{"id":431187,"date":"2026-10-18T11:52:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T11:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/431187\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T11:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T11:52:48","slug":"hurricane-warning-miami-poised-for-no-1-after-5-of-the-top-7-teams-lose-in-historic-top-25-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/431187\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane warning: Miami poised for No. 1 after 5 of the top 7 teams lose in historic Top 25 day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792324368_518_Independent+Membership+White.png\" alt=\"Independent Membership\" class=\"logo-premium-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"\/subscribe?regSourceMethod=Bookmarks\" class=\"subscribe-link\" target=\"_parent\">Join today<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"login-copy\">\n      Already a member?<br \/>\n      <a href=\"#\" class=\"login-link login-trigger\" external-event=\"openLogin\">Log in<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>After a weekend never before seen for teams in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/associated-press\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a> Top 25, a major shakeup is on tap in the college football poll on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Five of the top seven teams in the rankings \u2014 No. 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/georgia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia<\/a>, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/texas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a> \u2014 lost on the same day in the regular season for the first time in the history of the poll that began in 1936. It\u2019s the first time Nos. 1 and 2 lost on the same day in the regular season since 2012 and eight Top 25 teams lost in all.<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/miami\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami<\/a> (6-0) was among the survivors \u2014 barely. The Hurricanes are set to take over the top poll spot for the first time since 2002 after beating rival Florida State 43-35 in a double-overtime thriller. <\/p>\n<p>If they do, the Hurricanes can only hope to do better than the No. 1 team has the last two weeks; Texas and Georgia lost to unranked teams, the first time that&#8217;s happened in consecutive weeks since 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Also up for possible promotions are No. 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/ohio-state\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio State<\/a> (6-1), which beat the Hoosiers 19-15, No. 8 BYU (6-0), which knocked off Notre Dame 28-24; No. 9 Mississippi (5-1), which routed No. 13 Missouri 31-3; and No. 10 Texas Tech (6-0), which beat Arizona State 53-25. <\/p>\n<p>It could be quite a day for the Big 12, with No. 11 Utah (6-0) among the unbeaten after holding off Colorado 27-24. <\/p>\n<p>The questions include be how far Georgia, Notre Dame and Indiana might fall after close losses. Alabama and Texas now have two losses each and No. 14 Tennessee (6-1) is in line for a step up after beating the Crimson Tide 26-10.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for Top 25 poll alerts here, visit the Top 25 here and see AP\u2019s full college football coverage here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? 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