College Football Rankings: New AP and Coaches Top 25 released

The college football rankings have a new No. 1.

Notre Dame knocked off top-ranked Clemson 47-40 in double overtime Saturday night. The Irish’s win deserves an asterisk because of Trevor Lawrence’s absence, but it’s important to remember that the AP voters kept Clemson at No. 1 after the Lawrence-less Tigers beat Boston College. Even with Lawrence sidelined, beating No. 1 is still beating No. 1.

Notre Dame will now be 7-0 with the most impressive victory of the college football season, a win over the No. 1 team.

There are other changes in the Top 10. Georgia dropped out of the top ten after losing 44-28 to No. 8 Florida. Florida and Texas A&M both moved up.

AP Top 25

We’ve got some big moves in the recent AP top 25:

#1 Alabama
#2 Notre Dame
#3 Ohio State
#4 Clemson
#5 Texas A&M
#6 Florida
#7 Cincinnati
#8 BYU
#9 Miami
#10 Indiana
#11 Oregon
#12 Georgia
#13 Wisconsin
#14 Oklahoma State
#15 Coastal Carolina
#16 Marshall
#17 Iowa State
#18 Oklahoma
#19 SMU
#20 USC
#21 Texas
#22 Liberty
#23 Northwestern
#24 Auburn
#25 Louisiana

The teams receiving votes that were just outside the top 25 include: North Carolina 85, Army 54, Tulsa 47, Utah 33, Washington 21, Arizona State 11, Purdue 8, Wake Forest 6, Boise State 5, Appalachian State 5, California 3, Maryland 3, Nevada 1

Coaches Poll

Here is how the Coaches Poll looks as well:

#1 Alabama
#2 Notre Dame
#3 Ohio State
#4 Clemson
#5 Florida
#6 Texas A&M
#7 Cincinnati
#8 BYU
#9 Miami
#10 Indiana
#11 Georgia
#12 Oregon
#13 Oklahoma State
#14 Wisconsin
#15 Marshall
#16 Iowa State
#17 Coastal Carolina
#18 Oklahoma
#19 SMU
#20 USC
#21 Auburn
#22 Liberty
#23 Northwestern
#24 Texas
#25 Army

SDS Staff

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