{"id":383590,"date":"2025-11-16T19:19:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/383590\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T19:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:19:17","slug":"ap-top-25-live-updates-georgia-climbs-to-no-4-oklahoma-cracks-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/383590\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Top 25 live updates: Georgia climbs to No. 4, Oklahoma cracks top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-football-poll\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AP Top 25 poll<\/a> features new teams in its top spots: <b>Georgia <\/b>inched up to <b>No. 4<\/b>, O<b>le Miss<\/b> cracked the top five and<b> Oklahoma<\/b> slid into the top 10 at <b>No. 8<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s Georgia\u2019s highest ranking since the first week of September thanks to its 35-10 win over Texas. The Longhorns dropped seven spots to No. 17.<\/p>\n<p><b>No. 22 North Texas<\/b> is ranked for the first time since 1959, putting it in the thick of the race for the Group of Five\u2019s automatic CFP bid.<\/p>\n<p>That brings the number of Group of Five teams in the Top 25 to three, a first this season. The Southeastern Conference has five teams in the top 10.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ohio State, Indiana <\/b>and <b>Texas A&amp;M<\/b> held onto the top three spots for a fifth straight week. <b>Oregon<\/b> and <b>Texas Tech<\/b> both moved up to tie at <b>No. 6<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alabama<\/b> dropped six spots to <b>No. 10<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about what happened in this week\u2019s Top 25 poll, <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/top-25-college-football-poll-11-16-2025#0000019a-8d61-dbaf-a9de-efe767ea0000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ask a voter about the rankings<\/a> and follow live updates from The Associated Press below.<\/p>\n<p><b>Here\u2019s what to know:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" data-pm-slice=\"3 3 []\" id=\"rte-f56cee30-c00d-11f0-8e65-91e4b6e0ca16\">\n<li><b>Who\u2019s in? Who\u2019s out? <\/b>No. 24 Tulane joins North Texas as a fellow newcomer to the poll. No. 23 Missouri and No. 25 Houston also returned to the rankings. Louisville (19), Cincinnati (22), Pittsburgh (23) and South Florida (25) dropped out.<\/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\/how-ap-top-25-works-d4a80e192ecea1795711f023eb64b73d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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, <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ap-top25-ballot-process-voters-7ca67ed5b99003c484f96ac737bb780d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">preseason speculation<\/a> or regional bias.<\/li>\n<li><b>Think you know better? <\/b>Prove it by casting 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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Donate to AP.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest AP Top 25 poll features new teams in its top spots: Georgia inched up to No.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":383591,"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-383590","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\/115560996768662188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383590","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=383590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}