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AP College Football Poll Reaction: What’s Next for Each Top 25 Team?

AP College Football Poll Reaction: What’s Next for Each Top 25 Team?

The new AP Top 25 college football poll is out. Week 7 featured two classic rivalries in Oklahoma-Texas and Florida-Tennessee, as well as three matchups between ranked teams.

The No. 1 Texas Longhorns started slowly before pulling away with a 34-3 win. Then the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes went to Eugene to face the No. 3 Oregon Ducks. The game lived up to the hype as the two teams made big plays and Oregon won on a field goal late in the fourth quarter.

What does this all mean for the new AP Top 25? Let’s break down the rankings.

Statistics courtesy of ESPN Research.

Always east

Previous ranking: 1

Record 2024: 6-0

Week 7 result: Defeated Oklahoma 34-3

Stat knowing: With a 49-point win in 2022 and a 31-point win in 2024, Quinn Ewers was Texas’ quarterback in two of its four biggest wins against Oklahoma.

What’s next?: Saturday vs. Georgia, 7:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN+

Previous ranking:3

Record 2024: 6-0

Week 7 result: Defeated Ohio State 32-31

Stat knowing: With the win, Dillon Gabriel became the first player with 125 passing touchdowns and 30 rushing scores in FBS history.

What’s next?: Friday at Purdue, 8 p.m., Fox

Previous ranking: 4

Record 2024: 6-0

Week 7 result: Defeated USC 33-30 (OT).

Stat knowing: Ty Warren’s 17 receptions are the most in a game in Penn State history and also tie with Emilio Vallez (New Mexico, 1967) and Jon Harvey (Northwestern, 1982) for the most receptions in FBS history.

What’s next?: October 26 in Wisconsin

Previous ranking:2

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Lost to Oregon 32-31

Stat knowing: Ryan Day suffered two losses as head coach before Thanksgiving. Oregon is responsible for both.

What’s next?: October 26 vs. Nebraska

Previous ranking: 5

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Defeated Mississippi State 41-31

Stat knowing: Carson Beck threw for 459 yards in the win. This is the third highest number in school history.

What’s next?: Saturday in Texas, 7:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN+

Previous ranking:6

Record 2024: 6-0

Week 7 result: Idle

What’s next?: Saturday in Louisville, noon, ABC/ESPN+

Previous ranking:7

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Defeated South Carolina 27-25

Stat knowing: Alabama has not lost consecutive conference games since 2007 and has won 80 straight home games against unranked opponents.

What’s next?: Saturday in Tennessee, 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN+

Previous ranking: 13

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Defeated Ole Miss 29-26 (OT).

Stat knowing: Garrett Nussmeier finished the game with 51 passes, tied for the third-most passes in a game in LSU history.

What’s next?: Saturday at Arkansas, 7 p.m., ESPN

Previous ranking: 11

Record 2024: 6-0

Week 7 result: Defeated West Virginia 28-16

Stat knowing: Iowa State is 6-0 for the second time in program history. The Cyclones won their first seven games in 1938.

What’s next?: Saturday vs. UCF, 7:30 p.m

Previous ranking: 10

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Defeated Wake Forest 49-14

Stat knowing: Phil Mafah had 118 rushing yards. It was his fourth 100-yard game of the season. In 2018, he tied with Travis Etienne for the most 100-yard rushing games in the team’s first six games in the last 20 years.

What’s next?: Saturday vs. Virginia, noon, ACC Network

Previous ranking:8

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Defeated Florida 23-17

Stat knowing: Dylan Sampson is the first FBS player in the last 20 years to record three rushing scores in each of his team’s first three home games of the season.

What’s next?: Saturday vs. Alabama, 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN+

Previous ranking: 11

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Defeated Stanford 49-7

Stat knowing: With 229 passing yards, Riley Leonard ended a streak of five straight starts with fewer than 200 passing yards.

What’s next?: Saturday at Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m., ESPN

Previous ranking: 14

Record 2024: 6-0

Week 7 result: Defeated Arizona 41-19

Stat knowing: BYU has forced multiple interceptions in three straight games. The Cougars are the only FBS team with an active interception streak this season.

What’s next?: Friday vs. Oklahoma State, 10:15 p.m., ESPN

Previous ranking: 15

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Idle

What’s next?: Saturday at Mississippi State

Previous ranking: 17

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Defeated Hawaii 28-7

Stat knowing: Ashton Jeanty’s 1,248 rushing yards and 1,287 scrimmage yards are the second-most in both categories over the past 20 seasons.

What’s next: Oct. 25 at UNLV, 10:30 p.m., CBSSN

Previous ranking: 18

Record 2024: 6-0

Week 7 result: Idle

What’s next?: Saturday against Nebraska

Previous ranking: 18

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Defeated Colorado 31-28

Stat knowing: Against Colorado, Avery Johnson had his third career game with multiple passing touchdowns and a rushing score.

What’s next?: Saturday in West Virginia, 7:30 p.m

Previous ranking:9

Record 2024: 5-2

Week 7 result: Lost to LSU 29-26 (OT)

Stat knowing: Ole Miss is 7-10 in overtime games since 1996. The Rebels’ last overtime win came in 2022.

What’s next?: October 26 vs. Oklahoma

Previous ranking: 21

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Defeated UMass 45-3

Stat knowing: Mizzou had multiple scoring plays of 60 or more yards for the first time since 2017.

What’s next?: Saturday against Auburn

Previous ranking: 22

Record 2024: 6-0

Week 7 result: Defeated Cal 17-15

Stat knowing: Eli Holstein is the first Pitt QB to win each of his first six starts since Dan Marino in 1979-80 (the first nine).

What’s next?: Oct. 24 vs. Syracuse, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Previous ranking: 25

Record 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Idle

What’s next?: Saturday at Stanford, 8 p.m., ACC Network

Previous ranking: 23

Record from 2024: 5-1

Week 7 result: Defeated Purdue 50-49 (OT)

Stat knowing: Illinois has scored 40 or more points for the third time in its last six conference games. The 50 points are the most against Purdue since 48 in 2015.

What’s next?: Saturday vs. Michigan, 3:30 p.m., CBS

Previous ranking: NO

Record from 2024: 6-0

Week 7 result: Defeated UAB 44-10

Stat knowing: Army is off to a 6-0 start to the season for the first time since 1996, when the Black Knights started 9-0.

What’s next?: Saturday vs. East Carolina, noon, ESPN2

Previous ranking:24

Record from 2024: 4-2

Week 7 result: Idle

What’s next?: Saturday at Illinois, 3:30 p.m., CBS

Previous ranking: NO

Record from 2024: 5-0

Week 7 result: Idle

What’s next?: Saturday vs. Charlotte, 3:30 p.m., CBSSN