AP Top 25 Poll Chaos After Ranked Upsets For Miami, Ole Miss, Texas Tech

Then-ranked No. 2 Miami Hurricanes, the No. 4 Ole Miss Rebels, and the No. 7 Texas Tech Red Raiders all suffered upset losses and are no longer undefeated, meaning the top-10 of the AP Top 25 Poll saw some major movement on Sunday.

Oregon Ducks AP Top 25 Poll upset rank upsets Miami Hurricanes Mario Cristobal Ole Miss Rebels Big Ten Alabama Crimson Tide | Melina Myers-Imagn Images

Another weekend of college football means another weekend of unexpected upsets, like the No. 2 Miami Hurricanes falling to Louisville on Friday Night.

The slate of ranked matchups delivered with then-ranked No. 17 Vanderbilt beating then-No. 10 LSU to start the day, then-No. 4 Ole Miss falling to then-No. 9 Georgia in a shootout on the road, then-No. 6 Alabama beating then-No. 11 Tennessee at home, and then-No. 13 Notre Dame slipping past then-No. 20 USC in South Bend.

Oct 18, 2025; Athens, Georgia, USA; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart and Mississippi Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin meet on the field after the game at Sanford Stadium. | Brett Davis-Imagn Images

Week 9 AP Top 25

1. Ohio State (7-0)
2. Indiana (7-0)
3. Texas A&M (7-0)
4. Alabama (6-1)
5. Georgia (6-1)
6. Oregon (6-1)
7. Georgia Tech (7-0)
8. Ole Miss (6-1)
9. Miami (5-1)
10. Vanderbilt (6-1)
11. BYU (7-0)
12. Notre Dame (5-2)
13. Oklahoma (6-1)
14. Texas Tech (7-1)
15. Missouri (6-1)
16. Virginia (6-1)
17. Tennessee (5-2)
18. South Florida (6-1)
19. Louisville (5-1)
20. LSU (5-2)
21. Cincinnati (6-1)
22. Texas (5-2)
23. Illinois (5-2)
24. Arizona State (5-2)
25. Michigan (5-2)

Miami fell 10 spots after losing on Saturday while Ole Miss stays one spot above the Hurricanes at No. 8. Meanwhile, the top-five of the AP Poll will most likely consist of Ohio State Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, and Georgia for the foreseeable future unless one of them slips up.

The No. 6 Oregon Ducks moved up slightly, but they were leapfrogged by Georgia after the Bulldogs took down a top-five team in Ole Miss. After Alabama, Georgia and Oregon are the top one-loss teams followed by No. 7 Georgia Tech as the Yellow Jackets remain undefeated.

Oct 18, 2025; Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning looks on during the first half against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at SHI Stadium. | Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

Biggest Movers

LSU dropped 10 spots in the poll as the biggest mover in either direction on Sunday. Texas Tech fell seven spots and Tennessee dropped six spots. Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech made the biggest jumps, as both teams now reside in the top 10.

While the updated rankings should see a decent amount of movement, only a few teams in the back half are expected to fall out completely.

BYU is the top-ranked Big 12 team as the lone undefeated team in the conference after beating No. 23 Utah in Holy War matchup that saw 28 total points scored in the fourth quarter.

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Notre Dame moved up one spot after beating then-No. 20 USC, and the Trojans fall unranked after the loss. Entering the AP Poll are No. 19 Louisville, No. 23 Illinois, No. 24 Arizona State, and No. 25 Michigan.

Oct 18, 2025; Durham, North Carolina, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets head coach Brent Key looks on during the second half of the game against Duke Blue Devils at Wallace Wade Stadium. | Jaylynn Nash-Imagn Images

Week 8 AP Poll

1. Ohio State
2. Miami
3. Indiana
4. Texas A&M
5. Ole Miss
6. Alabama
7. Texas Tech
8. Oregon
9. Georgia
10. LSU
11. Tennessee
12. Georgia Tech
13. Notre Dame
14. Oklahoma
15. BYU
16. Missouri
17. Vanderbilt
18. Virginia
19. South Florida
20. USC
21. Texas
22. Memphis
23. Utah
24. Cincinnati
25. Nebraska