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Projecting Sunday’s AP Top 25: LSU rattles college football with seismic upset
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Cannibalism has begun in the SEC West.
Hours after Mississippi State kept its top ranking intact with a shootout win over Kentucky, LSU posted a hard-fought upset win over previously unbeaten Ole Miss in Death Valley, rattling the college football world and shaking up the Playoff picture just days before the first rankings are released.
Here’s our best guess at how the new poll will look. We’ve included last week’s rankings as a guide.
PROJECTING SUNDAY’S WEEK 10 AP TOP 25
1. Mississippi State (7-0) beat Kentucky, 45-31. Next: vs. Arkansas, Saturday
2. Florida State (7-0) BYE. Next: at Louisville, Thursday
3. Alabama (7-1) beat Tennessee, 34-20. Next: BYE.
4. Auburn (6-1) beat South Carolina, 42-35. Next: at Ole Miss, Saturday
5. Oregon (7-1) beat California, 59-41 (Friday). Next: vs. Stanford, Saturday
6. Notre Dame (6-1) BYE. Next: at Navy, Saturday
7. Michigan State (7-1) beat Michigan, 35-11. Next: BYE.
8. Ole Miss (7-1) lost to LSU, 10-7. Next: vs. Auburn, Saturday
9. Georgia (6-1) BYE. Next: vs. Florida (Jacksonville), Saturday
10. TCU (6-1) beat Texas Tech, 82-27. Next: at West Virginia, Saturday
11. Kansas State (6-1) beat Texas, 23-0. Next: vs. Oklahoma State, Saturday
12. Baylor (6-1) BYE. Next: vs. Kansas, Saturday
13. Ohio State (6-1) beat Penn State, 31-24 (2OT). Next: vs. Illinois, Saturday
14. Arizona State at Washington, late.
15. LSU (7-2) beat Ole Miss, 10-7. Next: BYE.
16. Arizona (6-1) beat Washington State, 59-37. Next: at UCLA, Saturday
17. Nebraska (7-1) beat Rutgers, 42-24. Next: vs. Purdue, Saturday
18. Oklahoma (5-2) BYE. Next: at Iowa State, Saturday
19. East Carolina (6-1) beat UConn, 31-21 (Thursday). Next: at Temple, Saturday
20. Utah trails USC in first half.
21. USC leads Utah in first half.
22. Clemson (6-2) beat Syracuse, 16-6. Next: BYE.
23. West Virginia (6-2) beat Oklahoma State, 34-10. Next: vs. TCU
24. Marshall (8-0) beat Florida Atlantic, 35-16. Next: BYE.
25. UCLA (6-2) beat Colorado, 40-37 (2OT). Next: vs. Arizona, Saturday
