College football rankings: Projecting the AP Top 25 after 4 upsets of top 10 teams

With four upsets of top-10 teams (plus other ranked losses) and six ranked teams on bye weeks, the voters of the Associated Press Top 25 have quite a lot of sorting to do after Week 7.

Ohio State will move into the No. 2 spot in the Week 8 poll. Current No. 2 Georgia fell at LSU as the No. 13 Tigers won 36-16. The No. 3 Buckeyes took care of business, beating Minnesota 30-14.

The new No. 3 isn’t as clear, but it will likely be Clemson even though the Tigers were on a bye. Notre Dame barely beat Pittsburgh (19-14), but will likely move up from No. 5 due to shuffling in the poll.

For LSU, it will almost be like the Florida loss never happened. The Tigers will likely move back to No. 5 thanks to so many losses in the top 10 (No. 2 Georgia, No. 6 West Virginia, No. 7 Washington, No. 8 Penn State). When voters look at resumes, they will likely conclude LSU belongs ahead of Texas, UCF and Michigan.

Other SEC teams to benefit from all the Week 7 chaos will be Florida (currently No. 14), Kentucky (No. 18), Texas A&M (No. 22) and Mississippi State (No. 24).

Records reflect most recent completed game.

1. Alabama (7-0) def. Missouri
2. Ohio State (7-0) def. Minnesota
3. Clemson (6-0) BYE
4. Notre Dame (7-0) def. Pittsburgh
5. LSU (6-1) def. No. 2 Georgia
6. Texas (6-1) def. Baylor
7. Michigan (5-1) beating No. 15 Wisconsin 38-13 in fourth quarter
8. Georgia (6-1) lost to No. 13 LSU
9. Oklahoma (5-1) BYE
10. UCF (6-0) def. Memphis
11. Oregon (5-1) def. No. 7 Washington
12. Florida (6-1) def. Vanderbilt
13. Kentucky (5-1) BYE
14. Colorado (5-0) favored by 6 points at USC; game has not yet kicked off
15. NC State (5-0) BYE
16. West Virginia (5-1) lost to Iowa State
17. Washington (5-2) lost to No. 17 Oregon
18. Penn State (4-2) lost to Michigan State
19. Texas A&M (5-2) def. South Carolina
20. Wisconsin (4-1) losing to Michigan in fourth quarter
21. Miami (5-2) lost to Virginia
22. USF (6-0) def. Tulsa
23. Mississippi State (5-2) BYE
24. Cincinnati (6-0) BYE
25. San Diego State (5-1) def. Air Force

Projected to fall out of the AP Top 25: No. 21 Auburn lost to Tennessee

SDS Staff

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