Oregon inches up to No. 5 in AP Top 25; five ACC teams ranked - ESPN

Oregon returned to the top five of The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday, while five ACC teams were ranked for the second time this season after Georgia Tech took the biggest fall following its second loss in three games.

Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M remained the top three teams for a sixth straight week, and Georgia was No. 4 for the second week in a row.

Oregon jumped over idle Ole Miss to No. 5 — its highest ranking since it was No. 3 in the Oct. 5 poll. The Ducks strengthened their College Football Playoff résumé with a 15-point victory over then-No. 16 USC, extending their winning streak to five games.

The top 25 teams in the AP college football poll, released Sunday (first-place votes in parentheses)

Ole Miss was followed by Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Alabama.

Ohio State is No. 1 for a 13th straight week going into its game at No. 15 Michigan. The Buckeyes received 58 first-place votes and were 53 points ahead of Indiana, which was listed first on seven ballots. Texas A&M got the remaining first-place vote.

Miami, which beat Virginia Tech by 17 points on the road, moved up a spot to No. 13 and was the highest-ranked ACC team. Virginia climbed two spots to No. 17. Georgia Tech, beaten 42-28 at home by Pittsburgh, dropped eight rungs to No. 23.

Pittsburgh, which has three losses, was one spot behind the two-loss Yellow Jackets as the Panthers returned to the poll after a one-week absence. No. 25 SMU, which beat Louisville by 32 points for its third straight win, reentered the poll for the first time since Sept. 2. The Mustangs can return to the ACC championship game with a win at California.

The ACC, in addition to this week, had five teams in the poll Nov. 9. That makes this the