AP Top 25 college football, new poll: Alabama, Ole Miss, Indiana losses change top 10
While Indiana’s loss to Ohio State wasn’t a surprise, Alabama and Mississippi losing to unranked teams on Saturday only added to the Associated Press Top 25 poll reshuffling.
Those three top-10 teams tumbled, after No. 2 Ohio State battered Indiana, 38-15, Oklahoma shocked Alabama, 24-3, and Florida toppled Ole Miss, 24-17.
As a result, while Oregon (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten), Ohio State (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten), Texas (10-1, 6-1 SEC) and Penn State (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) stayed in the top four positions, Notre Dame (10-1) moved up to No. 5 and the ACC now has two top-10 teams in No. 8 Miami (10-1, 6-1 ACC) and No. 9 SMU (10-1, 8-0 ACC).
No. 6 Georgia (9-2, 6-2 SEC) and No. 7 Tennessee (9-2, 5-2 SEC) benefited from the upsets ahead of them to move up and stay in front of those two ACC teams despite having one more loss apiece.
Indiana (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) hung in at No. 10, falling five spots after suffering its first loss.
Voters were not impressed with No. 11 Boise State (10-1, 7-0 Mountain West) struggling before beating Wyoming, 17-13, on Saturday. The Broncos only moved up one spot in the poll as SMU zoomed past them.
A third ACC team, Clemson (9-2, 7-1 ACC) is next at No. 12 and poised to make its case for College Football Playoff inclusion as well. The Tigers play No. 16 South Carolina (8-3, 5-3 SEC) on Saturday in their rivalry grudge match.
No. 13 Alabama (8-3, 4-3 SEC) and No. 15 Ole Miss (8-3, 4-3 SEC) saw their College Football Playoff hopes dashed and dropped out of the top 10 as a result.
Further down the poll, No. 19 BYU will fell five spots after losing 28-23 at Arizona State Saturday night. The Sun Devils (9-2, 6-2 Big 12) now hold the Big 12’s best ranking as BYU (9-2, 6-2 Big 12) has suffered consecutive losses that killed its College Football Playoff at-large berth hopes.
The middle of the second 10 teams in the poll rankings took a beating on Saturday as Texas A&M (8-3, 5-2 SEC) suffered a four-overtime, 43-41, loss to Auburn (5-6, 2-5 SEC) and Colorado (8-3, 6-2 Big 12) absorbed a 37-21 setback to Kansas (5-6, 4-4 Big 12).
Losses to teams with losing records brought the expected No. 20 Aggies, who fell five spots, and No. 23 Buffaloes, who tumbled seven spots.
Notre Dame’s 49-14 drilling of Army, sent the Black Knights (9-1) falling all the way to No. 25.
Who dropped from the poll? That would be Washington State (8-3), which lost 41-38 to Oregon State to suffer its second consecutive loss. The Cougars were No. 25 last week.
Missouri (8-3, 4-3 SEC) moved back in at No. 24.
This week’s AP Top 25 poll
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Oregon |
| 2 | Ohio State |
| 3 | Texas |
| 4 | Penn State |
| 5 | Notre Dame |
| 6 | Georgia |
| 7 | Tennessee |
| 8 | Miami |
| 9 | SMU |
| 10 | Indiana |
| 11 | Boise State |
| 12 | Clemson |
| 13 | Alabama |
| 14 | Arizona State |
| 15 | Mississippi |
| 16 | South Carolina |
| 17 | Iowa State |
| 18 | Tulane |
| 19 | BYU |
| 20 | Texas A&M |
| 21 | UNLV |
| 22 | Illinois |
| 23 | Colorado |
| 24 | Missouri |
| 25 | Army |
This story was originally published November 24, 2024 at 10:15 AM.