UNDATED (AP) — Ohio State is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll ahead of No. 2 Penn State and No. 3 LSU, which was joined this week by No. 5 Miami in the top five. Florida State is back in the poll for the first time in a year at No. 14 and Alabama plummeted to its lowest ranking in 17 seasons at No. 21. The defending national champion Buckeyes received 55 of 66 first-place votes. They are No. 1 in a regular-season poll for the first time since 2015. Preseason No. 1 Texas dropped to seventh.
UNDATED (AP) — Ohio State, Penn State, LSU and Georgia would be the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on the first Associated Press Top 25 poll of the regular season with Miami, Oregon, Texas and Clemson hosting first-round games. The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference each would have four teams in the 12-team field and the Atlantic Coast Conference would have two. First-round matchups would be No. 9 seed Notre Dame at No. 8 Clemson, No. 12 South Florida at No. 5 Miami, No. 10 South Carolina at No. 7 Texas and No. 11 Arizona State at No. 6 Oregon.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Danny O’Neil transferred to Wisconsin understanding he likely would spend up to a year as a backup before getting a chance to start. O’Neil won’t have to wait nearly that long. Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell acknowledged Tuesday that quarterback Billy Edwards Jr.’s knee injury likely will prevent him from playing Saturday against Middle Tennessee. O'Neil is set to start in Edwards' place. O'Neil started 11 games for San Diego State last year. Edwards left the Badgers’ season-opening 17-0 victory over Miami of Ohio on Thursday in the second quarter. O'Neil played the rest of the way.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Coach Dan Lanning said the Ducks “spend to win” following comments made by Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy about the resources No. 6 Oregon has for players. Mike Gundy made comments about the Ducks’ apparent deep pockets for players on his weekly radio show ahead of the Cowboys’ game at Oregon on Saturday. Gundy said his program spent “around $7 million” on its team over three years while the Ducks had spent close to $40 million last year alone — admitting that he might be off a few million.
