How BYU and Texas Tech losses impact the playoff picture (2:02)

Associated Press

Oct 25, 2026, 02:00 PM ET

No. 1 Miami was the only team to hold its spot in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday as idle Ohio State moved up to No. 2 and the poll went through another major reordering in the wake of BYU 's loss at UCF and subsequent six-spot fall to No. 8.

A week after five of the top seven teams lost, three more top-10 teams went down Saturday to make it 10 in the past three weeks, tying 2007 and 1959 as the most over a three-week span in poll history. Three teams ranked either No. 1 or 2 have lost to an unranked opponent over that span in what is shaping up to be the most topsy-turvy season since 2007.

Miami, Utah and UCLA are the only remaining unbeaten FBS teams, the fewest at this point in a season since there were three left in 1977, according to Sportradar.

Georgia moved up a spot to No. 3 after its open date, Indiana jumped two rungs to No.…