Ohio State, Miami and Clemson plunged in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday following their losses during a wild weekend, eight of the top 10 teams moved up one spot and Oregon was No. 1 for the seventh straight week.
The shakeup creates two top-five matchups in conference championship games coming up on Saturday, a day before the College Football Playoff bracket is announced. Oregon, the nation’s only unbeaten team, will face No. 3 Penn State in the Big Ten game in Indianapolis. No. 2 Texas will play No. 5 Georgia in the Southeastern Conference game in Atlanta, a rematch of their top-five meeting in October won by the Bulldogs.
No. 4 Notre Dame, 11-1 and a winner of 10 straight, won’t play again until the College Football Playoff.
South Carolina has won six straight — four against ranked opponents — and earned a three-rung promotion to No. 13. Mississippi remained No. 15 and was followed by Iowa State and BYU.
RANK TEAM RECORD PREVIOUS RANK
1 Oregon 12-0 1
2 Texas 11-1 3
3 Penn State 11-1 4
4 Notre Dame 11-1 5
5 Georgia 10-2 6
6 Tennessee 10-2 7
7 Ohio State 10-2 2
8 SMU 11-1 9
9 Indiana 11-1 10
10 Boise State 11-1 11
11 Alabama 9-3 13
12 Arizona State 10-2 14
13 South Carolina 9-3 16
14 Miami 10-2 8
15 Ole Miss 9-3 15
16 Iowa State 10-2 17
17 BYU 10-2 19
18 Clemson 9-3 12
19 UNLV 10-2 21
20 Colorado 9-3 23
21 Illinois 9-3 22
22 Missouri 9-3 24
23 Syracuse 9-3 NR
24 Army 10-1 25
25 Memphis 10-2 NR