Overview
- A string of surprise losses to higher‑ranked teams produced heavy fallout, with BYU, Ole Miss and Texas Tech among the notable defeats and seven teams inside the top 16 losing their games.
- Miami held its top spot after a decisive win over Pitt, a result that poll predictors say will preserve the Hurricanes at No. 1 on voters' ballots.
- A Yahoo Sports AP projection places Ohio State, Georgia, Indiana and Notre Dame behind Miami in the top five, while the Coaches Poll projection shows different movers and rewards teams that avoided this weekend's losses.
- The two poll projections disagree on the biggest winners and losers — AP highlights Oklahoma State, Wisconsin and UCLA as big risers while the Coaches pick UCLA, Kentucky and LSU, and both name BYU among the steepest fallers.
- Teams clustered in the mid‑teens, notably Houston, Iowa and USC, face real risk of dropping out because most teams ranked 17–25 won or did not play, creating a backstop that could push vulnerable teams off the ballot.