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In a week of major upheaval in the world of college football, Alabama has been replaced by Texas as the number one team in the country.
A surprising loss to Vanderbilt, despite entering the game as a three-touchdown favorite, saw the Crimson Tide fall from No. 1 to No. 7.
The last top-ranked team to fall so far was Ohio State, which fell to No. 11 in 2010 after an October loss to Wisconsin.
Texas received 52 of 61 AP first-place votes and became the first team in two years to move in and out of first place in a span of three polls. The Longhorns were also just the third team since 2008 to be picked No. 1 after not playing the previous day.
Ohio State beat Iowa for its fourth straight easy win, receiving nine first-place votes and moving up one spot to No. 2.
Vanderbilt celebrates big win over Alabama despite being a big loser
Oregon and Penn State each moved up three spots, with the Ducks up to third and the Nittany Lions into fourth. Georgia remained at #5.
Miami, which rallied from a 25-point second-half deficit to beat California 39-38, moved up two spots to sixth place.
However, the chaos was not limited to Alabama. Six of the 18 AP Top 25 teams that played lost to unranked opponents (33%), the highest mark since six of 16 (38%) lost the first week of October 2020.
The Tide was among four teams in the top 11 to lose to unranked opponents, the first time that has happened since October 2017.
Tennessee lost to Arkansas and went from 4 to 8. Michigan lost at Washington and went from 10 to 24. Southern California lost at Minnesota and went from 11 to outside the Top 25. The Trojans were first among the teams that also received votes.
Texas didn’t even play, but still rose to No. 1 in the college football rankings.
Texas A&M soundly defeated Missouri at home in the only top-25 matchup. That earned the Aggies a promotion from a tie for 25th to 15th and the Tigers a demotion from 9th to 21st.
The Big Ten dominates the top five, but the Southeastern Conference maintains its grip on the top 10. No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Oregon and No. 4 Penn State are backed by the SEC’s Texas and Georgia. The SEC also has Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi in the top 10.
The double-digit drops at Missouri, Michigan and USC mark the first time since Nov. 13, 2016 that three teams fell 10 or more spots in the same poll. That week it happened to Auburn (8 to 18), Texas A&M (10 to 23) and North Carolina (15 to receive votes).
Those that advanced the most were Texas A&M (25 to 15), Clemson (15 to 10) and Iowa State (16 to 11).
