AP Top 25 Overhauled With 19 Shifts as Texas Returns to Top 10, Ohio State Leads First CFP Rankings

Overview

• The AP Top 25 logged 19 changes with the top five unchanged at Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama and Georgia.
• Texas moved up three spots to No. 10 and will visit No. 5 Georgia next week after climbing back from a brief drop out of the rankings.
• Texas Tech beat previously unbeaten BYU 29-7 to seize the Big 12 lead, powered by Stone Harrington’s school‑record five field goals.
• The US LBM Coaches Poll kept Ohio State No. 1 with 59 of 63 first‑place votes, with Texas and Oklahoma tied at No. 10.
• The CFP committee’s first rankings put Ohio State at No. 1 as ACC losses by Virginia and Louisville dented multi‑bid hopes and Group‑of‑Five contenders James Madison and South Florida entered the AP Top 25.