Tide, Dawgs into AP top 5; Vandy soars to No. 10

Vanderbilt is simply a top-10 squad successful assemblage shot for the archetypal clip since 1947 successful an Associated Press Top 25 canvass that got a astir implicit makeover Sunday aft a play erstwhile 9 ranked teams lost.

Ohio State was the lone squad to clasp its spot, remaining No. 1 for an eighth consecutive week aft shutting retired Wisconsin 34-0 connected the road.

Beyond the Buckeyes, important revision was required with 4 top-10 teams losing successful the aforesaid week for a 3rd clip this season. Nine Top 25 losing teams were the astir since Week 5 successful 2022, erstwhile 10 went down, according to Sportradar. Four of the losses this week were to unranked opponents.

The Buckeyes received 60 first-place votes, 10 much than a week ago. No. 2 Indiana pulled distant from Michigan State, improved its program-record ranking by 1 spot and got the different six first-place votes.

Ohio State's 10 consecutive appearances successful the apical 5 is the longest progressive streak.

Texas A&M's one-rung promotion to No. 3 gives the Aggies their highest ranking since 1995. No. 4 Alabama has its highest ranking of the play and No. 5 Georgia returned to the apical 5 aft a three-week absence.

Georgia's 140th consecutive week successful the canvass is the second-longest progressive streak to Alabama's 287.

Oregon, Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, Miami and Vanderbilt circular retired the apical 10.

The Ducks bounced backmost from their location nonaccomplishment to Indiana with a lopsided roadworthy triumph implicit Rutgers.

Georgia Tech, which won astatine Duke, hadn't been successful the apical 10 since 2014 oregon ranked arsenic precocious since 2009. Mississippi's nonaccomplishment to Georgia caused it to gaffe 3 spots, and Miami fell 7 aft losing to unranked Louisville.

Louisville makes its play debut successful the Top 25. The No. 19 Cardinals, whose lone nonaccomplishment was by 3 points to Virginia connected Oct. 4, were 0-18 all-time against apical 10 teams successful existent roadworthy games earlier knocking disconnected the Hurricanes.

At No. 16, Virginia's ranking is its highest since 2007.

Vanderbilt rallied from its nonaccomplishment astatine Alabama 2 weeks agone with a 31-24 triumph implicit then-No. 10 LSU. The Commodores earned a seven-spot promotion for their archetypal triumph implicit the Tigers since 1990. At 6-1, Vandy is disconnected to its champion commencement since 1950 with 2 wins implicit ranked opponents.

Vanderbilt's top-10 ranking is its 5th successful programme history. The others were successful 1937 (1), 1941 (1) and 1947 (2).

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