Power Rankings: LSU drops 13 spots; BYU, Memphis and Louisville join the Top 25

The archetypal afloat period of the 2025 assemblage shot play is officially successful the books, and immoderate of the nation's biggest early-season surprises were erstwhile again connected show crossed a thrilling Week 5 slate.

At Ole Miss, Ferris State transportation Trinidad Chambliss eclipsed 300 passing yards for a 3rd consecutive commencement to assistance the Rebels slay LSU. After dismantling Illinois successful Week 4, Indiana and Georgia Tech, which gained a triumph successful overtime implicit Wake Forest, escaped trap games to their respective astonishment places successful the College Football Playoff race. Fellow CFP contenders Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt continued their scorching starts and others -- LSU, Florida State, TCU and USC among them -- stumbled.

The weekend's brace of highly anticipated prime-time matchups delivered too. Despite a leaky tally defense, Alabama notched its latest triumph implicit Georgia connected the roadworthy Saturday night. Meanwhile Oregon sealed possibly the biggest triumph of immoderate programme this play successful an overtime triumph astatine Penn State down the play of first-year starter Dante Moore, "the champion backmost successful assemblage football," according to Ducks manager Dan Lanning.

Here's our instrumentality connected this week's Top 25 with penetration from ESPN's assemblage shot experts connected the biggest surprises crossed the athletics truthful acold this fall. -- Eli Lederman

1. Ohio State Buckeyes

Previous ranking: 1

Is this year's Ohio State defence adjacent amended than past year's? Through 4 games, the Buckeyes person been perfectly ascendant defensively, including successful Saturday's 24-6 triumph astatine Washington. Ohio State has fixed up conscionable 22 points full this year, for a ridiculous mean of lone 5.5 points per game. Last year, with a senior-l...