The Big 12 Conference has five teams in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season, Vanderbilt earned its highest ranking in 88 years, and LSU dropped out of AP Top 25 on Sunday after its third loss in four games.
The top six were unchanged, with reigning national champion Ohio State holding the No. 1 spot for a ninth straight week, followed by fellow Big Ten program Indiana, Southeastern Conference members Texas A&M, Alabama and Georgia, and reigning Big Ten champ Oregon.
The idle Buckeyes received 53 first-place votes and the second-ranked Hoosiers got 11, six more than last week. Texas A&M was No. 1 on one ballot.
Switching spots were No. 7 Ole Miss of the SEC and No. 8 Georgia Tech, the highest-ranked Atlantic Coast Conference team; the same happened with No. 9 Vanderbilt of the SEC and ACC member Miami, which is tied at No. 10 with BYU.
The Big 12’s five ranked teams are BYU, No. 13 Texas Tech, No. 17 Cincinnati, No. 22 Houston and No. 24 Utah. The Big 12 last had five AP Top 25 teams in the poll published Sept. 22, 2024.