Tomorrow’s Top 25 Today: Oklahoma’s Red River Rivalry win has Sooners surging up college football rankings

A wild Saturday in college football has led to a shake up now not most effective within the peak 5 however all over the AP Top 25 ballot, and the brand new college football rankings will display a number of adjustments after they replace Sunday afternoon. No end result may have extra of an affect than Oklahoma’s late-minute win in opposition to Texas within the Red River Rivalry because the Sooners get some validation for his or her undefeated get started, whilst a Texas workforce that took its first defeat will have to now in finding its spot within the pecking order after its first loss. 

Part of Texas’ adjustment takes into consideration Alabama — a workforce the Longhorns defeated at the street — beating Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. While the Aggies were not ranked within the AP Top 25, they have been a workforce that were given some votes in ultimate week’s voting, and the oddsmakers made Crimson Tide a slim favourite within the sport, which is reflective of the standard of the opponent and the surroundings. 

Further down within the rankings we’re going to see some important shake up with Washington State, Miami and Missouri taking their first losses of the season as Notre Dame took its 2d lack of the season. These defeats create attention-grabbing choices for AP Top 25 citizens as they are trying to justify head-to-head and resume choices, which will be numerous outdoor of the highest 15. For instance: Kentucky beat the similar Florida workforce that passed Tennessee its most effective loss, and Notre Dame has a win in opposition to Duke however now holds two losses after falling at prior to now unranked Louisville. 

UCLA is an anticipated arrival from outdoor the highest 25, however the place it lands is unsure given the best way the Pac-12 has performed out within the early weeks of convention play. 

Here’s how we predict the up to date AP Top 25 will glance on Sunday after Week 6 motion: 

1. Georgia (Last week — 1): The giant tale from the Bulldogs’ 51-13 win in opposition to the Wildcats is how Carson Beck confirmed out in opposition to a forged UK protection with 389 yards passing and 4 touchdowns. 

2. Michigan (2): The lack of Texas first-place votes will most likely assist Michigan’s status within the rankings, particularly after a 52-10 win at Minnesota, however we are not projecting that it is going to be sufficient to leap Georgia for No. 1. 

3. Oklahoma (12): The Sooners may now not succeed in the highest 3 (as we are projecting right here), however anything else wanting peak 5 could be a sound wonder given their standing at this level within the season. Oklahoma is a 6-0 workforce with a win in opposition to a top-five workforce in Texas on a impartial website, and that Longhorns workforce will nonetheless be ranked extremely after the loss because of its win in opposition to Alabama. 

4. Ohio State (4): We will see whether or not citizens price the general rating or the best way the sport performed out with the Buckeyes. Maryland did the entirety it wanted to take a look at and pull the street disillusioned till turnovers and different late-game mistakes allowed Ohio State to tug away overdue. On one hand, it used to be validation for the energy of the Buckeyes protection to carry issues in combination when the offense is sputtering, but it surely used to be additionally explanation why to be involved in the event you have been doubting this workforce’s argument because the No. 1 workforce int he nation. 

5. Florida State (5): There used to be a valiant effort from Virginia Tech that integrated 3 fourth-down conversions and a 99-yard kickoff go back landing, however the festival used to be now not shut sufficient for Mike Norvell to go away the starters in for all 4 quarters in spite of the 39-17 margin. Trey Benson totaled 200 yards speeding and two touchdowns on simply 11 carries, and Florida State stayed on track to perform its objectives of competing for championships in 2023. 

6. Penn State (6): The Nittany Lions have been off in Week 6 and will probably be again in motion subsequent week in opposition to UMass. 

7. Washington (7): The Huskies have been off in Week 6 and will probably be again in motion subsequent week in opposition to Oregon. 

8. Oregon (8): The Ducks have been off in Week 6 and will probably be again in motion subsequent week in opposition to Washington. 

9. USC (9): A triple-overtime win in opposition to Arizona as a three-touchdown favourite will do no favors for USC in the case of score the highest undefeated groups, so we are not projecting any main motion within the pecking order, particularly in opposition to the Trojans’ different Pac-12 foes.

