this year, Georgia trailed at the half and they are 3-1 now in those contests. The Bulldogs were behind 21-17 at No. 15 Tennessee and rallied for a 44-41 win in overtime. Georgia trailed 24-14 and lost to No. 17 Alabama 24-21. Georgia fell behind at Auburn 10-3 and won 20-10. Today, Georgia trailed 21-20 and were down 35-26 to start the 4th quarter and came back to win 43-35. Today marked the 18th victory in the Smart era when the Bulldogs were tied or trailing entering the 4th quarter. It was the second such win in 2025 (@ No. 15 Tennessee).
*A Review Of The Offense: Georgia finished with 43 points, gaining 510 yards of offense on 80 plays.
*Redshirt junior QB Gunner Stockton finished 26-of-31 for 289 yards and a career-high 4 TDs plus 59 yards rushing and one TD. In the 2nd half, he was 12-for-12 for 135 yards and 3 TDs!
*Up 40-35 with 6:32 left in the game, Georgia added a 42-yard field goal. The 66-yard drive in 4:27 featured a 36-yard completion to Dillon Bell,
*Down 35-33 with 12:37 left in the contest, Georgia went up 40-35 with a nine play, 67-yard drive. It featured a 17-yard reverse by Dillon Bell and capped with a 7-yard TD catch by Lawson Luckie, his third of the day, the most since Mohamed Massaquoi against Ga. Tech in 2008.
*Trailing 35-26 with 4:12 left in the 3rd quarter, Georgia cut it to 35-33 with a 75-yard TD drive in 12 plays. It featured a 4th-and-one conversion by Josh McCray for two yards at UGA 44 and then a 26-yard completion to Zachariah Branch and capped by a three-yard TD pass to Nate Frazier.
*Down 28-20 with 14:46 left in the 3rd quarter, the Bulldogs went 75 yards for a score on nine plays to cut it to 28-27 on a three-yard pass to Luckie, his second of the game. Then, they went for a two-point conversion that failed as Stockton was sacked.
*No. 9 Georgia went into halftime trailing 21-20 as the Bulldogs collected 251 yards on 38 plays.
*Georgia scored on all four of its first half possessions, getting two TDs and two field goals. The Bulldogs were 6-fo-8 on 3rd down.
*Georgia got the football first after Ole Miss won the toss and deferred the ball until the 2nd half. The Bulldogs opened with a scoring drive that ended with a 51-yard field goal by Peyton Woodring. It featured a 36-yard completion off a flea-flicker pass from Gunner Stockton to Colbie Young.
*Down 7-3, the Bulldogs responded with a 75-yard TD drive on 13 plays. It featured an 11-yard TD pass to Lawson Luckie on 3rd-and-8 for a 10-3 lead.
*Trailing 14-10 in the 2nd quarter, Georgia answered with a 75-yard TD drive capped by a caerer-long 22-yard scamper by Stockton, his seventh rushing TD this year.
*Down 21-17 with 2:10 left in the 1st half, Georgia went 58 yards on 12 plays when Woodring made a 35-yard field goal to end the half down 21-20.
*Junior Zachariah Branch had a team-leading eight catches for 71 yards while junior Lawson Luckie had five for 43 yards and a career-high 3TDs. *Senior Colbie Young had one catch for 36 yards on the opening drive and then missed the rest of the game due to an ankle injury.
