{"id":431383,"date":"2025-12-07T17:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/431383\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T17:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:05:17","slug":"ap-top-25-live-updates-rankings-shake-up-ahead-of-college-football-playoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/431383\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Top 25 live updates: Rankings shake up ahead of College Football Playoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Indiana<\/b> is the No. 1 team in 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\">AP Top 25 poll<\/a> for the first time, ending Ohio State\u2019s 14-week run atop the rankings after <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/indiana-ohio-state-football-big-ten-championship-score-53974c9f265721c0b2e8c6df470e10fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beating them 13-10 for the Big Ten title<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Georgia<\/b>, which <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sec-alabama-georgia-sec-1f2d63361dac54d6aebf8060ae18c54f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beat Alabama in the SEC title game<\/a>, moved up one spot to No. 2 for its highest ranking of the season. <b>Ohio State<\/b>, the defending national champion, slipped two spots to No. 3.<\/p>\n<p><b>Texas Tech<\/b>, a 27-point winner over BYU in the Big 12 championship game, also has its highest ranking of the season after rising one rung to No. 4.<\/p>\n<p><b>Oregon<\/b> was <b>No. 5 <\/b>and followed by <b>Mississippi, Texas A&amp;M, Oklahoma, Notre Dame <\/b>and<b> Miami.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>What could it mean for the <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/college-football-playoff-bracket-7ea3841a2f3309d0f4eb0b5dbc835ee5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College Football Playoff bracket<\/a>, dropping at noon EST?<\/p>\n<p>Follow live updates from The Associated Press below for ranking predictions, game highlights and Top 25 voter answers to fan questions, all in one place.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" id=\"rte-8ddcf1e2-d37f-11f0-ba71-a5bd8dd7f8fd\">\n<li><b>Who gets automatic bids to the CFP? <\/b>The four top-seeded teams will get first-round byes \u2014 starting with Indiana and probably including Ohio State, Georgia and Texas Tech \u2014 then the next eight will play games at the home stadiums of the higher-seeded teams beginning on Dec. 19. The final is set for Jan. 19. <\/li>\n<li><b>Who\u2019s set to make the playoff? <\/b>Eight teams also have rock-solid resumes: Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia, Texas Tech, Oregon, Ole Miss and Oklahoma. The final four spots are much more complicated.<\/li>\n<li><b>Who\u2019s hurting for a spot? <\/b>CFP No. 9 Alabama (10-3), No. 10 Notre Dame (10-2) and No. 12 Miami (10-2) are in the hunt. The committee had to sleep on which three teams out of five contenders vying for the final spots in the bracket are worthy, and which two stay home after <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/college-playoff-cfp-alabama-duke-57eb76f0431aa7d97aa99bc6ac530cb3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama\u2019s loss and unranked Duke\u2019s 27-20 win<\/a> in overtime over Virginia.<\/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":"Indiana is the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 poll for the first time, ending Ohio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":431384,"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-431383","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\/115679378898425894","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431383","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=431383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}