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Alabama falls, Big Ten teams stack top four of Week 7’s AP poll

Alabama falls, Big Ten teams stack top four of Week 7's AP poll

Four top-10 teams lost — including the No. 1 team — and seven ranked teams lost in total in a wild start to an October of college football. Of course, there would be changes in this week’s AP poll. Here’s what you need to know.

Week 7 AP Top 25 Poll

RANK SCHOOL RECORD PTS PREV
1 Texas (52) 5-0 1516 2
2 Ohio State (9) 5-0 1473 3
3 Oregon 5-0 1348 6
4 Penn State 5-0 1305 7
5 Georgia 4-1 1299 5
6 Miami (FL) 6-0 1187 8
7 Alabama 4-1 1182 1
8 Tennessee 4-1 1001 4
9 Ole Miss 5-1 978 12
10 Clemson 4-1 861 15
T-11 Iowa State 5-0 853 16
T-11 Notre Dame 4-1 853 14
13 LSU 4-1 827 13
14 BYU 5-0 753 17
15 Texas A&M 5-1 702 25
16 Utah 4-1 473 18
17 Boise State 4-1 463 21
T-18 Kansas State 4-1 459 20
T-18 Indiana 6-0 459 23
T-18 Oklahoma 4-1 459 19
21 Missouri 4-1 352 9
22 Pittsburgh 5-0 196 NR
23 Illinois 4-1 182 23
24 Michigan 4-2 170 10
25 SMU 5-1 165 NR

Others receiving votes: Southern California 98, Nebraska 51, Navy 43, Army 33, Vanderbilt 26, Arkansas 17, Washington State 8, Iowa 8, Texas Tech 7, Syracuse 6, Washington 4, Louisville 4, Colorado 3, Kentucky 1.

Texas returns to No. 1 

Texas and Ohio State lead the way in this week’s AP poll. The Longhorns and Buckeyes were the only teams to receive first-place votes after then-No. 1 Alabama lost to an unranked Vanderbilt squad.

First-place votes
No. of First-Place Votes Team
52 Texas
9 Ohio State

WEEK 6 RECAP: Vanderbilt upsets No. 1 Alabama, Arkansas stuns No. 4 Tennessee in Week 6 

The rest of the top 10 has a new look

Undefeated Big Ten programs Oregon and Penn State follow in the rankings at No. 3 and No. 4. Then things get…

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