The Cards are now the second-highest ranked team in the ACC, behind only the one team that has knocked them off this season.
The first College Football Playoff rankings of the season will be out Tuesday night.
Here’s this week’s AP Poll.
Others receiving votes: Iowa 71, JMU 53, Pittsburgh 35, SDSU 30, North Texas 27, USF 23, SMU 7, Houston 6, Illinois 4, LSU 4, Arizona State 4