Ranked college teams stumble as week eight shakes up Top 25

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 25 Oct, 14:02 · Archive

Seven ranked teams lost in week eight of the college football season, including No. 2 BYU.

Seven ranked college football teams lost in week eight of the college football season, prompting significant adjustments to the AP Top 25 poll. No. 2 BYU lost 39-31 in double overtime to unranked UCF, No. 7 Mississippi fell to an unranked opponent, and No. 8 Texas Tech lost as well. Altogether, five teams in the poll lost to unranked opponents on Saturday.

No. 1 Miami remained unbeaten, routing Pittsburgh 52-23 behind strong performances from Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney. The Hurricanes' victory marked their first game atop the poll since 2002. BYU's loss cleared the way for No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Notre Dame and No. 5 Georgia, all of which were idle in week eight, to each move up one spot.

Voters face difficult decisions in rearranging the poll. BYU's first loss came on the road a week after the team defeated then-No. 2 Notre Dame. No. 6 Indiana won 13-6 in overtime against unranked Michigan with an unimpressive offensive performance. No. 9 UCLA improved to 7-0 by beating Michigan State and could reach its highest ranking since 2015 if it moves up two spots.

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• Losses by No. 2 BYU, 6 other ranked teams should lead to more big changes in AP Top 25Week 8 of the college football season was almost as eventful as Week 7 and significant adjustments to The Associated Press Top 25 are likely when the poll is released Sunday afternoon.Clickorlando · 25 Oct, 06:18
• Losses by No. 2 BYU, 6 other ranked teams should lead to more big changes in AP Top 25Week 8 of the college football season was almost as eventful as Week 7 and significant adjustments to The Associated Press Top 25 are likely when the poll is released Sunday afternoon.News4Jax · 25 Oct, 06:18

In this story: BYU · Miami · UCF · Ohio State · Notre Dame · Georgia · Mississippi · Texas Tech

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