Missouri absolutely blew up the AP Top 25, rocketing 11 spots to No. 14 this Sunday after they flat-out routed Florida. On the flip side, the Gators took a massive eight spot tumble down to No. 16, with LSU swooping into the top 10 to take their place.
Texas Stays on Top While the Top Five Hold Steady
Texas is still riding high, heading into Saturday’s Red River Rivalry game against Oklahoma as the No. 1 team for the fourth straight week. You gotta hand it to them, that’s their longest hold on the top spot since way back in 1977. The rest of the top five is chilling right where they were, with Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami, and Ohio State trailing the Longhorns.
Texas snagged 61 of the 70 first place votes from the media panel, just one less than last week. Georgia, who had their closest game of the season with a 24-point win over Vanderbilt, still pulled in six first place votes. Miami, after beating Clemson by four touchdowns on the road, grabbed two. Things got a little shake up right after, though, with No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Indiana doing a flip flop in the rankings. Indiana picked up the last remaining first place vote. Looking further down, BYU climbed two spots to No. 8, Mississippi held tight at No. 9, and LSU edged up one spot to No. 10.
Big Movers, Bad Breaks, and Comeback Kids
Missouri’s 11-spot promotion from No. 25 is huge, the second biggest jump by any team this season. The only one bigger? Florida’s own 13-spot rise just last week. The Tigers sent those Gators plummeting with their dominant 45-17 win in Columbia, Missouri, and this ranking is their highest since October 5, 2025. What a statement! Elsewhere, Iowa took a six spot hit, falling to No. 20 after a 17-point home loss to Ohio State. SMU also slipped three spots to No. 24 following an uninspired home win over Boston College.
Pittsburgh is having a wild season, 5-0 for the second time in three years and ranked for the first time since last November after holding off Virginia Tech 35-33. But talk about a gut punch: the Panthers are now without quarterback Mason Heintschel, who tore his ACL on Friday and is out for the rest of the season. That’s just brutal luck, man. Meanwhile, Kentucky is the unranked team with the most votes, just two points shy of Pittsburgh, after an incredible 35-34 overtime win at South Carolina where they erased a 17-0 deficit. Talk about refusing to quit!
The SEC is loaded, man, with nine ranked teams including No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Georgia. The Big Ten’s got six, the Big 12 five, the ACC three, and the Pac-12 has No. 23 Boise State. Shoutout to No. 13 Oregon for hitting their 70th straight Top 25 appearance, that’s just consistent. And No. 12 Utah has been on a steady climb, rising in every poll this season after starting at No. 21.
What’s Next: Georgia and Alabama Collide
Get ready for a massive one this weekend: No. 2 Georgia traveling to face No. 6 Alabama. These two SEC powerhouses split their two games last season in 2025. Georgia hasn’t really been tested yet this year, but Alabama has been an offensive machine, not scoring fewer than 45 points in any game so far. This is gonna be a barn burner, folks. You do not want to miss it!
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Originally reported by Fox Sports.
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