For three weeks, the top five of the AP Top 25 rankings have gone unchanged, with Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama and Georgia at the top of the heap.
That’s set to shift when the latest poll drops at 2 p.m. ET.
No. 4 Alabama could take the greatest hit after a 23-21 loss to No. 11 Oklahoma.
The upset not only ended the Crimson Tide’s eight-game winning streak but also narrowed its path to the Southeastern Conference championship game and the College Football Playoff.
No. 3 Texas A&M nearly faced the same fate as the Tide. The Aggies had to pull off their biggest comeback in program history to beat South Carolina 31-30 and stay on track to play in the SEC title game.
No. 5 Georgia, meanwhile, is in for a promotion after its 35-10 win over No. 10 Texas.
Still solid are No. 1 Ohio State, which breezed through a victory over UCLA, and a still-undefeated No. 2 Indiana.
Where will the others fall?
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How do things look for the playoff? The situation in the Group of Five is scrambled after frontrunner No. 25 South Florida lost to Navy. The Atlantic Coast Conference situation is also messy: No. 16 Miami hammered North Carolina State, while No. 14 Georgia Tech barely beat Boston College.Who decides the rankings? The Top 25 voters are more than 60 journalists covering college football for AP members and other news organizations. They’re urged to base their votes on head-to-head results, not reputation, preseason speculation or regional bias.What does your Top 25 look like? We know you think you can do better. Prove it by submitting a ballot in the AP Top 25 Fan Poll.
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