Projecting the Top 25: Gators stake their claim as SEC’s third-best team

1. Ohio State, BYE.
2. Baylor, BYE.
3. Clemson beat N.C. State, 56-41.
4. LSU, BYE.
5. TCU beat West Virginia, 40-10 (Thursday)
6. Michigan State, BYE.
7. Alabama, BYE.
8. Stanford vs. Washington State, late.
9. Notre Dame vs. Temple, late.
10. Florida beat Georgia, 27-3.
11. Iowa beat Maryland, 31-15.
12. Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech, 70-53.
13. Utah beat Oregon State, 27-12.
14. Oklahoma beat Kansas, 62-7.
15. Michigan beat Minnesota, 29-26.
16. Memphis beat Tulane, 41-13.
17. Florida State beat Syracuse, 45-21.
18. Houston beat Vanderbilt, 34-0.
19. Ole Miss beat Auburn, 27-19.
20. Toledo, BYE.
21. Temple vs. Notre Dame, late.
22. North Carolina def. Pitt, 26-19 (Thursday).
23. Mississippi State, BYE.
24. UCLA beat Colorado, 35-31
25. Texas A&M beat South Carolina, 35-28.

Dropped out: No. 22 Duke lost to Miami, 30-27; No. 23 Pitt lost to North Carolina, 26-19.