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AP Top 25 Week 9: Miami Stays No. 1, Texas Jumps Eight Spots and BYU Falls

The top four is Miami, Ohio State, Georgia and Indiana. The shake-ups came further down.

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The top of the college football rankings held steady in Week 9. Behind it, a double-overtime upset and a ranked-team loss to an unranked Big Ten opponent reshuffled the poll.

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The Top Five

  1. Miami (FL) stays No. 1 at 7-0 after a 52-23 win over Pitt at home.
  2. Ohio State climbs to No. 2.
  3. Georgia jumps to No. 3.
  4. Indiana is No. 4 at 7-1.
  5. Notre Dame is No. 5.

Movers and Droppers

  • Texas surged eight spots.
  • BYU fell all the way to No. 8 after a double-overtime loss to unranked UCF.
  • Wisconsin enters at No. 25 after beating USC.
  • Iowa (No. 15) and USC (No. 16) dropped out of the poll.

Nine SEC teams are ranked, which fuels the ongoing debate over conference strength heading into the stretch run.

What To Watch

The Hoosiers' path is the one to follow after our look at Michigan, Indiana, Texas and Ole Miss. For the bigger picture, see our college basketball preseason storylines as campuses turn toward winter, and the Nebraska volleyball story for another ranked team in the news.

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The Cal Golden Bears on defense during the 2004 Holiday Bowl at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California against the Texas Tech Red RaidersPhoto: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Background from Wikipedia

AP poll

In American college sports, the Associated Press poll (AP poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling 62 sportswriters and broadcasters from across the nation. Each voter provides their own ranking of the top 25 teams, and the individual rankings are then combined to produce the national ranking by giving a team 25 points for a first place vote, 24 for a second place vote, and so on down to 1 point for a twenty-fifth place vote. Ballots of the voting members in the AP poll are publicized.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is No. 1 in the Week 9 AP Top 25?

Miami (FL) is still No. 1 at 7-0 after a 52-23 win over Pitt. Ohio State is No. 2, Georgia is No. 3, Indiana is No. 4 and Notre Dame is No. 5.

Which teams fell out of the AP poll in Week 9?

Iowa, previously No. 15, and USC, previously No. 16, both dropped out. USC lost to unranked Wisconsin, which is now No. 25.

What happened to BYU?

BYU lost to unranked UCF in double overtime and fell out of the top five to No. 8.

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