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Week 5 college football results triggered massive ranking shifts, with Missouri jumping 11 spots after defeating Florida, while Alabama and Ohio State solidified their status as top contenders. The SEC demonstrated extreme volatility, with Florida dropping eight spots and Michigan losing two consecutive games.
The Week 5 AP Top 25 poll saw significant movement, led by Missouri’s 11-spot jump to No. 8 after defeating Florida 45-17. Texas and Georgia remain at the top, while Florida dropped eight spots to No. 14. The SEC continues to cannibalize itself, with Alabama, Ole Miss, and LSU also experiencing shifts.
Alabama defeated Mississippi State 56-23, causing the Crimson Tide to jump to No. 4 in the On3 rankings and forcing Mississippi State out of the top 25. The dominant performance by quarterback Keelon Russell solidified Alabama’s title contender status, while the loss exposed significant defensive and offensive flaws for Mississippi State, leading to a steep drop in national polls.
Texas remains the top-ranked college football team for a third straight week after a narrow 20-17 victory over Tennessee, though Georgia has closed the gap with a dominant win over Oklahoma. Florida has surged into the top 10, while several previously ranked teams have fallen out of the polls.
Alabama’s Keelon Russell and Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith led PFF’s Week 4 awards, while a slate of upsets involving Ole Miss, Penn State, and Michigan significantly altered the AP Poll landscape.
Texas remains No. 1 after beating UTSA; Ole Miss climbs to No. 4 with a signature win over LSU, which drops to No. 10. Louisville jumps to No. 16 after beating SMU, Florida cracks the Top 25 at No. 21, Texas A&M falls to No. 23, and Mississippi State and Houston debut at No. 24 and No. 25 as the rankings shift in Week 3.
Week 4 of the AP Top 25 has Ole Miss climbing to No. 4 after a 32-24 win over LSU (which falls to No. 10), while Texas A&M tumbles from No. 9 to No. 23 after a 31-21 loss to Kentucky. Texas remains No. 1, with Georgia, Notre Dame, and Ole Miss anchoring the top four, and the full Top 25 reflecting ongoing early-season shifts.
No. 9 Texas A&M lost 31-21 at home to unranked Kentucky, a result that will likely drop the Aggies in the upcoming AP poll and severely narrow their path back to the College Football Playoff, while Kentucky’s upset boosts its momentum under Will Stein amid a difficult remaining schedule for A&M.
Texas rallied from a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Ohio State 24-23 and seize the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25. Oregon dropped to No. 21 after a loss to Oklahoma State, Michigan re-entered the rankings at No. 19 following a win over Oklahoma, and Oklahoma fell to No. 24 with Ohio State slipping to No. 6 as the poll shuffled after Week 2 action.
Week 1 results shake up the AP Top 25: Ohio State remains No. 1 after a 56-3 win, Georgia stays No. 2, and Notre Dame rises to No. 3; Texas and Indiana round out the top five. Oregon slips to No. 6, with Miami at No. 7 and LSU at No. 8 in the top 10. Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Alabama, Texas Tech, USC, BYU, Penn State, SMU, Tennessee, Washington, Utah, Iowa, Houston, Missouri and Louisville fill the rest of the top 25, while Virginia enters at No. 25 after Week Zero and Michigan falls out of the rankings.
Georgia is No. 3 in the 2026 AP preseason Top 25, trailing Ohio State and Oregon while Notre Dame and Texas sit at Nos. 4 and 5; Indiana opens at No. 6 as the defending champion and nine SEC teams are in the Top 25. The Bulldogs lean on extensive returnees—especially on defense and quarterback Gunner Stockton, plus their top rushers—but must replace much of their pass-catching corps. Georgia also has Ole Miss (away) and Oklahoma (home) on the 2026 schedule.
After Week 18’s upset-filled slate, the AP Top 25 is expected to swing dramatically, with Duke staying No. 1 and Arizona No. 2, Michigan No. 3, Florida rising to No. 4 and UConn slipping to No. 5; Houston and Iowa State also took losses, and the rest of the top 25 features several moves plus a wave of newcomers entering the 11–25 range ahead of conference tournaments, while Tennessee and St. Louis are projected to drop out.
After Week 16, the AP Top 25 is forecast to undergo a major reshuffle: Duke is projected to rise to No. 1 after beating Michigan, while Michigan drops from the top spot following a loss; Arizona and UConn move up to Nos. 3 and 4, with Iowa State at No. 5 and Houston slipping to No. 6 after back-to-back losses. The complete projected top 25 includes Florida, Gonzaga, Kansas and others adjusting positions, with Nebraska 11th through BYU at 25th in the final lineup.
Arizona remains undefeated and No. 1 in an early projected AP Top 25 after Week 13, with Michigan jumping to No. 2 and UConn at No. 3; Duke sits No. 4 and Gonzaga No. 5, as Illinois rises to No. 6 and a raft of other teams shuffle through the rest of the Top 25 ahead of Week 14.
Iowa cracks the AP women’s basketball top 10 for the first time in two years, while UConn and South Carolina remain the top two teams in the poll.