The Big 12 has five teams in the Top 25 for the first time this season, Vanderbilt earned its highest ranking in 88 years and LSU dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday following its third loss in four games.
The top six was unchanged, with Ohio State holding the No. 1 spot for a ninth straight week followed by Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Oregon.
LSU was ranked as high as No. 3 for three weeks in September and in the top 10 for the first five polls. Road losses to Mississippi and Vanderbilt and this weekened’s 24-point home loss against Texas A&M put the Tigers on the outside looking in.
It’s the second straight year the Tigers have taken a fast fall. They were No. 8 a year ago and dropped out after three straight losses.
RANK TEAM RECORD PREVIOUS RANK
1 Ohio State 7-0 1
2 Indiana 8-0 2
3 Texas A&M 8-0 3
4 Alabama 7-1 4
5 Georgia 6-1 5
6 Oregon 7-1 6
7 Ole Miss 7-1 8
8 Georgia Tech 8-0 7
9 Vanderbilt 7-1 10
10 Miami 6-1 9
10 BYU 8-0 11
12 Notre Dame 5-2 12
13 Texas Tech 7-1 14
14 Tennessee 6-2 17
15 Virginia 7-1 16
16 Louisville 6-1 19
17 Cincinnati 7-1 21
18 Oklahoma 6-2 13
19 Missouri 6-2 15
20 Texas 6-2 22
21 Michigan 6-2 25
22 Houston 7-1 NR
23 USC 5-2 NR
24 Utah 6-2 NR
25 Memphis 7-1 NR