AP top 25 poll: Oregon rises, Sooners slide in college football rankings for Week 10
Five teams in the top 25 poll lost over the weekend in some dramatic upsets, ensuring another round of major change to come in the AP top 25 college football rankings, the final edition that will come out before the playoff selection committee reveals its own poll this week.
- No. 6 Sooners flopped at Kansas, making the Big 12 title chase a little more interesting as November kicks off
- Tar Heels dropped a 2nd straight game to an unranked ACC foe
- Louisville makes a statement as the ACC's No. 2
- Ohio State pulls ahead at Wisconsin and could emerge as the CFP No. 1
- Oregon trounced Utah on the road and is top 10 in most offensive categories
- Georgia tops Florida with toughest part of schedule upcoming
- LSU, Alabama set to major SEC West clash this week
Who are the biggest movers up in the polls this week? And who's going down? Here's your look at the updated top 25 college football rankings as head move into the Week 10 schedule, according to the AP voters.
AP top 25 rankings
First-place votes in parentheses
- Georgia (48)
- Michigan (9)
- Ohio State (3)
- Florida State (3)
- Washington
- Oregon
- Texas
- Alabama
- Penn State
- Oklahoma
- Ole Miss
- Notre Dame
- LSU
- Missouri
- Louisville
- Oregon State
- Air Force
- Utah
- Tennessee
- UCLA
- Tulane
- Kansas
- James Madison
- USC
- Kansas State
Where we left off: Last week's AP top 25 rankings
How did we do? Our prediction for the AP poll this week
AP top 25 biggest movers
Utah (Down 5). The Utes are moving down in the rankings after a bad loss at home to Oregon.
Louisville (Up 3). A statement win by the Cardinals at home against a ranked Duke team that puts UL in the driver's seat for the No. 2 slot in the ACC.
Oklahoma (Down 4). Still in the top 10 after the loss at Kansas, which makes the Big 12 title race a lot more interesting.
Kansas (Was unranked). As expected, the Jayhawks enter the top 25 rankings this week after a solid win over OU that included over 200 rushing yards.
Kansas State (Was unranked). The Wildcats defense smashed Houston in a 41-0 rout and Will Howard has complete command of this offense with a date against Texas up next for the defending Big 12 champs.
Close, but no cigar
These teams received votes, but not enough to make the final rankings
Oklahoma State 77, North Carolina 54, Liberty 47, Fresno State 16, Miami 11, Arizona 6, Toledo 3, Rutgers 2
College football's undefeated teams
SEC: Georgia (8-0)
Big Ten: Michigan (8-0), Ohio State (8-0)
Pac-12: Washington (8-0)
ACC: Florida State (8-0)
Conference USA: Liberty (8-0)
Mountain West: Air Force (8-0)
Sun Belt: James Madison (8-0)
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