Oregon, Georgia and Ohio State are the leading teams in AP’s Top 25 college ranking, Penn State loses ground after loss
Oregon, Georgia and Ohio State remained the three leading teams in the Top 25 AP ranking of college football with Ohio State as the big winner after the win against Pennsylvania State – and Penn State as big loser, just clinching the top 10.
Ohio State had a huge win against Penn State
Georgia won against Florida with 34 – 20.
Oregon won against Michigan 38 – 17
And Miami had a massive and impressive win against Duke with 53 – 31.
Led by Heisman Trophy candidate Cam Ward, Miami improved to 9-0 with the win against Duke after its win over Florida State on last Saturday. The Hurricanes have been in the top 10 eight straight polls but not this high since they spent two weeks at No. 2 in November 2017.
Texas, which had dropped from No. 1 to No. 5 after its home loss to Georgia, slipped another spot to No. 6.
Notre Dame, knocked out of the top 10 after its Week 2 loss to Northern Illinois, moved up four spots and is No. 8 following its 51-14 win over Navy.
No. 9 BYU went on the road and beat UCF to go 8-0 and has its highest ranking since 2020, when the Cougars opened with nine straight wins.
Texas A&M’s 38-23 win over LSU was its second of the season against a top-10 opponent, and first-year coach Mike Elko’s Aggies were rewarded with a four-rung promotion to No. 10. That’s their highest ranking since they were sixth in September 2022.
No. 1 Oregon received 61 of 62 first-place votes — two more than last week — after the 38-9 win over Illinois last week and improved this week with the 38 – 17 win against Michigan.
No. 2 Georgia, which was idle, received the other first-place vote.
Poll points
Notre Dame and Texas A&M made the biggest upward moves. LSU’s drop from No. 8 to No. 16 was the biggest demotion.
BYU has risen in six consecutive polls since it entered at No. 22 on Sept. 22. Pittsburgh has moved up in four straight since it made its season debut at No. 22 on Oct. 6.
Because of Texas’ drop to No. 6, this is the first poll this season that the Southeastern Conference has had only one representative in the top five. This is the fourth straight week the Big Ten has had three of the top four teams.
Miami is the first Atlantic Coast Conference team in the top five since Florida State was No. 4 the first week of last December.
