Hoosiers vault to No. 3 in poll; Texas, USC back in

Indiana moved up to No. 3 successful The Associated Press assemblage shot canvass Sunday for its highest ranking successful programme history, and Texas was among 5 teams entering the Top 25 aft 8 ranked teams -- 3 of them antecedently unbeaten -- mislaid implicit the weekend.

Ohio State and Miami remained the apical 2 teams portion the Hoosiers earned a four-spot promotion for their 10-point triumph astatine then-No. 3 Oregon. No. 4 Texas A&M and No. 5 Mississippi traded places aft the Aggies' 17-point location triumph implicit Florida and the Rebels' three-point location triumph implicit Washington State.

The Buckeyes strengthened their clasp connected No. 1 with a coagulated roadworthy triumph against then-No. 17 Illinois and received 50 first-place votes, 10 much than past week. Miami, which was idle, earned 13 first-place votes and Indiana got the different three.

Alabama moved up 2 spots to No. 6 and was followed by Texas Tech, Oregon, Georgia and LSU. Oregon dropped 5 spots and has its lowest ranking successful 20 polls since it was No. 8 successful September 2024.

Indiana's groundbreaking tally nether second-year manager Curt Cignetti has been 1 of the biggest stories successful assemblage shot since past season. The Hoosiers went into the Oregon crippled 0-46 connected the roadworthy against top-five teams and, earlier Sunday, had ne'er been ranked higher than No. 4. Their 3 first-place votes are their astir successful a canvass since they got the aforesaid fig erstwhile they were ranked No. 6 connected Nov. 5, 1945.

Oklahoma plunged 8 spots to No. 14 with its archetypal loss, 23-6 to Texas. The Longhorns were the preseason No. 1 team, but a season-opening nonaccomplishment astatine Ohio State and Week 6 nonaccomplishment astatine Florida dropped them retired of the Top 25. In beating the rival Soooners, they held a top-10 hostile without a touchdown for the archetypal clip since 1979 and re-entered the canvass astatine No. 21.

Missouri, which started 5-0, fell 2 spots to No. 16 aft its three-point location nonaccomplishment to Alabama.

IN AND OUT

No. 20 Southern California, ranked 2 weeks successful September, returned connected the spot of its 18-point location triumph implicit Michigan.

No. 21 Texas picked up its archetypal triumph of the play against a ranked hostile and won't spot different 1 for astatine slightest 3 weeks.

No. 23 Utah is backmost aft a three-week lack pursuing a 32-point triumph implicit Arizona State.

No. 24 Cincinnati bushed UCF astatine location for its 5th consecutive triumph and is ranked for the archetypal clip since 2022.

No. 25 Nebraska came from down to bushed Maryland connected the roadworthy and has its archetypal ranking of the season.

Michigan (15), Illinois (17), Arizona State (21), Iowa State (22) and Florida State (25) dropped out.

POLL POINTS

No. 4 Texas A&M has its highest ranking successful a regular play since it was No. 3 successful September 1995.

No. 25 Nebraska is ranked successful consecutive seasons for the archetypal clip since 2013-14.

With 5 teams dropping out, it was the astir turnover successful a regular-season canvass since 7 teams fell retired Oct. 2, 2022.

CONFERENCE CALL

SEC (10): Nos. 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 21.

Big Ten (5): Nos. 1, 3, 8, 20, 25.

Big 12 (4): Nos. 7, 15, 23, 24.

ACC (3): Nos. 2, 12, 18.

American (2): Nos. 19, 22.

Independent (1): No. 13.

RANKED VS. RANKED

No. 5 Ole Miss (6-0) astatine No. 9 Georgia (5-1): Judging by their adjacent telephone against Washington State, the Rebels mightiness person been looking up to this one. They've mislaid six consecutive successful Athens since 1996.

No. 10 LSU (5-1) astatine No. 17 Vanderbilt (5-1): The Tigers person won 10 consecutive successful the series. Both teams volition beryllium ranked successful this matchup for the archetypal clip since 1947.

No. 11 Tennessee (5-1) astatine No. 6 Alabama (5-1): A Top 25 matchup for 5th consecutive year. Both teams coming disconnected hard-fought, three-point wins.

No. 20 Southern California (5-1) astatine No. 13 Notre Dame (4-2): High stakes successful this storied bid with some teams clinging to playoff hopes.

No. 23 Utah (5-1) astatine No. 15 BYU (6-0): First Top 25 matchup successful this 1 since 2009. Last year, Cougars benefited from a questionable fourth-down antiaircraft holding punishment earlier kicking tract extremity with 4 seconds near for a 22-21 win.