By ERIC OLSON<\/p>\n
Associated Press<\/p>\n
Texas returned to the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll<\/a> on Sunday, the Atlantic Coast Conference has five teams ranked for the first time this season and two Group of Five conferences are now represented in the Top 25 a month before the playoff bracket is set. The top five was unchanged.<\/p>\n The Longhorns, the preseason No. 1 team, are ranked No. 10 in advance of its visit to No. 5 Georgia this week. They had been in the top 10 for the first six polls before their loss at Florida knocked them out of the Top 25 for a week.<\/p>\n Four straight wins elevated them to No. 13 last week, and they jumped three spots ahead of BYU and Virginia and an idle Oklahoma, which they beat 23-6 on Oct. 11. Texas did not play over the weekend.<\/p>\n Ohio State was No. 1 for the 11th week in a row with 55 first-place votes. Indiana remained No. 2 after its narrow escape at Penn State<\/a>, but the Hoosiers\u2019 six first-place votes were five fewer than last week.<\/p>\n No. 3 Texas A&M got four first-place votes, three more than a week ago, and was 31 points behind Indiana. Alabama and Georgia rounded out the top five. Mississippi, Oregon, Texas Tech, Notre Dame and Texas rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n In all, 19 spots in the Top 25<\/a> have new teams.<\/p>\n The ACC has five teams with one loss in conference play and two others with two losses. That\u2019s reflected in the closely bunched group of ACC teams in the poll \u2014 No. 14 Georgia Tech, No. 16 Miami, No. 19 Louisville, No. 20 Virginia and No. 23 Pittsburgh. The last time the ACC had as many ranked teams was Nov. 3, 2024.<\/p>\n The race for the Group of Five\u2019s automatic bid in the College Football Playoff got more interesting with Memphis\u2019 loss to Tulane<\/a> on Friday. The CFP committee did not have a G5 team in its top 25 but said Memphis was first in line. That will almost certainly change when the committee\u2019s next rankings come out Tuesday.<\/p>\n No. 24 James Madison of the Sun Belt Conference made its first AP poll appearance since 2023. The Dukes are 8-1, their only loss to Louisville, and are the highest-ranked G5 team. No. 25 South Florida of the American Conference is right behind, and Tulane of the American received the most votes among the unranked.<\/p>\n In and out<\/p>\n \u2014 No. 23 Pittsburgh, No. 24 in the initial CFP rankings, is in the AP poll for the first time since last November.<\/p>\n \u2014 No. 24 James Madison\u2019s previous Top 25 appearance was in 2023, when Curt Cignetti\u2019s last Dukes team was in the final seven regular-season polls.<\/p>\n \u2014 No. 25 South Florida\u2019s 32-point win over USTA helped Bulls to return after a two-week absence.<\/p>\n Missouri (19), Memphis (22) and Washington (24) dropped out.<\/p>\n Poll points<\/p>\n \u2014 The last time there teams from two G5 conferences ranked at the same time was last year, when Boise State and UNLV of the Mountain West and Army and Memphis of the American were in the final two polls of the season.<\/p>\n \u2014 BYU, which was unbeaten before its 29-7 loss at Texas Tech<\/a>, dropped four spots to No. 12 to end its two-week stay in the top 10.<\/p>\n \u2014 Virginia and James Madison give the commonwealth two ranked teams for the first time since the final 2023 regular-season poll (Liberty, James Madison).<\/p>\n Conference call<\/p>\n SEC (8): Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 21.<\/p>\n ACC (5): Nos. 14, 16, 19, 20, 23.<\/p>\n Big Ten (5): Nos. 1, 2, 7, 17, 18.<\/p>\n Big 12 (4): Nos. 8, 12, 15, 22.<\/p>\n Independent (1): No. 9.<\/p>\n Sun Belt (1): No. 24.<\/p>\n American (1): No. 25.<\/p>\n Ranked vs. ranked<\/p>\n No. 10 Texas (7-2, 4-1 SEC, No. 11 CFP) at No. 5 Georgia (8-1, 6-1, No. 5 CFP): Bulldogs won regular-season meeting and SEC championship game against Longhorns last year. Third straight time this is an top-10 matchup.<\/p>\n No. 9 Notre Dame (6-2, No. 10 CFP) at No. 23 Pittsburgh (7-2, No. 24 CFP): Huge playoff implications for both. Irish and Panthers both ranked at time of their meeting for first time since 1991.<\/p>\n No. 11 Oklahoma (7-2, 3-2, No. 12 CFP) at No. 4 Alabama (8-1, 6-0, No. 4 CFP): Last year\u2019s embarrassing loss in Norman killed Crimson Tide\u2019s playoff hopes.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here<\/a> and here<\/a> (AP News mobile app). 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