The new AP Top 25 College Football Poll is out. Week 7 features two classic rivalries in Oklahoma-Texas and Florida-Tennessee and three matchups of ranked teams.
The No. 1 Texas Longhorns started slow before pulling away for a 34-3 victory. Then, the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes traveled to Eugene to take on the No. 3 Oregon Ducks. The game lived up to the hype with the two teams trading big plays late in the fourth quarter and Oregon winning on a field goal.
What does this mean for the new AP Top 25? Let’s break down the rankings.
Statistics courtesy of ESPN Research.
Always east
Previous ranking: 1
2024 record: 6-0
7 week results: Oklahoma defeated 34-3
Status to know: With a 49-point win in 2022 and a 31-point win in 2024, Quinn Ewers has been Texas’ quarterback for two of its four biggest wins over Oklahoma.
what next: Saturday vs. Georgia, 7:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN+
Previous ranking: 3
2024 record: 6-0
7 week results: Ohio State lost 32-31
Status to know: In the win, Dillon Gabriel became the first player in FBS history with 125 career passing touchdowns and 30 career rushing scores.
what next: Friday at Purdue, 8 p.m., Fox
Previous ranking: 4
2024 record: 6-0
7 week results: Defeated USC 33-30 (OT)
Status to know: Ty Warren’s 17 receptions are the most in a game in Penn State history and tied Emilio Vallez (New Mexico, 1967) and John Harvey (Northwestern, 1982) for the most in FBS history.
what next: October 26 at Wisconsin
Previous ranking: 2
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Lost to Oregon 32-31
Status to know: Ryan Day has had two losses as a head coach before Thanksgiving. Oregon is responsible for both.
what next: Oct. 26 vs. Nebraska
Previous ranking: 5
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Defeated Mississippi State 41-31
Status to know: Carson Beck threw for 459 yards in the win. That’s the third highest in school history.
what next: Saturday at Texas, 7:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN+
Previous ranking: 6
2024 record: 6-0
7 week results: Disabled
what next: Saturday at Louisville, noon, ABC/ESPN+
Previous ranking: 7
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Defeated South Carolina 27-25
Status to know: Alabama hasn’t lost consecutive conference games since 2007 and has won 80 straight home games against unranked opponents.
what next: Saturday at Tennessee, 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN+
Previous ranking: 13
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Defeated Ole Miss 29-26 (OT)
Status to know: Garrett Nussmeyer finished with 51 passes, tied for third most in a game in LSU history.
what next: Saturday at Arkansas, 7 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 11
2024 record: 6-0
7 week results: Beat West Virginia 28-16
Status to know: Iowa State is 6-0 for the second time in program history. The Cyclones won their first seven games in 1938.
what next: Saturday vs. UCF, 7:30 p.m
Previous ranking: 10
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Defeated Wake Forest 49-14
Status to know: Phil Maffah had 118 yards rushing. It was his fourth 100-yard game this season. That tied him with Travis Etienne in 2018 for the most 100-yard rushing games through the team’s first six games in the last 20 years.
what next: Saturday vs. Virginia, noon, ACC Network
Previous ranking: 8
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Florida lost 23-17
Status to know: Dylan Sampson is the first FBS player to score three rushing touchdowns in each of his team’s first three home games in 20 years.
what next: Saturday vs. Alabama, 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN+
Previous ranking: 11
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Defeated Stanford 49-7
Status to know: With 229 yards passing, Riley Leonard ends a streak of five straight starts with fewer than 200 passing yards.
what next: Saturday at Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 14
2024 record: 6-0
7 week results: beat Arizona 41-19
Status to know: BYU has thrown multiple interceptions in three straight games. The Cougars are the only FBS team with an active interception streak this season.
what next: Friday vs. Oklahoma State, 10:15 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 15
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Disabled
what next: Saturday at Mississippi State
Previous ranking: 17
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Defeated Hawaii 28-7
Status to know: Ashton Genty’s 1,248 rushing yards and 1,287 scrimmage yards over the past 20 seasons are second in both categories.
What’s next: Oct. 25 at UNLV, 10:30 p.m., CBSSN
Previous ranking: 18
2024 record: 6-0
7 week results: Disabled
what next: Saturday vs. Nebraska
Previous ranking: 18
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Colorado lost 31-28
Status to know: Against Colorado, Avery Johnson had multiple passing touchdowns and a rushing score in his third career game.
what next: Saturday at West Virginia, 7:30 p.m
Previous ranking: 9
2024 record: 5-2
7 week results: Lost to LSU 29-26 (OT).
Status to know: Ole Miss is now 7-10 in overtime games since 1996. The Rebels’ last overtime win came in 2022.
what next: Oct. 26 vs. Oklahoma
Previous ranking: 21
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Defeated UMass 45-3
Status to know: Mizzou had multiple scoring plays of 60 or more yards for the first time since 2017.
what next: Saturday vs. Auburn
Previous ranking: 22
2024 record: 6-0
7 week results: Defeated Cal 17-15
Status to know: Eli Holstein is the first Pitt QB to win each of his first six starts since Dan Marino in 1979-80 (first nine).
what next: Oct. 24 vs. Syracuse, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 25
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Disabled
what next: Saturday at Stanford, 8 p.m., ACC Network
Previous ranking: 23
2024 record: 5-1
7 week results: Paradu 50-49 (OT)
Status to know: Illinois has scored 40 or more points for the third time in its last six conference games. The 50 points against Purdue were his most since scoring 48 in 2015.
what next: Saturday vs. Michigan, 3:30 p.m., CBS
Previous ranking: NR
2024 record: 6-0
7 week results: UAB defeated 44-10
Status to know: Army is 6-0 to start the season for the first time since 1996, when the Black Knights started 9-0.
what next: Saturday vs. East Carolina, noon, ESPN2
Previous ranking: 24
2024 record: 4-2
7 week results: Disabled
what next: Saturday at Illinois, 3:30 p.m., CBS
Previous ranking: NR
2024 record: 5-0
7 week results: Disabled
what next: Saturday vs. Charlotte, 3:30 p.m., CBSSN
