Oregon and Penn State each moved up one spot in the college football rankings on Sunday after exciting wins in high-profile games, and the 25 newcomers, Navy and Army, are together in the rankings for the first time since 1960.
Texas strengthened its hold on the No. 1 seed with its 31-point victory over Oklahoma. The Longhorns received 56 of 62 first-place votes in the AP rankings, four more than last week and the most since winning unanimous first place in October 2008.
This weekend wasn’t as crazy as the previous week, when four of the top 11 teams were upset and only two teams kept their spots in the next standings.
That’s not to say Week 7 was without excitement.
Oregon’s 32-31 home win over Ohio State included seven lead changes and moved the Ducks into second place with the other six first-place votes. It is their highest ranking since they finished the 2014 season at No. 2 after losing to the Buckeyes in the inaugural College Football Playoff championship game.
Oregon Ducks fans storm the field in Eugene after beating the Ohio State Buckeyes 32-31
Penn State moved up to No. 3 with a 33-30 overtime win at Southern California, the Nittany Lions’ highest ranking in seven years.
Penn State-USC was one of four games involving AP Top 25 teams that went to overtime on Saturday, including three in the top 10.
Ohio State fell two spots to No. 4 and Georgia remained at No. 5. Miami, Alabama, LSU, Iowa State and Clemson rounded out the top 10.
Army, which beat UAB 44-10, and Navy, which was inactive, achieved their first simultaneous qualification since October 3, 1960.
His coincidental appearance that season lasted only one week. Army went 3-0 and ranked 18th before losing two straight games and finishing 6-3-1. Navy had entered the rankings a week earlier, at No. 17, and finished the season 9-2 and ranked No. 4.
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers celebrates with his teammates and fans after the latest victory.
Army (6-0) and Navy (5-0) have not been undefeated at this point in a season since 1945, weeks after World War II ended and in the era when service academies were powerhouses of the sport.
LSU and Mississippi were the biggest movers after the Tigers’ 29-26 victory in overtime. The Tigers moved from No. 13 to No. 8, their first appearance in the top 10 since being ranked No. 5 in the 2023 preseason poll. Mississippi, which lost for the second time in three games, fell from No. 9 to No. 18.
No. 9 Iowa State, 6-0 for the first time since 1938, has its highest ranking since September 2021.
Tennessee had been in the top 10 in four consecutive polls before falling to No. 11 following its 23-17 overtime victory over Florida.
The Army (pictured) and Navy are together in the top 25 for the first time since 1960.
The Southeastern Conference maintains eight spots in the AP Top 25. The Big Ten continues to have three teams in the top five (Oregon, Penn State and Ohio State) and six in the Top 25.
Army and Navy are the only teams making their season debut in the poll.
Utah, which has lost two straight, bowed out after its 27-19 loss at Arizona State.
Oklahoma, which was ranked 18th before its loss to Texas, is outside the AP Top 25 for the first time since the end of the 2022 season.