Penn State, Texas fall out of AP Top 25; Miami rises to No. 2 - ESPN

Miami moved back to No. 2 in the Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, while Texas and Penn State — the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively — fell all the way out of the Top 25 for the first time since 2022 after losses to unranked opponents.

No. 1 Ohio State was dominant in its win over Minnesota, but its 40 first-place votes were its fewest since ascending to the top five weeks ago. The Hurricanes, who moved ahead of idle Oregon, went from receiving four first-place votes last week to 21 this week after winning at Florida State.

The Buckeyes' 40 first-place votes are fewest for a No. 1 team since Alabama also got 40 in the poll Sept. 29, 2024.

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

Miami also had been No. 2 two weeks ago following an open date and gave up that spot last week after Oregon's overtime win at Penn State. It's the Hurricanes' highest spot in an October poll since 2003.

Oregon, which received the other five first-place votes, was followed by idle No. 4 Ole Miss and No. 5 Texas A&M. The Aggies hammered Mississippi State and earned their highest ranking since Jimbo Fisher's 2021 team was No. 5 in early September.

Oklahoma slipped from No. 5 to No. 6 despite its 44-0 shutout of Kent State. Indiana, which had an open date, is No. 7. No. 8 Alabama got a two-spot promotion for its 16-point win over Vanderbilt.

No. 9 Texas Tech, which won 35-11 at previously unbeaten Houston, cracked the top 10 for the first time since it was No. 8 in the final regular-season poll in 2008. Georgia moved up two spots to No. 10 after its win over Kentucky.

Penn State, which is unranked for the first time since September 2022, took one of the biggest falls in