Texas returned to the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, the Atlantic Coast Conference has five teams ranked for the first time this season and two Group of Five conferences are now represented in the Top 25 a month before the playoff bracekt is set. The top five was unchanged.
The Longhorns, the preseason No. 1 team, are ranked No. 10 in advance of its visit to No. 5 Georgia this week. They had been in the top 10 for the first six polls before their loss at Florida knocked them out of the Top 25 for a week.
Four straight wins elevated them to No. 13 last week, and they jumped three spots ahead of BYU and Virginia and an idle Oklahoma, which they beat 23-6 on Oct. 11. Texas did not play over the weekend.
No. 24 James Madison of the Sun Belt Conference made its first AP poll appearance since 2023. The Dukes are 8-1, their only loss to Louisville, and are the highest-ranked G5 team. No. 25 South Florida of the American Conference is right behind, and Tulane of the American received the most votes among the unranked.
Rank Team Record Previous Rank
1 Ohio State 9-0 1
2 Indiana 10-0 2
3 Texas A&M 9-0 3
4 Alabama 8-1 4
5 Georgia 8-1 5
6 Ole Miss 9-1 7
7 Oregon 7-1 6
8 Texas Tech 9-1 9
9 Notre Dame 7-2 10
10 Texas 7-2 13
11 Oklahoma 7-2 11
12 BYU 8-1 8
13 Vanderbilt 8-2 15
14 Georgia Tech 8-1 16
15 Utah 7-2 17
16 Miami 7-2 18
17 USC 7-2 20
18 Michigan 7-2 21
19 Louisville 7-2 14
20 Virginia 8-2 12
21 Tennessee 6-3 23
22 Cincinnati 7-2 25
23 Pittsburgh 7-2 N/R
24 James Madison 8-1 N/R
25 South Florida 7-2 N/R