10. Texas (3): The win at Alabama is useful as a pleasing position for citizens to identify Texas after the epic defeat to Oklahoma, and it is most likely that many ballots will nonetheless have the Longhorns above different undefeated groups. Ultimately, the consensus most likely has Texas as the highest one-loss workforce within the nation, and that’s the reason going to be someplace at the fringe of the highest 10. 

11. Alabama (11): It wasn’t at all times lovely, however the Crimson Tide showcased their resilience and defensive excellence in a hard-fought win at Texas A&M. This is not the high-powered Alabama offense that now we have observed now and then within the latter Nick Saban years, however it’s person who has the caliber to score most of the similar objectives all over his tenure in Tuscaloosa. Alabama is now 5-1, undefeated in SEC play and has its hardest final video games (LSU and Tennessee) at house, so whilst you’ll be able to nitpick how this workforce stacks up to prior Tide groups, it nonetheless has a trail to championship rivalry. 

12. North Carolina (14): Drake Maye is hitting his stride at the easiest time as North Carolina has now progressed to 5-0 after a dominant win in opposition to Syracuse.  

13. Louisville (25): This may well be an competitive leap, however the Cardinals are undefeated and simply beat a Notre Dame workforce the citizens have revered, so it is anticipated they will be forward of a few different one-loss groups. 

14. Ole Miss (16): A slim win at house in opposition to Arkansas will draw extra worry in the community than it is going to nationally as citizens are prone to see an SEC win and an development to 5-1 as causes to stay Lane Kiffin’s squad in quite the similar place on their ballots. 

15. Oregon State (15): The Beavers will have to stay round the similar place after piling at the issues in opposition to Cal.  

16. Washington State (13): The Cougars are going to take a tumble because of their first lack of the season, however the win in opposition to Oregon State goes to assist supply a pleasing flooring for his or her score. 

17. UCLA (NR): The logjam of Pac-12 groups with head-to-head wins in opposition to one some other previews the difficulties that now not simply AP citizens however the College Football Playoff Selection Committee must type out in a very powerful choices coming down the stretch. The Bruins have a win over a Washington State workforce that has defeated Oregon State but additionally a loss to an Utah workforce that misplaced at Oregon State. There’s no manner that AP citizens are in consensus on how those groups type out, however we think they are going to all land on this vary of the rankings. 

18. Utah (18): The Utes have been off in Week 6 and will probably be again in motion subsequent week in opposition to Cal.

19. Notre Dame (10): Losing to 2 groups which can be lately undefeated will assist the Fighting Irish however now not up to the win in opposition to a Duke workforce this is ranked and didn’t play in Week 6. 

20. Duke (19): The Blue Devils have been off in Week 6 and will probably be again in motion subsequent week in opposition to NC State. 

21. Tennessee (22): The Volunteerss have been off in Week 6 and will probably be again in motion subsequent week in opposition to Texas A&M. 

22. Kentucky (20): AP citizens, traditionally, have now not punished groups an excessive amount of for shedding to the No. 1 workforce within the nation, particularly when that workforce used to be prior to now undefeated, ranked and at the street. The Wildcats are going to be the slicing block for lots of ballots however now not sufficient to fall out of the consensus peak 25. 

23. LSU (23): There used to be a controversy to go away LSU out of the rankings ultimate week because of a loss of high quality wins, however after going at the street and taking down prior to now undefeated Missouri, there’s some energy added to the Tigers’ profile. They’re a incorrect workforce with problems to proper on protection needless to say, however their offensive ceiling additionally makes them some of the most threatening groups within the nation when the entirety is rolling in the proper course. 

24. Missouri (21): It’s much less most likely that Mizzou makes the reduce than Kentucky, however the Tigers face the similar factor as a workforce that used to be undefeated however misplaced as an underdog to a convention foe. The distinction here’s that, whilst the Missouri used to be way more aggressive in its sport in opposition to LSU, it used to be at house and the defeat got here to a two-loss workforce at the fringe of the rankings quite than the two-time reigning champion lately ranked No. 1. 

25. Miami (17): Saturday evening’s house loss to Georgia Tech may well be devastating sufficient to get them bounced from the rankings, however the win in opposition to Texas A&M and the truth that the Hurricanes have only one loss will most likely stay them within the consensus peak 25.  

Projected to drop out: No. 24 Fresno State