Ohio State kept the top spot in the Associated Press Top-25 college football poll on Sunday after an impressive 42-3 win over Minnesota, but a couple of upsets highlighted the poll news this weekend.
Texas and Penn State, who were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the preseason were both upset as double-digit favorites on Saturday, picking up their second losses. Then No. 7 Penn State lost to winless UCLA 42-37 in the Rose Bowl, and then No. 9 Texas was upset 29-21 by three-loss Florida.
Here is the Week 7 poll, released Oct. 5, with first-place votes in parentheses
1. Ohio State Buckeyes (40)
2. Miami Hurricanes (21)
3. Oregon Ducks (5)
4. Ole Miss Rebels
5. Texas A&M Aggies
6. Oklahoma Sooners
7. Indiana Hoosiers
8. Alabama Crimson Tide
9. Texas Tech Red Raiders
10. Georgia Bulldogs
11. LSU Tigers
12. Tennessee Volunteers
13. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
14. Missouri Tigers
15. Michigan Wolverines
16. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
17, Illinois Fighting Irish
18. BYU Cougars
19. Virginia Cavaliers
20. Vanderbilt Commodores
21. Arizona State Sun Devils
22. Iowa State Cyclones
23. Memphis Tigers
24. South Florida Bulls
25. Florida State Seminoles
Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 129, Texas 111, Penn State 97, Utah 82, Nebraska 60, USC 46, UNLV 19, North Texas 16, TCU 14, Mississippi State 10, Washington 10, Navy 4, Louisville 3, Auburn 1
Dropped from rankings: Penn State 7, Texas 9
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We have three games that pair ranked teams this weekend, headlined by No. 7 Indiana traveling to Eugune to take on No. 3 Oregon. Both teams are 5-0. Here's the story on what Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said about Oregon. CLICK HERE
Oregon coach Dan Lanning had a lot of kind words for the Hoosiers, too. Here's that story from Zion Brown of our Hoosier Roundtable team . CLICK HERE
No. 1 Ohio State has a tough road trip to Illinois. The Fighting Illini (4-1) are ranked No. 17, with their only loss to Indiana (63-10). The other ranked matchup features No. 8 Alabama (4-1) at No. 14 Missouri (5-0.)
Miami had been ranked No. 2 two weeks ago but dropped a spot after a bye week after Oregon won in overtime at Penn State. It's been a long time since the Hurricanes have been ranked this high in October. You have to go all the way back to 2003, when they went 11-2 and beat Florida State in the Orange Bowl.