Projecting the College Football AP Top 25 For Week 10

Kansas scored itself a top-10 upset over Oklahoma that’ll surely bump the Jayhawks up into the rankings when the AP poll is released on Sunday.

Week 9 of the college football season provided plenty of excitement, and a handful of upsets to boot. 

The most notable upset came courtesy of unranked Kansas, who welcomed No. 6 Oklahoma to town and dispatched the College Football Playoff contenders, 38–33. Elsewhere, No. 17 North Carolina fell to unranked Georgia Tech for its second consecutive loss as a double-digit favorite.

No. 1 Georgia took care of business in emphatic fashion with a 23-point win against rival Florida, while No. 3 Ohio State and No. 5 Washington survived tough road tests to continue their undefeated seasons.

With another college football weekend in the books, here’s Sports Illustrated‘s AP Top 25 projection.

The Projected Ranking

1. Georgia Bulldogs: 8-0 (5-0 SEC)

This Week: Win 43–20 vs. Florida in Jacksonville

Week 10: Home vs. Missouri

2. Michigan Wolverines: 8-0 (5-0 Big Ten)

This Week: Idle

Week 10: Home vs. Purdue

3. Ohio State Buckeyes: 8-0 (5-0 Big Ten)

This Week: Win 24–10 at Wisconsin

Week 10: Away at Rutgers

4. Florida State Seminoles: 8-0 (6-0 ACC)

This Week: Win 41–16 at Wake Forest

Week 10: Away at Pittsburgh

5. Washington Huskies: 8-0 (5-0 Pac-12)

This Week: Win 42–33 at Stanford

Week 10: Away at USC

6. Oregon Ducks: 7-1 (4-1 Pac-12)

This Week: Win 35–6 vs. No. 13 Utah

Week 10: Home vs. Cal 

7. Texas Longhorns: 7-1 (4-1 Big 12)

This Week: Win 35–6 vs. BYU

Week 10: Home vs. Kansas State

8. Alabama Crimson Tide: 7-1 (5-0 SEC)

This Week: Idle

Week 10: Home vs. LSU

9. Penn State Nittany Lions: 7-1 (4-1 Big Ten)

This Week: Win 33–24 vs. Indiana

Week 10: Away at Maryland

10. Oklahoma Sooners: 7-1 (4-1 Big 12)

This Week: Loss 38–33 at Kansas

Week 10: Away at Oklahoma State

11. Ole Miss Rebels: 7-1 (4-1 SEC)

This Week: Win 33–7 vs. Vanderbilt

Week 10: Home vs. Texas A&M

12. Notre Dame Fighting Irish: 7-2

This Week: Win 58–7 vs. Pittsburgh

Week 10: Away at Clemson

13. LSU Tigers: 6-2 (4-1 SEC)

This Week: Idle

Week 10: Away at Alabama

14. Missouri Tigers: 7-1 (3-1 SEC)

This Week: Idle

Week 10: Away at Georgia

15. Louisville Cardinals: 7-1 (4-1 ACC)

This Week: Win 23–20 vs. No. 20 Duke

Week 10: Home vs. Virginia Tech

16. Air Force Falcons: 8-0 (5-0 Mountain West)

This Week: Win 30–13 at Colorado State

Week 10: Home vs. Army

17. Oregon State Beavers: 6-2 (3-2 Pac-12)

This Week: Lose 27-24 at Arizona

Week 10: Away at Colorado

18. Tennessee Volunteers: 6-2 (3-2 SEC)

This Week: Win 33–27 at Kentucky

Week 10: Home vs. UConn

19. Utah Utes: 6-2 (3-2 Pac-12)

This Week: Loss 35–6 vs. No. 8 Oregon

Week 10: Home vs. Arizona State

20. Tulane Green Wave: 7-1 (4-0 American)

This Week: Win 30–28 at Rice

Week 10: Away at East Carolina

21. UCLA Bruins: 6-2 (3-2 Pac-12)

This Week: Win 28–16 vs. Colorado

Week 10: Away at Arizona

22. USC Trojans: 7-2 (5-1 Pac-12)

This Week: Win 50–49 at California

Week 10: Home vs. Washington

23. James Madison Dukes: 8-0 (5-0 Sun Belt)

This Week: Win 30–27 vs. Old Dominion

Week 10: Away at Georgia State

24. Oklahoma State Cowboys: 6-2 (4-1 Big 12)

This Week: Win 45–13 vs. Cincinnati

Week 10: Home vs. Oklahoma

25. Kansas Jayhawks: 6-2 (3-2 Big 12)

This Week: Win 38–33 vs. No. 6 Oklahoma

Week 10: Away at Iowa State

Others Considered: Kansas State, Liberty, Miami 

Dropped from Rankings: No. 17 North Carolina