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Tomorrow's Top 25 Today projects college football rankings entering Week 9
The College Football Playoff rankings are guaranteed to see one of their biggest shake-ups of the season after a Week 8 that threw the entire AP Top 25 poll into a blender.
Some of it was inevitable, as every AP Top 25 team was in action this weekend, and the teams that finished No. 26 (Michigan) and No. 27 (Washington) faced each other. In total, Week 8 featured five ranked-on-ranked matchups and nine total losses by ranked teams. So when the new AP Top 25 is released on Sunday, expect plenty of movement in the rankings.
As for the headliners, it's hard to get past what Clark Lea has done at Vanderbilt — and what the Commodores are set to do on Sunday — following their win over LSU. According to our research, Vanderbilt has never been ranked higher than No. 10 in the AP Top 25 poll, and our projection is that they'll land higher than that as one of the top one-loss teams in the poll.
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Oklahoma punts and Ryan Niblett breaks through the defense to score a 75-yard touchdown for Texas. (0:58)
The top two teams in the poll stayed steady but there was movement not far below. Then-no. 7 Indiana went to then-no. 3 Oregon and notched a big win to declare themselves as legitimate national title contenders while then-unranked Texas defeated then-no. 6 Oklahoma at the Texas State Fair. Meanwhile, Alabama and Ole Miss squeaked out wins. Now they are atop the SEC alongside Texas A&M.
What does it all mean for the AP Top 25? Let's break down the rankings.
Stat to know: The win over Illinois was OSU's 14th straight win as the AP No. 1, the longest streak in program history.
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Indiana rises into the top 3, Oklahoma falls in new AP Top 25
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.
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