Overview
- Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama and Georgia held the top five in the new AP poll, which moved 19 teams and lifted Texas to No. 10.
- Texas Tech rose after handing BYU its first loss, 29-7, with Stone Harrington’s five field goals and now leads the Big 12 race.
- Indiana survived at Penn State on a late Fernando Mendoza-to-Omar Cooper Jr. touchdown, and Oregon edged Iowa on a final-second field goal.
- ACC contenders stumbled as Virginia fell to Wake Forest and Louisville lost to California, improving Georgia Tech’s path in the league race.
- Group-of-Five contenders James Madison (No. 24) and South Florida (No. 25) entered the AP rankings, while the Coaches Poll kept Ohio State No. 1 with 59 first-place votes and set up ranked clashes including Alabama–Oklahoma, Georgia–Texas and Notre Dame–Pittsburgh this weekend.