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Oct 27, 2024, 02:14 PM ET
Miami edged ahead of Texas and reached No. 5 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football survey Sunday for its greatest ranking since 2017, while Notre Dame, BYU and Texas A&M all moved into the leading 10.
Oregon, Georgia, Penn State and Ohio State remained the leading four groups, and Washington State and Colorado went into the Top 25 for the very first time this season.Led by Heisman Prize prospect Cam Ward, Miami improved to 8-0 with its win over Florida State on Saturday. The Hurricanes have actually remained in the leading 10 for eight straight polls however not this high because they spent two weeks at No. 2 in November 2017. Group Rec.1. Oregon (61 )8-0 2. Georgia(1)6-1 3.
| Penn | State 7-0 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| . Ohio State 6-1 5 | . Miami 8-0 6. Texas 7-1 7. Tennessee 6-1 | ||
| 8. Notre Dame 7-1 9. BYU 8-0 10 | |||
| . Texas A&M 7-1 11. Clemson 6-1 11. Iowa State 7-0 13. Indiana | |||
| 8-0 14. Alabama | 6-2 | ||
| 15. Boise State 6-1 | |||
| 16. LSU 6-2 17. | Kansas State 7-1 18. Pittsburgh 7-0 19 | ||
| . Ole Miss 6-2 20. SMU 7-1 | |||
| 21. Army 7-0 | 22. | ||
| Washington State 7-1 23. Colorado 6-2 24. Illinois 6-2 25. Missouri 6-2 Texas, which had dropped from No. | 1 to | ||
| No. 5 after its home loss to Georgia, slipped another spot to No. 6 following a three-point win at Vanderbilt.Notre Dame, knocked out of the top | |||
| 10 after its Week | 2 loss to Northern Illinois, moved up four areas and is No. 8 | ||
| following its | 51-14 win | ||
| over Navy.No. 9 BYU went | on the road and beat UCF to go 8-0 and has its greatest ranking given that | 2020, when the | Cougars opened |
| with nine straight wins.Texas A&M’s 38-23 win | |||
| over LSU was its second of the |
season against a top-10 challenger, and first-year coach Mike Elko’s Aggies were rewarded with a four-rung promo to No. 10. That’s their greatest ranking given that they were sixth in September 2022. No. 1 Oregon got 61 of 62 first-place votes– two more than recently– after a 38-9 win over Illinois.
No. 2 Georgia, which was idle, received the other first-place vote.Penn State overcame the loss of quarterback Drew Allar to injury just before halftime to win at
Wisconsin and stayed No. 3 going into this weekend’s home game against Ohio State, which stayed No. 4 after scuffling to a 21-17 win in your home versus almost four-touchdown-underdog Nebraska.POLL POINTS Notre Dame and Texas A&M made the biggest upward moves.
LSU’s drop from No. 8 to No. 16 was the most significant demotion.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated BYU has actually risen in six successive polls given that it got in at No. 22 on Sept. 22. Pittsburgh has gone up in 4 straight because it made its season
debut at No. 22 on Oct. 6. Because of Texas’drop to No. 6, this is the very first survey this season that the SEC has actually had only one agent in the top five. This is the 4th straight week the Big 10 has had 3 of the top 4 teams.Miami is the very first ACC group in the top five given that Florida State was No. 4 the first week of last December.WHO’S IN; WHO’SOUT Washington State(
7-1)beat San Diego State for its 3rd straight win and got in at No. 22 to become the very first ranked team this season from what remains of the Pac-12.(Oregon
State is the only other existing member.) Colorado (6-2)has won 5 of six after beating Cincinnati and is No. 23, the first ranking for coach Deion Sanders and his Buffaloes because they appeared in 3 straight polls early last season.Vanderbilt’s first ranking because the 2013 season lasted simply one week. The Commodores, who had been No. 25, got the most votes amongst groups outside the Top 25. Navy, in the poll 2 straight weeks, was knocked out after committing 6 turnovers in its 37-point loss to Notre Dame. Rival Army (7-0 )climbed 2 areas to No.
21. TELECONFERENCE SEC: 8(
Nos. 2, 6, 7, 10, 14, 16, 19, 25 )Big Ten: 5 (Nos. 1, 3, 4, 13, 24) ACC: 4( Nos. 5, 11, 18, 20 )Huge 12: 4(Nos. 9, 11, 17, 23 )American: 1 (No. 21)Independent: 1 (No. 8)Mountain West: 1 (No. 15) Pac-12: 1 (No. 22)RANKED VS. RANKED No. 4 Ohio
State at No. 3 Penn State: This will be the 4th meeting of top-five groups this season. The Buckeyes have actually won 7 directly in the series. Both teams have health issues, none larger than the knee injury to Penn State’s Allar.No. 18 Pittsburgh at No. 20 SMU: Of the 4 groups unbeaten in ACC play, these two are the biggest surprises. Pitt was chosen 13th in the conference in the preseason media survey and SMU seventh.