Entering Week 8 of the college football season, eight AP Top 25 teams fell this past Saturday, causing more shakeup in this week's poll.
Ohio State continued to roll, unchallenged as the No. 1 team in the country, beating then-ranked No. 17 Illinois, 34-16, on the road. Miami (Fla.) stayed at No. 2 off a bye week.
Yet again, a top 3 team suffered an upset when Oregon lost to Indiana in a top 10 conference matchup. After snapping the Ducks' 22-game home win streak, the Hoosiers moved into the nation's top 3. The win was just Indiana's second-ever over a top-five opponent and its first since 1967. Texas A&M moved up one spot to No. 4 after defeating Florida, 34-17. The Aggies jumped Ole Miss, which dropped to No. 5 after barely sneaking by Washington State at home by a field goal.
Alabama rose past its preseason ranking to No. 6. The Crimson Tide dealt Missouri its first loss, beating the Tigers 27-24. Texas Tech remained unbeaten, dismantling Kansas by 25 points, and enters Week 8 seventh in the country.
Oregon didn't fall far and sits now at No. 8. Georgia scored 20 unanswered points in Auburn Saturday to rise to No. 9, and LSU re-entered the top 10 with a 20-10 win over South Carolina.
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State (50) | 1631 | 6-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Miami (FL) (13) | 1582 | 5-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Indiana (3) | 1531 | 6-0 | 7 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 1433 | 6-0 | 5 |
| 5 | Ole Miss | 1331 | 6-0 | 4 |
| 6 | Alabama | 1315 | 5-1 | 8 |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 1266 | 6-0 | 9 |
| 8 | Oregon | 1175 | 5-1 | 3 |
| 9 | Georgia | 1148 | 5-1 | 10 |
| 10 | LSU | 1012 | 5-1 | 11 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 939 | 5-1 | 12 |
| 12 | Georgia Tech | 904 | 6-0 | 13 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | 793 | 4-2 | 16 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 786 | 5-1 | 6 |
| 15 | BYU | 655 | 6-0 | 18 |
| 16 | Missouri | 649 | 5-1 | 14 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt | 547 | 5-1 | 20 |
| 18 | Virginia | 521 | 5-1 | 19 |
| 19 | South Florida | 398 | 5-1 | 24 |
| 20 | Southern California | 361 | 5-1 | NR |
| 21 | Texas | 319 | 4-2 | NR |
| 22 | Memphis | 285 | 6-0 | 23 |
| 23 | Utah | 261 | 5-1 | NR |
| 24 | Cincinnati | 184 | 5-1 | NR |
| 25 | Nebraska | 149 | 5-1 | NR |
