Miami Moves to No. 5 in AP Top 25 Poll; Notre Dame to No. 8

Miami topped Texas and climbed to No. 5 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll on Sunday, its highest ranking since 2017, while Notre Dame, BYU and Texas A&M all moved into the top 10.

Oregon, Georgia, Penn State and Ohio State remained the top four teams, and Washington State and Colorado cracked the top 25 for the first time this season.

Led by Heisman Trophy candidate Cam Ward, Miami improved to 8-0 with its win over Florida State on Saturday. The Hurricanes have been ranked in the top 10 in eight straight polls, but haven't been this high since spending two weeks at No. 2 in November 2017.

Texas, which fell from No. 1 to No. 5 after its home loss to Georgia, slipped another spot to No. 6 after a three-point win at Vanderbilt.

Notre Dame, which was knocked out of the top 10 after its loss to Northern Illinois in Week 2, moved up four spots and is No. 8 after its 51-14 win over Navy.

No. 9 BYU went on the road and beat UCF 8-0 and has its highest ranking since 2020, when the Cougars opened with nine straight wins.

Texas A&M's 38-23 victory over LSU was its second of the season against a top-10 opponent, and first-year coach Mike Elko's Aggies were rewarded with a four-tier climb to No. 10. This is her highest ranking since her sixth place in September 2022.

No. 1 Oregon received 61 of 62 first-place votes – two more than last week – after a 38-9 win over Illinois. No. 2 Georgia, which was inactive, received the other first-place vote.

Penn State overcame the loss of quarterback Drew Allar to injury just before halftime to win at Wisconsin and remain the No. 3 seed heading into this weekend's home game against Ohio State, which remained No. 4 after a 21-17 home win over nearly four touchdowns -Underdog Nebraska.

POLL POINTS

Notre Dame and Texas A&M made the biggest moves. LSU's drop from No. 8 to No. 16 was the largest demotion.

BYU has risen in six straight polls since entering at No. 22 on Sept. 22. Pittsburgh has advanced four straight since its season debut at No. 22 on Oct. 6.

Due to Texas' drop to No. 6, this is the first poll this season where the SEC only had one representative in the top five. This is the fourth straight week the Big Ten has had three of the top four teams.

Miami is the first ACC team ranked in the top five since Florida State was No. 4 in the first week of December.

WHO'S IN; WHO'S OUT

Washington State (7-1) defeated San Diego State for its third straight win and climbed to No. 22 to become the first team from the remaining Pac-12 ranks this season. (Oregon State is the only other current member.)

Colorado (6-2) has won five of six games after beating Cincinnati and is ranked No. 23, the first ranking for coach Deion Sanders and his Buffaloes since they appeared in three straight polls at the start of last season.

Vanderbilt's first ranking since the 2013 season lasted just one week. The Commodores, ranked No. 25, received the most votes among teams outside the top 25.

Navy was eliminated from the poll two weeks in a row after committing six turnovers in a 37-point loss to Notre Dame. Rival Army (7-0) climbed two spots to No. 21.

Conference call

SEC: 8 (No. 2, 6, 7, 10, 14, 16, 19, 25)
Big Ten: 5 (No. 1, 3, 4, 13, 24)
ACC: 4 (No. 5, 11, 18, 20)
Big 12: 4 (No. 9, 11, 17, 23)
American: 1 (No. 21)
Independent: 1 (No. 8)
Mountain West: 1 (No. 15)
Pac-12: 1 (No. 22)

RANKING VS. RANKING

No. 4 Ohio State at No. 3 Penn State: This will be the fourth meeting between the top five teams this season. The Buckeyes have won seven straight in this series. Both teams have health issues, none major than Penn State's Allar's knee injury.

No. 18 Pittsburgh at No. 20 SMU: Of the four teams that are undefeated in ACC play, these two are the biggest surprises. Pitt was ranked 13th in the conference and SMU was ranked seventh in the preseason media poll.