Poll preview: Rankings could see no change in top 10; No. 13 Gators' loss to USF is biggest surprise
Posted on: Sep 07, 2025 09:08 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
topsy-turvydom gave path to still, mostly, in The Associated press out top out 25.
A week after four losses by top-10 teams set off a rankings shuffle that kept only three teams in the same spots, Saturday was marked by blowouts and just a couple of notable upsets, with Mississippi State beating No. 12 Arizona State 24-20 and South Florida knocking off No. 13 Florida 18-16 on the road.
No. 1 Ohio State, a 70-0 winner over Grambling, was among four Top 25 teams to score 70 points against overmatched opponents, and three other teams hung 60.
No. 2 Penn State shook off a slow start to beat Florida International 34-0, No. 3 LSU wasn't sharp but beat Louisiana Tech 23-7, No. 4 Georgia beat FCS Austin Peay 28-6 in a game that had a nearly two-hour weather delay, and No. 5 Miami defeated Bethune-Cookman 45-3.
— No. 14 Florida State followed up its win over Alabama with a 77-3 rout of FCS East Texas A&M and likely will move ahead of Florida.
— No. 18 Oklahoma merits a big move after its 24-13 win over No. 15 Michigan.
— No. 19 Texas A&M turned in a solid performance in a 44-22 win over Utah State and could be in line for a promotion.
— Florida had won five straight before losing to USF.
— Arizona State will fall a few places, maybe more.
— No. 17 SMU squandered a two-touchdown lead in the last eight minutes of regulation and lost 48-45 to unranked Baylor.
— No. 6 Oregon's 69-3 romp over Oklahoma State set a Ducks record for margin of victory against a power-conference opponent.
— No. 11 Illinois got points on five straight possessions to start the second half and put away Duke 45-19 for its most lopsided nonconference road win since 2001. The Illini are in line for only their second top-10 ranking since 1991.
— No. 16 Iowa State is 3-0 for a second straight year thanks to a pair of three-point wins, with its 16-13 win over Iowa on Saturday coming two weeks after its 24-21 win over Kansas State in Ireland.
— USF, which opened the season with an easy win over Boise State, is the class of the Group of Five teams so far. The Bulls should crack the ratings after beating a second straight ranked opponent.
— Georgia Tech, which was three spots out of the Top 25, won 59-12 over Gardner-Webb without starting quarterback Haynes King. He was held out with a lower-body injury.
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