{"id":218485,"date":"2025-10-12T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/218485\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:00:08","slug":"college-football-top-10-ranking-indiana-texas-am-georgia-move-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/218485\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Top 10 Ranking: Indiana, Texas A&M, Georgia move up"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the second year of the 12-team\u00a0College Football Playoff<\/a>. When the\u00a0CFP committee starts releasing rankings later this season, they won\u2019t be the end-all, be-all, given the new seeding rules for the 12-team field. However, the rankings are still enjoyable, and people will continue to argue over them. They still matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So after every weekend, after the dust settles from the games, I\u2019m going to unveil my updated top 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Say what you want about the quality of Ohio State\u2019s opponents so far this year, the Buckeyes make the teams they face feel hopeless. Illinois<\/a> is at least a decent opponent, and at no point in the game did it seem like Illinois had a chance to keep it close. Though Ohio State fans may have some gripes about opening the offense a little more, Matt Patricia<\/a>\u2018s defense continued its incredible run. It would be difficult to argue against the notion that the Buckeyes are far and away the best team in college football. They smother teams.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Miami<\/a>\u00a0(5-0)<\/p>\n

Miami is the only other team in the sport you would consider ranking ahead of Ohio State. Why? Because Miami has a better resume than the Buckeyes, even if the Florida State win got considerably worse on Saturday. The Hurricanes possess wins over Notre Dame, Florida, South Florida and Florida State, and it\u2019s hard to argue how they looked against those teams. Miami has all the pieces \u2014 most importantly, studs on both lines \u2014 to win at a high level. The Hurricanes were off this week, but there\u2019s no question they are the favorite to win the ACC and look pretty dangerous nationally.<\/p>\n

Some people rolled their eyes last week when Indiana was listed in the top 10. Because the Hoosiers aren\u2019t a traditional power, it takes more for them to prove to the world they\u2019re actually good. But is anyone calling them a fraud now? Indiana went out West and outplayed Oregon for four quarters, winning the game 30-20. Combine that with a 63-10 win over Illinois, and there\u2019s nobody in the country doubting whether Indiana is good anymore. Are you ready for Indiana to go undefeated in the regular season? That seems likely right now.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M is off to a 6-0 start under head coach\u00a0Mike Elko<\/a>. It has been time for the Aggies faithful to start believing this team may be different. While many in the fan base are waiting for something bad to happen to Texas A&M in SEC play, Elko\u2019s squad just keeps winning. Most recently, Texas A&M took care at Florida at home, capped off by a dominant, time-consuming touchdown drive that slammed the door late. This is the first time since 2016 that Texas A&M has started 6-0. Now look at the remainder of its schedule. There isn\u2019t a single team listed that the Aggies can\u2019t beat. It\u2019s becoming very clear this team is CFP-bound.<\/p>\n

Ole Miss came into Saturday\u2019s game as a 32-point favorite over Washington State<\/a>. The Rebels won the game, 24-21. What is the takeaway here? Did Washington State expose\u00a0some deep-rooted issues with the Rebels? Or did the Rebels just have a clunker? Though it\u2019s hard to answer, the Rebels\u2019 next two games are against Oklahoma and Georgia. Ole Miss remains in the top 10 \u2014 obviously \u2014 because it\u2019s an undefeated team in the SEC, but we\u2019ll find out who they really are in the next two weeks. My suspicion is Lane Kiffin<\/a>\u2018s squad is still really good, and it just had an off week.<\/p>\n

The more we advance into the season, the more it is becoming clear that the Crimson Tide just had a bad day in their season-opening loss to Florida State. The best part of the new way the sport is set up? It doesn\u2019t matter. Alabama captured a win over Missouri on Saturday, capping off a three-game winning streak over ranked SEC teams. The Crimson Tide also possesses wins over Vanderbilt and Georgia. Quarterback Ty Simpson has been playing at a high level and Kalen DeBoer<\/a>\u2018s team is humming. The Tide is back. Must be the black hoodie?<\/p>\n

Texas Tech was always going to be the true test of whether a single booster with a desire to invest in NIL could purchase a really good team. We\u2019ve all been on the edge of our seats waiting to see if the Red Raiders would gel or if it would be a failed experiment. Through five weeks, Texas Tech has navigated every test without breaking a sweat, which includes Saturday\u2019s thumping of Kansas. You keep waiting for Texas Tech to run into that weird Big 12 game, but the Red Raiders may just be head and shoulders better than everyone else in their conference. <\/p>\n

Georgia barely moved the ball on offense for the entire first half of its win over Auburn, but it got out of town with a 20-10 win. Though the Bulldogs aren\u2019t as dominant as they once were, Kirby Smart continually puts on a coaching clinic, finding ways to win tough games on the road in the SEC. One thing cannot be debated: after the controversial Jackson Arnold<\/a> fumble, Georgia completely shut down the Tigers offense the entire second half. Georgia\u2019s only loss also came against Alabama, a team that has now captured three consecutive wins against ranked opponents. It\u2019s OK to feel uncertain about Georgia right now. Next weekend, the Bulldogs have a chance to back up their ranking again when they host Ole Miss.<\/p>\n

No team saw its resume take a bigger blow this week than Oregon. Of course, the Ducks lost handily at home to a very good Indiana team. Also, Oregon\u2019s signature win over Penn State looks much worse now that the Nittany Lions have lost to UCLA and Northwestern the last two weeks. That said, Oregon is still one of the most talented teams in the country, and it has a manageable schedule moving forward. Oregon ran the table all the way to the Big Ten title last year before losing in its first CFP game. This loss may propel the Ducks to something bigger.<\/p>\n

10. LSU<\/a> (5-1) <\/p>\n

The way the national discourse has discussed LSU, it\u2019s like the Tigers are a two- or three-loss team. But even with offensive concerns, LSU has advanced to 5-1, and its only loss is to a really good Ole Miss team in a competitive game. LSU\u2019s most recent game was a win over South Carolina, and the Tigers defense never allowed the Gamecocks to feel like they had a chance to win. Though other teams \u2014 like Tennessee and Georgia Tech \u2014 may feel like they\u2019re entitled to this spot, LSU is still a tough out. LSU\u2019s next three games are against Vanderbilt, Texas A&M and Alabama. We\u2019ll soon find out if LSU is built to stay here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the second year of the 12-team\u00a0College Football Playoff. When the\u00a0CFP committee starts releasing rankings later this season,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,4504,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-218485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-regwall","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}