AP Top 25: Miami cracks top 5 for first time since 2017

Miami edged ahead of Texas and climbed to No. 5 The Associated Press Top 25 College football poll on Sunday, its highest ranking since 2017, and Notre Dame, BYU and Texas A&M all moved into the top 10.

Oregon, Georgia, Penn State and Ohio State remained the top four teams, and Washington State and Colorado cracked the top 25 for the first time this season.

Led by Heisman Trophy candidate Cam Ward, Miami improved to 8-0 with the win over Florida State on Saturday. The Hurricanes have been in the top 10 eight straight times, but haven't been this high since they were No. 2 for two weeks in November 2017.

Texas, which fell from No. 1 to No. 5 after its home loss to Georgia, slipped one more spot to No. 6 Three-point win at Vanderbilt.

Notre Dame, which was knocked out of the top 10 after its loss to Northern Illinois in Week 2, moved up four spots and is No. 8 after its loss 51-14 win over Navy.

No. 9 BYU went on the road and beat UCF is 8-0 and has its highest finish since 2020, when the Cougars opened with nine straight wins.

Texas A&M's 38-23 win over LSU was the second game of the season against a top-10 opponent, and first-year coach Mike Elko's Aggies were rewarded with a four-tier climb to No. 10. This is her highest ranking since her sixth place in September 2022.

No. 1 Oregon received 61 of 62 first-place votes — two more than last week — after one 38-9 win over Illinois. No. 2 Georgia, which was inactive, received the other first-place vote.

Penn State dealt with the loss of quarterback Drew Allar to injury just before halftime Victory in Wisconsin and remained No. 3 heading into this weekend's home game against Ohio State, which remained No. 4 after a struggle a 21:17 home win against the almost four-touchdown underdog Nebraska.

Survey points

Notre Dame and Texas A&M made the biggest moves. LSU's drop from No. 8 to No. 16 was the largest demotion.

BYU has risen in six straight polls since entering at No. 22 on Sept. 22. Pittsburgh has advanced four straight since its season debut at No. 22 on Oct. 6.

Due to Texas' drop to No. 6, this is the first poll this season in which the Southeastern Conference only had one representative in the top five. This is the fourth straight week the Big Ten has had three of the top four teams.

Miami is the first Atlantic Coast Conference team to finish in the top five since Florida State was No. 4 in the first week of December.

In and out

Washington State (7-1) defeated San Diego State for its third straight win and moved in at No. 22, becoming the first team from the rest of the Pac-12 this season (Oregon State is the only other current member).

Colorado (6-2) has won five of six after defeating Cincinnati and is No. 23, the first ranking for Deion Sanders and his Buffaloes since appearing in three consecutive polls at the start of last season.

Vanderbilt's first ranking since the 2013 season lasted just one week. The Commodores, ranked No. 25, received the most votes among teams outside the top 25.

Navy was eliminated from the poll two weeks in a row after committing six turnovers in a 37-point loss to Notre Dame. Rival Army (7-0) climbed two spots to No. 21.

Conference call

SEC – 8 (Nos. 2, 6, 7, 10, 14, 16, 19, 25).

Big Ten – 5 (Nos. 1, 3, 4, 13, 24).

ACC – 4 (Nos. 5, 11, 18, 20).

Big 12 – 4 (Nos. 9, 11, 17, 23).

American – 1 (No. 21).

Independent – ​​1 (No. 8).

Mountain West – 1 (No. 15).

Pac-12 – 1 (No. 22).

Rank vs. rank

– No. 4 Ohio State at No. 3 Penn State. This will be the fourth meeting of the top five teams this season. The Buckeyes have won seven straight in the series. Both teams have health issues, none major than Penn State's Allar's knee injury.

– No. 18 Pittsburgh at No. 20 SMU. Of the four teams that are undefeated in ACC play, these two are the biggest surprises. Pitt was ranked 13th in the conference and SMU was ranked seventh in the preseason media poll.

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