{"id":280154,"date":"2025-10-05T19:36:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T19:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/280154\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T19:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T19:36:15","slug":"ap-top-25-live-updates-college-football-rankings-see-shake-up-after-week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/280154\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Top 25 live updates: College football rankings see shake up after Week 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-football-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest AP Top 25 college football rankings<\/a> show a major shakeup, with <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ap-top-25-poll-f9be6dff4d7aeda851fe803c1f8da83b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penn State and Texas gone from the poll<\/a> for the first time since 2022. Miami moved ahead of an idle Oregon to reclaim the No. 2 spot and No. 9 Texas Tech rose to its highest ranking since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 Ohio State stayed put thanks to <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-ohio-state-score-fcb8db7bc6bcfa3d4c23f796a6b2af77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a win over Minnesota<\/a>, but the Buckeyes\u2019 number of first-place votes dwindled to 40, the lowest since the team claimed the top spot five weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>No. 6 Oklahoma slipped one notch, but the losses by Penn State and Texas made way for Indiana at No. 7 and Alabama at No. 8, a two-spot promotion for the Crimson Tide. No. 10 Georgia also climbed two spots.<\/p>\n<p>Follow live updates from The Associated Press below for game recaps, ranking analysis and voter answers to fan questions, all in one place.<\/p>\n<p><b>Here\u2019s what to know: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" id=\"rte-34e01902-a215-11f0-b436-5be338326222\">\n<li><b>Who are the other big movers? <\/b>No. 23 Memphis is in for the first time since the final poll last season, and No. 24 South Florida is back after a one-month absence. No. 22 Iowa State dropped eight spots, the biggest fall of any team still in the Top 25.<\/li>\n<li><b>Who decides the rankings? <\/b>The Top 25 voters are more than 60 <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ap-top25-ballot-process-voters-7ca67ed5b99003c484f96ac737bb780d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">journalists covering college football<\/a> for AP members and other news organizations. They\u2019re urged to base their votes on head-to-head results, not reputation, preseason speculation or regional bias.<\/li>\n<li><b>Did AP voters get it wrong? <\/b>We know you think you can do better. Submit your ballot in the <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-football-fan-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AP Top 25 Fan Poll<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Here\u2019s the poll\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-football-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758479777_486_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 Show your appreciation for one of college football\u2019s longest-running traditions.<a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Donate to AP.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest AP Top 25 college football rankings show a major shakeup, with Penn State and Texas gone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":280155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[114197,82452,1428,1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-280154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-ap-top-25-college-football-fan-poll","9":"tag-ap-top-25-college-football-poll","10":"tag-college-football","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-ncaa","13":"tag-ncaa-football","14":"tag-ncaafootball","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115323246253706546","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}