Texas A&M made a big jump into the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday after its dramatic win at Notre Dame, and the Irish became the first team since 1988 to stay in the Top 25 with an 0-2 record.
Ohio State, Penn State and LSU remained the top three teams, with Miami moving up to No. 4 and Georgia to No. 5 even after a close call at No. 15 Tennessee.
Oregon slipped two spots to No. 6 despite a 20-point road win against Northwestern and was followed by Florida State, Texas, Illinois and the Aggies.
The 1988 Michigan Wolverines, the previous team to start 0-2 and remain ranked, also had an extremely tough first two games. They entered the season No. 9 and lost to No. 13 Notre Dame 19-17, dropped to No. 15 and lost 31-30 at No. 1 Miami. Michigan was No. 19 the following week and went 9-0-1 the rest of the way.
RANK TEAM RECORD PREVIOUS RANK
1 Ohio State 3-0 1
2 Penn State 3-0 2
3 LSU 3-0 3
4 Miami 3-0 5
5 Georgia 3-0 6
6 Oregon 3-0 4
7 Florida State 2-0 10
8 Texas 2-1 7
9 Illinois 3-0 9
10 Texas A&M 3-0 16
11 Oklahoma 3-0 13
12 Iowa State 4-0 14
13 Ole Miss 3-0 17
14 Alabama 2-1 19
15 Tennessee 2-1 15
16 Utah 3-0 20
17 Texas Tech 3-0 21
18 Georgia Tech 3-0 NR
19 Indiana 3-0 22
20 Vanderbilt 3-0 NR
21 Michigan 2-1 23
22 Auburn 3-0 24
23 Missouri 3-0 25
24 Notre Dame 0-2 8
25 USC 3-0 NR