Alabama and Mississippi tumbled out of the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 poll Sunday, and Miami and SMU moved in following a chaotic weekend in the SEC, and across college football in general.
Oregon is No. 1 for the sixth straight week, and Ohio State, Texas and Penn State held their places behind the Ducks, who are the last unbeaten team.
The shuffling begins at No. 5, where Notre Dame returned for the first time since Week 2 after beating Army for its ninth straight win.
No. 6 Georgia moved up two spots, No. 7 Tennessee and No. 8 Miami each got a three-rung promotion, and No. 9 SMU jumped four places for its first top-10 ranking since 1985. SMU has clinched a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game and will play either Miami, if the Hurricanes win at Syracuse this week, or No. 12 Clemson.
Indiana dropped from No. 5 to No. 10 following its 38-15 loss at Ohio State. The Buckeyes would play Oregon in the Big Ten championship game if they beat Michigan for the first time in four years this Saturday.
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The Southeastern Conference's hopes for landing four spots in the College Football Playoff took a hit with two of their teams losing as double-digit favorites. Texas, Georgia and Tennessee are the only SEC teams with fewer than three losses after Alabama lost 24-3 at Oklahoma and Mississippi lost 24-17 at Florida.
Alabama and Mississippi each dropped six spots in the AP poll. The Crimson Tide fell to No. 13, and the Rebels fell to No. 15.
Texas A&M was the third SEC team to lose, 43-41 at Auburn in four overtimes. The Aggies tumbled five places to No. 20 but would play Georgia in the SEC championship game if they knock off Texas this week.
Losses by BYU and Colorado created a four-way tie for first in the Big 12.
No. 14 Arizona State, picked to finish last in the conference, handed BYU its second straight loss and is the highest-ranked Big 12 team. No. 17 Iowa State earned a five-rung promotion with its win at Utah. BYU is No. 19 and Colorado, which lost to Kansas, is No. 23.
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