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Vanderbilt is a top 10 team in college football in the Associated Press poll for the first time since 1947, which got an almost complete makeover on Sunday after a weekend when nine top 25 teams lost.
Ohio State It was the only team to retain its No. 1 spot for the eighth consecutive week after defeating Wisconsin 34–0.
Beyond the Buckeyes, significant adjustments were required due to four top-10 teams losing in the same week for the third time this season. According to Sportradar, the nine top 25 losing teams were the most since Week 5 in 2022, when there were 10 losses. Four of this week’s losses came to unranked opponents.
The Buckeyes received 60 votes for first place, more than a week. number 2 Indiana Dethroned Michigan State, improved its program-record ranking by one spot and received another six first-place votes.
Texas A&M’s promotion one spot to No. 3 gives the Aggies their highest ranking since 1995. number 4 Alabama It has its highest ranking of the season and No. 5 Georgia returns to the top five after a three-week absence.
Oregon, georgia techMississippi, Miami and Vanderbilt round out the top 10.
The Ducks bounced back from a home loss to Indiana with a lopsided win over Rutgers.
Georgia Tech, which won at Duke, was not in the top 10 since 2014 or ranked that high since 2009. Mississippi dropped three spots due to its loss to Georgia, and Miami dropped to seven after losing to unranked Miami. louisville,
Vanderbilt recovered from its loss at Alabama two weeks earlier with a 31–24 win over then-No. 10 LSU. The Commodores earned a seven-place promotion thanks to their first win over the Tigers since 1990. At 6–1, Vandy is off to its best start since 1950 with two wins over ranked opponents.
Texas Tech’s first loss came at Arizona State and the Red Raiders dropped seven spots to No. 14.
LSU suffered the biggest drop, falling 10 spots to No. 20, its lowest ranking of the season.
in and out
– No. 19 Louisville begins its season ranked in the top 25. The Cardinals, whose only loss was to Virginia by three points on October 4, were 0–18 all-time against top 10 teams in actual road games before defeating the Hurricanes.
– Number 23 Illinois returned despite being inactive. The Illini were eliminated for the first time this season after a home loss to Ohio State.
– No. 24 Arizona State, which fell out of the poll after a 32-point loss at Utah, returned with its first win over a top-10 opponent since 2019.
– No. 25 Michigan’s 17-point home win over Washington returned the Wolverines to the rankings after a one-week absence.
– Southern California (20), Memphis (22), Utah (23) and Nebraska (25) were eliminated.
polling point
– Ohio State’s 10 consecutive appearances in the top five is the longest active streak.
– Georgia’s 140th consecutive week in the poll is the second-longest active streak behind Alabama’s 287.
— Vanderbilt’s top-10 ranking is its fifth in program history. The others were in 1937 (1), 1941 (1) and 1947 (2).
– No. 16 Virginia’s ranking is its highest since 2007.
conference call
SEC (10) – Numbers 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22.
Big Ten (5) – Nos. 1, 2, 6, 23, 25.
Big 12 (4) – numbers 11, 14, 21, 24.
ACC (4) – numbers 7, 9, 16, 19
American (1)-No. 18.
Independent (1)- Number 12.
rank vs rank
– No. 3 Texas A&M (7-0) at No. 20 LSU (5-2): The home team has won the last eight meetings. LSU’s Garrett Nussmeyer threw three interceptions in the second half and Marcel Reed came off the bench to run for three TDs in the Aggies’ 38–23 win last year.
– No. 8 Mississippi (6-1) at No. 13 Oklahoma (6-1): Only their third all-time meeting. The Rebels recorded nine sacks in last year’s 26-14 win.
– No. 15 Missouri (6-1) at No. 10 Vanderbilt (6-1): Vandy kicker Brock Taylor has made 17 consecutive field goals since missing a 31-yarder that gave the Tigers a 30-27 double-overtime win last year.
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