Texas Tech moved up one spot in the AP Top 25 on Sunday, landing at No. 10 after a weekend off and a shuffle near the top of the poll.
The Red Raiders are 5-0 overall and 2-0 in Big 12 play, and their rise came after then-No. 10 LSU fell in overtime at Kentucky. Tech stayed put at No. 9 in the weekly US LBM Coaches Poll.
Here’s how the AP Top 25 looked on Oct. 11: No.
1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No.
3 Miami (FL), No. 4 Ohio State, No.
5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama, No.
7 Texas, No. 8 BYU, No.
9 Ole Miss, No. 10 Texas Tech, No.
11 Utah, No. 12 UCLA, No.
13 Missouri, No. 14 Tennessee, No.
15 Kentucky, No. 16 Mississippi State, No.
17 Iowa, No. 18 Oklahoma State, No.
19 USC, No. 20 Houston, No.
21 Wake Forest, No. 22 LSU, No.
23 Boise State, No. 24 SMU and No.
25 Northwestern.
Texas Tech returns home next for Arizona State in a homecoming matchup set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
The game will be shown on FOX34. The Sun Devils are 3-2 overall and 1-1 in Big 12 play after beating Hawai’i 30-12 on Saturday night.
Tech’s homecoming weekend also includes a free concert Friday night from the Goo Goo Dolls and Bowling for Soup.
The AP’s new No. 1 is Georgia, which jumped to the top after beating Alabama 20-17 on the road. Georgia had been No. 2 for five straight polls before taking over the top spot for the first time since Sept.
8, 2024. Notre Dame moved up to No. 2 after rolling past Stanford 58-7, while Miami sits at No.
Ohio State is No. 4 and Indiana is No. 5, with the Hoosiers earning one first-place vote after their narrow win at Nebraska. Alabama stayed at No.
- Texas fell six spots to No. 7 after its loss to Oklahoma, and BYU, Mississippi and Texas Tech round out the top 10.
Oregon dropped out of the rankings entirely after its second loss in the past month, a 17-15 home defeat to UCLA. That sent the Ducks from No. 2 in the preseason to unranked for the first time since the 2022 opener.
Kentucky made the biggest leap of the week, climbing from unranked to No. 15 after its 35-34 overtime win over LSU. UCLA also surged nine spots to No.
- Wake Forest returned to the poll at No. 21, and Northwestern checked in at No. 25 for its first ranking under fourth-year coach David Braun.
The next major number watch comes Tuesday, Nov. 3, when the first College Football Rankings will be released.
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