Projecting Sunday’s AP Top 25: Dominoes continue to fall for SEC
College football’s unbeatens are falling, one by one.
Baylor and Notre Dame were the latest victims on Saturday, which likely pushes Alabama, a 59-0 winner over Texas A&M, and Auburn back into the Top 5 in Sunday’s Week 9 AP Poll.
Here’s our best guess at how the new poll will look. We’ve included last week’s rankings as a guide.
PROJECTING SUNDAY’S WEEK 9 AP TOP 25
1. Mississippi State (6-0) BYE. Next: at Kentucky, Saturday
2. Florida State (7-0) beat Notre Dame, 31-27. Next: BYE.
3. Ole Miss (7-0) beat Tennessee, 34-3. Next: at LSU, Saturday
4. Alabama (6-1) beat Texas A&M, 59-0. Next: at Tennessee, Saturday
5. Auburn (5-1) BYE. Next: vs. South Carolina, Saturday
6. Michigan State (6-1) beat Indiana, 56-17. Next: vs. Michigan, Saturday
7. Oregon (6-1) beat Washington, 45-20. Next: at California, Friday
8. Georgia (6-1) beats Arkansas, 45-32. Next: BYE
9. Notre Dame (6-1) lost to Florida State, 31-27. Next: BYE
10. TCU (5-1) beat Oklahoma State, 42-9. Next: vs. Texas Tech, Saturday
11. Baylor (6-1) lost to West Virginia, 41-27. Next: BYE
12. Ohio State (5-1) beat Rutgers, 56-17. Next: at Penn State, Saturday
13. Kansas State (5-1) beat Oklahoma, 31-30. Next: vs. Texas, Saturday
14. Arizona (5-1) BYE. Next: at Washington State, Saturday
15. Arizona State (4-1) leads No. 23 Stanford at halftime.
16. East Carolina (5-1) BYE. Next: vs. UConn, Thursday
17. Nebraska (6-1) beat Northwestern, 38-17. Next: vs. Rutgers, Saturday
18. Utah (5-1) beat Oregon State, 29-23. Next: vs. Southern Cal, Saturday
19. Oklahoma (5-2) lost to Kansas State, 31-30. Next: BYE
20. West Virginia (5-2) beat No. 4 Baylor, 41-27. N
21. USC (5-2) beat Colorado, 56-28. Next: at Utah, Saturday
22. Stanford (5-2) trails No. 17 Arizona State at halftime.
23. Clemson (5-2) beat Boston College, 17-13. Next: vs. Syracuse, Saturday
24. Marshall (7-0) beat Florida International, 45-13. Next: vs. Florida Atlantic, Saturday
25. Duke (6-1) beat Virginia, 20-13. Next: at Pittsburgh