Preseason 1-2 Texas, Penn St. fall out of Top 25

Miami moved backmost to No. 2 successful The Associated Press assemblage shot canvass connected Sunday, Texas Tech has its highest ranking since 2008 and Penn State and Texas fell each the mode retired of the Top 25 for the archetypal clip since 2022 aft the 2 top-10 teams mislaid to unranked opponents.

No. 1 Ohio State was ascendant successful its triumph implicit Minnesota, but its 40 first-place votes were its fewest since ascending to the apical 5 weeks ago. The Hurricanes, who moved up of idle Oregon, went from receiving 4 first-place votes past week to 21 this week aft winning astatine Florida State.

Miami besides had been No. 2 2 weeks agone pursuing an unfastened day and gave up that spot past week aft Oregon's overtime triumph astatine Penn State.

Oregon, which received the different 5 first-place votes, was followed by idle No. 4 Mississippi and No. 5 Texas A&M. The Aggies hammered Mississippi State and earned their highest ranking since Jimbo Fisher's 2021 squad was No. 5 successful aboriginal September.

Oklahoma slipped from No. 5 to No. 6 contempt its 44-0 shutout of Kent State. Indiana, which had an unfastened date, is No. 7 and No. 8 Alabama got a two-spot promotion for its 16-point triumph implicit Vanderbilt.

No. 9 Texas Tech, which won 35-11 astatine antecedently unbeaten Houston, cracked the apical 10 for the archetypal clip since it was No. 8 successful the last regular-season canvass successful 2008. Georgia moved up 2 spots to No. 10 aft its triumph implicit Kentucky.

Texas was the AP's presesason No. 1 squad and Penn State was No. 2. Both are present retired of the rankings.

Penn State took 1 of the biggest falls successful the 99-year past of the canvass for its nonaccomplishment astatine antecedently winless UCLA a week aft the Bruins fired their coach. The Nittany Lions had slipped from No. 2 to No. 7 pursuing their nonaccomplishment to Oregon. They went to UCLA arsenic 24.5-point favorites, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, and mislaid 42-37. Penn State is unranked for the archetypal clip since September 2022.

The plunge retired of the Top 25 matched 1959 Oklahoma for second-biggest driblet retired of the rankings, not counting preseason polls oregon the 2020 pandemic season. The '59 Sooners went from No. 2 to retired of the Top 20 aft losing their opener to Northwestern.

Texas mislaid astatine Ohio State arsenic the preseason No. 1 and was No. 9 entering its crippled astatine Florida. The Longhorns' 29-21 nonaccomplishment astatine the Swamp sent it tumbling retired of the Top 25. They hadn't been unranked since November 2022.

Before Sunday, the past clip 2 top-10 teams fell retired of the canvass the aforesaid week was Sept. 16, 1986, erstwhile it happened to No. 8 Tennessee and No. 10 Ohio State.

IN AND OUT

No. 23 Memphis, 4 spots retired of the Top 25 a week ago, is successful for the archetypal clip since it was No. 24 successful the last canvass past season. The Tigers are retired to their champion commencement since 2015 and the archetypal squad to beryllium 6-0, making them bowl-eligible for the 12th consecutive year.

No. 24 South Florida (4-1) has won 2 consecutive since its lopsided nonaccomplishment astatine Miami and is backmost aft a one-month absence.

POLL POINTS

Ohio State's 40 first-place votes are fewest for a No. 1 squad since Alabama besides got 40 successful the canvass Sept. 29, 2024.

Miami's No. 2 ranking is its highest successful an October canvass since 2003.

The teams ranked Nos. 14-19 -- Missouri, Michigan, Notre Dame, Illinois, BYU and Virginia -- each received five-spot promotions, biggest of the week.

Iowa State took the biggest autumn of immoderate squad that remained successful the Top 25, falling 8 spots to No. 22 aft losing astatine Cincinnati.

CONFERENCE CALL

SEC (9): Nos. 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 20.

Big Ten (5): Nos. 1, 3, 7, 15, 17.

Big 12 (4): Nos. 9, 18, 21, 22.

ACC (4): Nos. 2, 13, 19, 25.

American (2): Nos. 23, 24.

Independent (1): No. 16.

RANKED VS. RANKED

No. 1 Ohio State (5-0) astatine No. 17 Illinois (5-1): This is the archetypal gathering since 2017 and archetypal Top 25 matchup since 2001. The Buckeyes person won 9 consecutive successful the bid and haven't mislaid successful Champaign since 1991. The lone blemish for the Illini was a blowout nonaccomplishment astatine Indiana.

No. 7 Indiana (5-0) astatine No. 3 Oregon (5-0): The Hoosiers didn't person to play Oregon past year, the Ducks' archetypal successful the Big Ten. Indiana is 0-2 against top-five opponents nether second-year manager Curt Cignetti.

No. 8 Alabama (4-1) astatine No. 14 Missouri (5-0): The Crimson Tide bushed the Tigers 34-0 successful Tuscaloosa past year, are connected a four-game triumph streak and looking to sound disconnected a 3rd consecutive ranked opponent. Huge accidental present for Missouri for a marquee triumph successful the pursuit for the SEC rubric and College Football Playoff seeding.