Texas is still sitting alone at the top.
The Longhorns will spend a fourth straight week as the No. 1 team in the AP Poll after holding their spot in Sunday afternoon’s release, with Steve Sarkisian’s group heading into this week’s Red River matchup against Oklahoma.
A lot of the top of the poll stayed put behind Texas. Georgia handled Vanderbilt at home, Notre Dame escaped a scare at North Carolina, and Miami rolled past Clemson in Death Valley. Ohio State added a ranked road win at Iowa, Indiana tore through Rutgers, Alabama piled up 56 points against ranked Mississippi State in Starkville, and BYU knocked off TCU in Fort Worth.
The biggest shakeup came from Florida’s collapse. Missouri blew past Jon Sumrall’s team, 45-17, to give Eli Drinkwitz his first top-10 win at Missouri. Iowa and Mississippi State were the only other ranked teams to lose, and both came against top-10 opponents at home.
The rest of the AP top 25: Texas, Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami, Ohio State, Alabama, Indiana, BYU, Ole Miss, LSU, Texas Tech, Utah, Oregon, Missouri, Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State, USC, Iowa, UCLA, Houston, Boise State, SMU and Pittsburgh.
Texas also stayed on top in the coaches’ poll, where Georgia again checked in second. Notre Dame, Miami, Indiana, Ohio State, Alabama and BYU filled out the next spots, with Texas Tech, LSU, Ole Miss, Utah, Oregon, Tennessee, Florida, Missouri, USC, Iowa, Houston, Mississippi State, SMU, UCLA, Duke, Pittsburgh and Kentucky rounding out the rest.
A few of Texas’ future opponents had mixed weekends in Week 5. Texas State fell at San Diego State, 31-29.
Ohio State won at Iowa, 31-14. UTSA edged Rice, 16-14.
Tennessee beat Auburn at home, 24-14. Oklahoma was idle.
Florida lost at Missouri, 45-17. Ole Miss was also off.
Mississippi State dropped its home game against Alabama, 56-23. Missouri beat Florida, 45-17.
LSU routed McNeese, 63-14. Arkansas lost at Texas A&M, 34-7.
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