Overview
- Voters elevated Miami to No. 1 in the AP poll and the Coaches Poll after the Hurricanes survived a double-overtime win, with BYU moving to No. 2 following its upset of Notre Dame.
- The weekend’s shock occurred on Saturday when five of the AP’s top seven teams lost, a cluster of results that left every AP Top 25 slot occupied by a different team than the prior week.
- Ohio State rose into the top three after a 19-15 road victory over Indiana, a game decided when a reviewed Josh Hoover pass to Nick Marsh was ruled incomplete because Marsh’s left foot came off the ground.
- Ohio State’s outlook changed again when coach Ryan Day said quarterback Julian Sayin suffered a right-shoulder injury in the fourth quarter and is likely to miss several weeks, a development that alters short-term playoff and conference projections.
- The shakeup highlights differences between media and coaches voters and will complicate College Football Playoff discussion because voters weigh head-to-head results, analytics, resume and player availability differently.