Oct 26, 2025, 02:11 PM ET<\/p>\n
Vanderbilt<\/a> earned its highest ranking in The Associated Press college football poll in 88 years, while LSU<\/a> dropped out of Top 25 following its third loss in four games.<\/p>\n The top six was unchanged, with Ohio State<\/a> holding the No. 1 spot for a ninth straight week, followed by Indiana<\/a>, Texas A&M<\/a>, Alabama<\/a>, Georgia<\/a> and Oregon<\/a>.<\/p>\n TeamRec.LW1. Ohio State (54)7-012. Indiana (11)8-023. Texas A&M (1)8-034. Alabama7-145. Georgia6-156. Oregon7-167. Ole Miss7-188. Georgia Tech8-079. Vanderbilt7-11010. Miami6-1910. BYU8-01112. Notre Dame5-21213. Texas Tech7-11414. Tennessee6-21715. Virginia7-11616. Louisville6-11917. Cincinnati7-12118. Oklahoma6-21319. Missouri6-21520. Texas6-22221. Michigan6-22522. Houston7-1NR23. USC5-2NR24. Utah6-2NR25. Memphis7-1NR<\/p>\n The idle Buckeyes received 53 first-place votes and the Hoosiers got 11, six more than last week. Texas A&M was No. 1 on one ballot.<\/p>\n The top six were unchanged for the first time since Nov. 12, 2023, when the top eight stood pat. The last time Texas A&M received a first-place vote was Oct. 11, 2015.<\/p>\n No. 7 Ole Miss<\/a> and No. 8 Georgia Tech<\/a> swapped spots, as did No. 9 Vanderbilt and Miami<\/a>, which is tied at No. 10 with BYU<\/a>.<\/p>\n Including BYU, the Big 12 has five teams in the Top 25 for the first time this season, with No. 13 Texas Tech<\/a>, No. 17 Cincinnati<\/a>, No. 22 Houston<\/a> and No. 24 Utah<\/a> also ranked.<\/p>\n The Big 12 last had five Top 25 teams ranked on Sept. 22, 2024.<\/p>\n No. 24 Utah hammered Colorado<\/a> 53-7<\/a> with Byrd Ficklin<\/a> starting in place of injured quarterback Devon Dampier<\/a> and leading an offense that rushed for 422 of its 587 total yards.<\/p>\n Houston, which knocked off then-No. 24 Arizona State<\/a> 24-16<\/a> for its first road win against a ranked opponent since 2017, is in the Top 25 for the first time since the first two polls in 2022.<\/p>\n The Cougars (7-1) are off to their best start since 2021, two years before they joined the Big 12. None of Houston’s four remaining regular-season games are against ranked opponents.<\/p>\n Vanderbilt’s 17-10 win<\/a> over then-No. 15 Missouri<\/a> gave the Commodores a 7-1 start for the first time since 1941 and, at No. 9, its highest ranking since it was No. 7 for one week in 1937. Vandy has a program-record three regular-season wins over Top 25 opponents.<\/p>\n LSU was ranked as high as No. 3 for three weeks in September and in the top 10 for the first five polls. Road losses to Mississippi and Vanderbilt and this weekend’s 24-point home loss against Texas A&M<\/a> put the Tigers on the outside looking in.<\/p>\n It’s the second straight year the Tigers have taken a fast fall. They were No. 8 a year ago and dropped out after three straight losses.<\/p>\n No. 12 Notre Dame appeared in its 900th poll, tied for fourth most all time, and No. 15 Virginia<\/a> has its highest ranking since it was No. 10 on Nov. 7, 2004.<\/p>\n No. 23 USC<\/a>, which was idle following its 34-24 loss at Notre Dame<\/a>, faces a challenging game at Nebraska<\/a>.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n No. 25 Memphis<\/a> rebounded from its loss to UAB<\/a> with a 34-31 win<\/a> over South Florida<\/a> to pull into a four-way tie for third place in the American behind Navy<\/a> and Tulane<\/a>.<\/p>\n In addition to LSU, South Florida (18), Illinois<\/a> (23) and Arizona State (24) dropped out.<\/p>\n CONFERENCE CALL<\/p>\n SEC (9 teams): Nos. 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 18, 19, 20.<\/p>\n Big Ten (5): Nos. 1, 2, 6, 21, 23.<\/p>\n Big 12 (5): Nos. T-10, 13, 17, 22, 24.<\/p>\n ACC (4): Nos. 8, T-10, 15, 16.<\/p>\n American (1): No. 25.<\/p>\n Independent (1): No. 12.<\/p>\n RANKED VS. RANKED<\/p>\n No. 9 Vanderbilt (7-1, 3-1 SEC) at No. 20 Texas<\/a> (6-2, 3-1): The status of Texas QB Arch Manning<\/a> is uncertain after he banged his head on the turf on the first play of overtime in the Longhorns’ win over Mississippi State<\/a>.<\/p>\n No. 17 Cincinnati (7-1, 5-0 Big 12) at No. 24 Utah (6-2, 3-2): The Bearcats are on a seven-game win streak, while the Utes are in a must-win situation the rest of season to stay in the Big 12 race.<\/p>\n No. 18 Oklahoma<\/a> (6-2, 2-2 SEC) at No. 14 Tennessee<\/a> (6-2, 3-2): The Sooners’ best-in-the-SEC defense gave up a bevy of big plays to Mississippi<\/a> and now face one of the most explosive offenses in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oct 26, 2025, 02:11 PM ET Vanderbilt earned its highest ranking in The Associated Press college football poll…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-253263","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-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253263","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=253263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}