The AP Top 25 college football rankings are now out, as the AP college football poll has a few notable shakeups.
The AP top 25 college football poll mostly looks the same from last week, but the college football rankings have one very big change. With Oklahoma falling to BYU, the AP college football poll has the Sooners out of the top 10, and BYU in. As such, the college football rankings will now center on whether BYU could possibly make a run to the top – at least until the Cougars lose a game.
The AP Top 25 college football poll is the same in the top 2, of course, according to the Associated Press itself,. Florida and Texas had far less problems in their first game than Oklahoma, so the Gators and Longhorns are even more solid favorites.
The rest of the top 10 college football poll has the major changes. Though USC is now number 3 in the college football rankings, Alabama has two first place votes at fourth, after their win over Virginia Tech. Oklahoma State rises into the top 5 after defeating Georgia, followed by Ole Miss, Penn State, and Ohio State – which actually dropped down after their win over Navy.
But the BYU Cougars took the biggest jump in the AP top 25 college football poll. After their upset of Oklahoma, the Cougars are now ninth in the nation, and will be at the center of BCS dark horse talk for some time.
Of course, BYU plays in the ultra-competitive Mountain West with Utah and TCU, and faces Florida State in two weeks, so getting an undefeated season will still be very difficult. The other mid-major BCS buster, Boise State, is at 12’th after defeating Oregon.
As for the Sooners, they dropped to 13’th in the college football rankings, with a lot of turmoil still ahead. Sam Bradford is expected to be out for 2-4 more weeks, as Sooner Nation hopes that he will at least be back for the showdown against Texas in October.
Until then, the Sooners face a relatively easy schedule until they take on Miami in a few weeks. The Hurricanes jumped into the college football rankings at 20’th, after their thrilling win over Florida State.
– By Robert Dougherty | AC
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(ESPN.com) — The newest AP Poll is out, and it includes both Penn State and Ohio State in the Top 10. And that does it, at least from a Big Ten perspective.
Penn State moves up two spots to No. 7, while the Buckeyes dropped two spots to No. 8 after their too-close-for-comfort victory against Navy last Saturday. USC moves up to No. 3, setting up a matchup of two Top 10 teams Saturday at Ohio Stadium (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET).
Iowa tumbled out of the rankings after barely beating FCS-member Northern Iowa last week. The Hawkeyes fell behind Michigan State in the “also receiving votes” category, a spot ahead of Michigan, which looked impressive in a win against Western Michigan. Michigan State finishes second in others receiving votes, meaning a jump into the rankings is possible next week.
Needless to say, the Big Ten really needs to improve its stock beginning this week.
ESPN.com’s Power Rankings are also out. Penn State comes in at No. 6, four spots ahead of No. 10 Ohio State. Iowa, Michigan State and Michigan are receiving votes.
Here’s how I voted in this week’s power rankings:
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. USC
4. Alabama
5. Oklahoma State
6. Mississippi
7. Penn State
8. California
9. Ohio State
10. BYU
11. Oklahoma
12. LSU
13. Boise State
14. Virginia Tech
15. Georgia Tech
16. TCU
17. Notre Dame
18. Utah
19. Cincinnati
20. Nebraska
21. Miami
22. North Carolina
23. Georgia
24. Florida State
25. Michigan State