AP Top 25 Poll: Ole Miss Stands Pat Amid Lane Kiffin Drama, Texas A&M Falls After Loss to Texas

What a weekend it was to close the regular season in college football.
Not only have we had the never-ending Lane Kiffin saga in Oxford, but we also saw Texas upset Texas A&M, Auburn nearly take down Alabama in the Iron Bowl, Oklahoma squeak by LSU to keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive, and Ohio State fend off Michigan in The Game—securing Ryan Day's second career win over the Wolverines.
Elsewhere, Diego Pavia continued his Heisman case against Tennessee, Tulane’s Jon Sumrall is headed to Florida, Alex Golesh is leaving South Florida to take the Auburn job, and the ACC could feasibly be left out of the postseason after SMU's upset loss to Cal.
And just like that, we’re onto conference championship week in college football. Before we get there, however, here’s a look at the AP’s latest Top 25 rankings.
AP Top 25 Poll
Rank | Team | Change From Last Week |
|---|---|---|
1. | Ohio State Buckeyes | None |
2. | Indiana Hoosiers | None |
3. | Georgia Bulldogs | +1 |
4. | Oregon Ducks | +1 |
5. | Texas Tech Red Raiders | +2 |
6. | Ole Miss Rebels | None |
7. | Texas A&M Aggies | -4 |
8. | Oklahoma Sooners | None |
9. | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | None |
10 | Alabama Crimson Tide | None |
11. | BYU Cougars | None |
12. | Miami Hurricanes | +1 |
13. | Vanderbilt Commodores | -1 |
14. | Texas Longhorns | +2 |
15. | Utah Utes | -1 |
16. | Virginia Cavaliers | +1 |
17. | USC Trojans | +2 |
18. | Michigan Wolverines | -3 |
19. | James Madison Dukes | +1 |
20. | North Texas Mean Green | +1 |
21. | Tulane Green Wave | +1 |
22. | Arizona Wildcats | New to Top 25 |
23. | Navy Midshipmen | New to Top 25 |
24. | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | -1 |
25. | Missouri Tigers | None |
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