The Georgia football team is operating on a plane of existence that very few college football programs will ever manage to reach. As the Bulldogs close in on a third consecutive National Championship — which would make them the first team to three-peat as National Champs since the Minnesota Golden Gophers did so all the way back in 1934-36 — they've also…

Wait! Hold the phone! We can't just blow past that little nugget. Let me say that again: if the Georgia football team wins the National Championship this year, they'll be the first team to win three straight titles since before the start of World War II. They didn't even play with face masks back then, and I'm pretty sure the football was a different shape than it is now. Anyway…

The Georgia football team is also making AP Poll history in their pursuit of a third consecutive title. With their blowout win over the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday, Georgia secured the number 1 spot on the AP Poll for a 22nd consecutive week, which is the 2nd-longest streak in the 87 year history of the poll, per the Associated Press/ESPN. Going into their SEC showdown with the Rebels, Georgia was deadlocked with the 2001-02 Miami Hurricanes, who spent 21 consecutive weeks at #1 before finally losing their grip on the top spot with a loss in the National Championship Game to the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Now, the only team that has spent more consecutive weeks as the top-ranked team in college football is the Matt Leinart/Reggie Bush-led USC Trojans from 2003-05, who held the top spot in the poll for 33 straight weeks before losing in the National Championship Game to Vince Young and the Texas Longhorns, in what remains the greatest college football game I've ever seen (my perception is probably skewed by the fact that I still own a burnt orange Vince Young Longhorns jersey).

Georgia won't be able to reach that mark until next season, but we've arrived at the point where it would be foolish to think that it's not within reach. Under the leadership of Kirby Smart, Georgia has successfully supplanted Alabama as the most dominant team in both the SEC and the entire NCAA.