Canes to No. 2; OU, Indiana, Texas Tech surge

Miami jumped LSU and Penn State into the No. 2 spot down Ohio State successful The Associated Press assemblage shot canvass connected Sunday, portion Oklahoma climbed into apical 10 for the archetypal clip successful 2 years.

Indiana and Texas Tech besides made large moves aft lopsided wins implicit Top 25 opponents.

The Hurricanes person beaten 2 ranked opponents, and they turned successful different implicit show successful a 19-point location win implicit Florida to gain their highest ranking since 2017.

The past clip Miami was ranked arsenic precocious was successful back-to-back polls successful November 2017, erstwhile Mark Richt's Hurricanes were 9-0 and 10-0. That squad mislaid 3 consecutive to extremity the season.

Penn State, which had been No. 2 since the preseason, was idle and slipped to No. 3. LSU fell 1 spot to No. 4 aft an easy win implicit Southeastern Louisiana of the second-tier Football Championship Subdivision.

No. 5 Georgia and No. 6 Oregon held their positions and were followed by No. 7 Oklahoma, which bushed antecedently ranked Auburn astatine location and returned to the apical 10 for the archetypal clip since it started 7-0 successful 2023.

Florida State, Texas A&M and Texas circular retired the apical 10.

Ohio State had an unfastened day and received 52 of 66 first-place votes from the media panel. Miami got 7 first-place votes, 4 much than a week ago. Penn State had 5 first-place votes and Oregon and Oklahoma each received one.

The Sooners are the lowest-ranked squad to person a first-place ballot successful a regular play since then-No. 7 Washington got 1 connected Sept. 24, 2023.

Indiana had played 1 of the softest schedules successful the state done 3 games earlier raising eyebrows with its 63-7 hammering of then-No. 9 Illinois. The Hoosiers made the biggest determination up, climbing 8 spots to No. 11.

Illinois' 56-point nonaccomplishment was the astir lopsided successful Bret Bielema's 5 seasons and caused the Illini to tumble from No. 9 to No. 23.

Texas Tech got a five-rung promotion to No. 12 for its 24-point triumph astatine Utah. The Red Raiders won easy contempt playing backup backmost Read Entire Article