AP Top 25 gets an overhaul behind
No. 1 Ohio State; Vandy is a top-10 team for 1st time since 1947
[October 20, 2025]
By ERIC OLSON
Vanderbilt is a top-10 team in college football for the first time
since 1947 in an Associated Press poll that got a nearly complete
makeover Sunday after a weekend when nine Top 25 teams lost.
Ohio State was the only team to hold its spot, remaining No. 1 for
an eighth straight week after shutting out Wisconsin 34-0 on the
road.
Beyond the Buckeyes, significant revision was required with four
top-10 teams losing in the same week for a third time this season.
Nine Top 25 losing teams were the most since Week 5 in 2022, when 10
went down, according to Sportradar. Four of the losses this week
were to unranked opponents.
The Buckeyes received 60 first-place votes, 10 more than a week ago.
No. 2 Indiana pulled away from Michigan State, improved its
program-record ranking by one spot and got the other six first-place
votes.
Texas A&M's one-rung promotion to No. 3 gives the Aggies their
highest ranking since 1995. No. 4 Alabama has its highest ranking of
the season and No. 5 Georgia returned to the top five after a
three-week absence.
Oregon, Georgia Tech, Mississippi, Miami and Vanderbilt round out
the top 10.
The Ducks bounced back from their home loss to Indiana with a
lopsided road win over Rutgers.
Georgia Tech, which won at Duke, hadn't been in the top 10 since
2014 or ranked as high since 2009. Mississippi's loss to Georgia
caused it to slip three spots, and Miami fell seven after losing to
unranked Louisville.
Vanderbilt rallied from its loss at Alabama two weeks ago with a
31-24 win over then-No. 10 LSU. The Commodores earned a seven-spot
promotion for their first win over the Tigers since 1990. At 6-1,
Vandy is off to its best start since 1950 with two wins over ranked
opponents.
Texas Tech's first loss came at Arizona State and dropped the Red
Raiders seven spots to No. 14.
LSU took the biggest fall, plunging 10 spots to No. 20 for its
lowest ranking of the season.
In and out
No. 19 Louisville makes its season debut in the Top 25. The
Cardinals, whose only loss was by three points to Virginia on Oct.
4, were 0-18 all-time against top 10 teams in true road games before
knocking off the Hurricanes.
No. 23 Illinois returned despite being idle. The Illini had
dropped out for the first time this season after a home loss to Ohio
State.
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Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, right, celebrates the team's win
with teammates after an NCAA college football game against LSU,
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker
IV)
No. 24 Arizona State, which fell out of the poll after a 32-point
loss at Utah, returned following its first win over a top-10
opponent since 2019.
No. 25 Michigan's 17-point home win over Washington returned the
Wolverines to the rankings after a one-week absence.
Southern California (20), Memphis (22), Utah (23) and Nebraska
(25) dropped out.
Poll points
Ohio State's 10 straight appearances in the top five is the
longest active streak.
Georgia's 140th consecutive week in the poll is the second-longest
active streak to Alabamas 287.
Vanderbilt's top-10 ranking is its fifth in program history. The
others were in 1937 (1), 1941 (1) and 1947 (2).
No. 16 Virginia's ranking is its highest since 2007.
Conference call
SEC (10) Nos. 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22.
Big Ten (5) Nos. 1, 2, 6, 23, 25.
Big 12 (4) Nos. 11, 14, 21, 24.
ACC (4) Nos. 7, 9, 16, 19.
American (1) No. 18.
Independent (1) No. 12.
Ranked vs. ranked
No. 3 Texas A&M (7-0) at No. 20 LSU (5-2): The home team has won
the last eight meetings. LSU's Garrett Nussmeier threw three
second-half interceptions and Marcel Reed came off the bench to run
for three TDs in Aggies' 38-23 win last year.
No. 8 Mississippi (6-1) at No. 13 Oklahoma (6-1): Only their third
all-time meeting. Rebels recorded nine sacks in 26-14 win last year.
No. 15 Missouri (6-1) at No. 10 Vanderbilt (6-1): Vandy kicker
Brock Taylor has made 17 consecutive field goals since missing
31-yarder that gave the Tigers a 30-27 double-overtime win last
year.
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