No. 2 Miami jumps Oregon in AP Top
25, Penn State and Texas fall out of poll
[October 06, 2025]
By ERIC OLSON
Miami moved back to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football
poll on Sunday, Texas Tech has its highest ranking since 2008 and
Penn State and Texas fell all the way out of the Top 25 for the
first time since 2022 after the two top-10 teams lost to unranked
opponents.
No. 1 Ohio State was dominant in its win over Minnesota, but its 40
first-place votes were its fewest since ascending to the top five
weeks ago. The Hurricanes, who moved ahead of idle Oregon, went from
receiving four first-place votes last week to 21 this week after
winning at Florida State.
Miami also had been No. 2 two weeks ago following an open date and
gave up that spot last week after Oregon's overtime win at Penn
State.
Oregon, which received the other five first-place votes, was
followed by idle No. 4 Mississippi and No. 5 Texas A&M. The Aggies
hammered Mississippi State and earned their highest ranking since
Jimbo Fisher's 2021 team was No. 5 in early September.
Oklahoma slipped from No. 5 to No. 6 despite its 44-0 shutout of
Kent State. Indiana, which had an open date, is No. 7 and No. 8
Alabama got a two-spot promotion for its 16-point win over
Vanderbilt.
No. 9 Texas Tech, which won 35-11 at previously unbeaten Houston,
cracked the top 10 for the first time since it was No. 8 in the
final regular-season poll in 2008. Georgia moved up two spots to No.
10 after its win over Kentucky.
Texas was the AP's preseason No. 1 team and Penn State was No. 2.
Both are now out of the rankings.
Penn State took one of the biggest falls in the 99-year history of
the poll for its loss at previously winless UCLA a week after the
Bruins fired their coach. The Nittany Lions had slipped from No. 2
to No. 7 following their loss to Oregon. They went to UCLA as
24.5-point favorites, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, and lost
42-37. Penn State is unranked for the first time since September
2022.
The plunge out of the Top 25 matched 1959 Oklahoma for
second-biggest drop out of the rankings, not counting preseason
polls or the 2020 pandemic season. The '59 Sooners went from No. 2
to out of the Top 20 after losing their opener to Northwestern.
Texas lost at Ohio State as the preseason No. 1 and was No. 9
entering its game at Florida. The Longhorns' 29-21 loss at the Swamp
sent it tumbling out of the Top 25. They hadn't been unranked since
November 2022.
Before Sunday, the last time two top-10 teams fell out of the poll
the same week was Sept. 16, 1986, when it happened to No. 8
Tennessee and No. 10 Ohio State.
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In and out
No. 23 Memphis, four spots out of the Top 25 a week ago, is in
for the first time since it was No. 24 in the final poll last
season. The Tigers are out to their best start since 2015 and the
first team to be 6-0, making them bowl-eligible for the 12th
straight year.
No. 24 South Florida (4-1) has won two straight
since its lopsided loss at Miami and is back after a one-month
absence.
Penn State (7) and Texas (9) dropped out.
Poll points
__ Ohio State's 40 first-place votes are fewest for a No. 1 team
since Alabama also got 40 in the poll Sept. 29, 2024.
__ Miami's No. 2 ranking is its highest in an October poll since
2003.
__ The teams ranked Nos. 14-19 Missouri, Michigan, Notre Dame,
Illinois, BYU and Virginia each received five-spot promotions,
biggest of the week.
__ Iowa State took the biggest fall of any team that remained in the
Top 25, falling eight spots to No. 22 after losing at Cincinnati.
Conference call
SEC (9) Nos. 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 20.
Big Ten (5) Nos. 1, 3, 7, 15, 17.
Big 12 (4) Nos. 9, 18, 21, 22.
ACC (4) Nos. 2, 13, 19, 25.
American (2) Nos. 23, 24.
Independent (1) No. 16.
Ranked vs. ranked
No. 1 Ohio State (5-0) at No. 17 Illinois (5-1): This is the
first meeting since 2017 and first Top 25 matchup since 2001. The
Buckeyes have won nine straight in the series and havent lost in
Champaign since 1991. The lone blemish for the Illini was a blowout
loss at Indiana.
No. 7 Indiana (5-0) at No. 3 Oregon (5-0): The Hoosiers didnt
have to play Oregon last year, the Ducks first in the Big Ten.
Indiana is 0-2 against top-five opponents under second-year coach
Curt Cignetti.
No. 8 Alabama (4-1) at No. 14 Missouri (5-0): The Crimson Tide
beat the Tigers 34-0 in Tuscaloosa last year, are on a four-game win
streak and looking to knock off a third straight ranked opponent.
Huge opportunity here for Missouri for a marquee win in the chase
for the SEC title and College Football Playoff seeding.
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