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In a week of tremendous upheaval in the college football world, Alabama has been replaced by Texas as the No. 1 team in the country.
A shocking loss to Vanderbilt — despite entering the game as a three-touchdown favorite — dropped the Crimson Tide from No. 1 to No. 7.
The last top team to fall so far was Ohio State, which fell to 11th in 2010 after an October loss to Wisconsin.
Texas received 52 of 61 AP first-place votes, becoming the first team in two years to bounce in and out of first place in the span of three polls. The Longhorns also became just the third team since 2008 to be voted No. 1 after not playing the day before.
Ohio State defeated Iowa for its fourth straight easy win, receiving nine first-place votes and moving up one spot to No. 2.
Vanderbilt celebrates a huge win over Alabama despite being a huge underdog
Oregon and Penn State each moved up three spots, with the Ducks at No. 3 and the Nittany Lions in fourth. Georgia remained number 5.
Miami, which came back from a 25-point deficit in the second half to beat California 39-38, moved up two spots to No. 6.
The chaos wasn’t limited to Alabama, however. Six of the 18 AP Top 25 teams that played lost to unranked opponents (33%), the highest figure since six of 16 (38%) lost in the first week of October 2020.
The Tide were 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 No. 4 to No. 8. Michigan lost at Washington and went from No. 10 to No. 24. Southern California lost at Minnesota and went from No. 11 to out of the Top 25. The Trojans were the first of the teams that also received votes.
Texas didn’t even play, but still moved up to No. 1 in the college football rankings
Texas A&M defeated Missouri at home in the only Top 25 game. That earned the Aggies a promotion from No. 25 to No. 15 and the Tigers a demotion from No. 9 to No. 21.
The Big Ten dominates the top five, but the Southeastern Conference maintains its hold on the top ten. No. No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Oregon and No. 4 Penn State are booked by the SEC’s Texas and Georgia. The SEC also has Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi in the top 10.
Double-digit drops by Missouri, Michigan and USC mark the first time since Nov. 13, 2016, that three teams have fallen 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 against).
The biggest increases were Texas A&M (25 to 15), Clemson (15 to 10) and Iowa State (16 to 11).