UNDATED (AP) — Miami jumped LSU and Penn State into the No. 2 spot behind Ohio State in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll. Oklahoma is in the top 10 for the first time in two years and Indiana and Texas Tech made big moves after lopsided wins over ranked opponents. Miami has its highest ranking since 2017. Penn State, which had been No. 2 since the preseason, was idle and slipped to No. 3. LSU fell one spot to No. 4 after an easy win. Georgia, Oregon, Oklahoma, Florida State, Texas A&M and Texas round out the top 10.
UNDATED (AP) — The Red River Rivalry would be played a second time this season with Texas visiting Oklahoma in the first round of the College Football Playoff if the bracket were based on the new Associated Press Top 25 poll. The teams earning top-four seeds and first-round byes would remain the same as last week but in a different order. Ohio State would continue to be No. 1 followed by No. 2 Miami, No. 3 Penn State and No. 4 LSU. Oklahoma and Texas Tech are on the bracket for the first time this season and Illinois and Iowa State are off.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana has spent coach Curt Cignetti’s entire two-year tenure hearing doubters question how good his Hoosiers really were. After making last year’s College Football Playoff with no wins over ranked teams and starting this season with victories over Old Dominion, Kennesaw State and Indiana State, the critics were back. On Saturday, the Hoosiers responded emphatically with a 63-10 rout of No. 9 Illinois — the program's largest victory margin against a top-10 opponent. It was good enough to send the Hoosiers up eight spots to No. 11. The question is will it put an end to the nonbelievers?
