AP top 25 poll: Texas A&M jumps, LSU drops in Week 10 college football rankings

What teams are heading up, and falling down, in the AP top 25 college football rankings as we move into Week 10 and November football.

Where things stand in the AP top 25 college football rankings as we move into the Week 10 games. / USA Today Sports | Imagn

As we pick up the pieces from another consequential weekend of games across the country, let’s take a look at where things stand in the updated AP top 25 college football rankings for Week 10.

Four-fifths of the bottom teams in last week’s rankings lost on Saturday, leaving AP top 25 voters with quite a conundrum over what teams to include in the new poll.

Usually, teams that received votes the week before would emerge as candidates to move into the official rankings, but most of those teams also lost over the weekend, limiting the pool of potential top 25 teams for pollsters to choose from.

There was one notable change in the top 10 of the rankings after previous No. 8 LSU lost on the road at Texas A&M in a battle of the last two teams undefeated in SEC play.

Where does that leave everything in the updated top 25 college football rankings this week? Let’s take a look at what teams moved up, and down, and who stayed put in Week 10, according to AP voters.

AP top 25 rankings

First-place votes in parentheses

1. Oregon (61)
2. Georgia (1)
3. Penn State
4. Ohio State
5. Miami
6. Texas
7. Tennessee
8. Notre Dame
9. BYU
10. Texas A&M
11. Clemson
12. Iowa State
13. Indiana
14. Alabama
15. Boise State
16. LSU
17. Kansas State
18. Pittsburgh
19. Ole Miss
20. SMU
21. Army
22. Washington State
23. Colorado
24. Illinois
25. Missouri

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Other teams receiving votes

These teams got votes on AP top 25 ballots, but not enough to be included in the rankings this week

Vanderbilt 41, Memphis 34, Tulane 28, Navy 23, Louisville 5, Arkansas 4, UNLV 4, Louisiana-Lafayette 3, South Carolina 1.

AP top 25 biggest movers

LSU (Down 8). The loss at Texas A&M drops the Tigers to 2 losses and down 8 spots in the rankings looking ahead to a date against Alabama.

Texas A&M (Up 4). Coming back to beat LSU is enough for voters to put the Aggies in the top 10, but not as high as LSU’s former No. 8 position.

Missouri (Down 4). Despite getting shut out by Alabama, these Tigers remain in the rankings with a lack of other rankable teams in the pollsters’ eyes.

Illinois (Down 4). Likewise for the Illini, who lost an ugly game at Oregon, the second Big Ten loss for this team, both against ranked opponents and on the road.

College football’s undefeated teams

So long, Navy. Adios, Liberty. 

After the Midshipmen got trounced by the Fighting Irish, and the Flames got upset by Kennesaw State, we’re left with eight teams embodying perfection as we move into November football...

ACC: Miami, Pittsburgh

Big Ten: Oregon, Penn State, Indiana

Big 12: BYU, Iowa State

AAC: Army

More ... ESPN top 25 college football rankings for Week 10

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