AP Top 25, Week 8: New No. 1 takes over, 9 SEC teams land in latest poll
By Ethan Stone
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Week 7 of the 2026 college football season was one for the books. Ranked teams fell left and right, including 3 of the top 5 and 5 of the top 7 teams in the country heading into the week’s action.
Miami is the ultimate winner of the week, having secured the No. 1 spot in the Week 8 AP Top 25 Poll. BYU and Ohio State aren’t far behind, followed by No. 4 Georgia and No. 5 Texas Tech.
9 SEC teams are ranked in this week’s AP Top 25: Georgia (No. 5), Ole Miss (No. 7), Tennessee (No. 11), Kentucky (No. 12), Alabama (No. 13), LSU (No. 18), Texas (No. 19), Florida (No. 20) and Mizzou (No. 22). Auburn and Mississippi State also received votes in this week’s poll.
Here is a look at the Week 8 AP Top 25 in full:
- Miami
- BYU
- Ohio State
- Notre Dame
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Ole Miss
- Texas Tech
- UCLA
- Utah
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Alabama
- Houston
- Iowa
- USC
- Wake Forest
- LSU
- Texas
- Florida
- Boise State
- Mizzou
- SMU
- Northwestern
- Arizona
Others receiving votes
Oklahoma State 128, Oregon 79, Auburn 61, James Madison 52, Mississippi State 30, New Mexico 6, Oregon State 3
Ethan Stone is a Saturday Down South News Editor and an advocate for the return of the Seattle Supersonics.
