AP Top 25: Oregon a Unanimous No. 1 Ahead of 1st CFP Rankings, Followed by Georgia, Ohio State

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : Indiana jumped five spots to No. 8, its highest ranking since it was No. 7 in 2020 -- and best in a non-pandemic season since the Hoosiers were No. 4 during their 1967 Rose Bowl season.
72% : SMU's 48-25 win over Pittsburgh earned the Mustangs a promotion from No. 20 to No. 13.
70% : Boise State, at No. 12, has its best ranking since it was No. 8 in the 2011 final poll.
61% : Army, at No. 18, has its highest ranking since it was No. 10 at midseason in 1960.
59% : Oregon was the unanimous choice for No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, strengthening its bid for the top spot in the College Football Playoff selection committee's first rankings of the season.
58% : Ohio State earned a one-spot promotion to No. 3 with its win at Penn State, the Buckeyes' eighth in a row in the series.
57% : Missouri, which had been in the poll every week and as high as No. 6, dropped out after an open date.
55% : Tennessee held its place at No. 7 despite scuffling well into the fourth quarter against three-win Kentucky and winning 28-18.
55% : Indiana is ahead of Notre Dame for the first time since the final poll in 1979, when the Hoosiers were No. 19 and the Irish were unranked.
54% : No. 4 Miami, which beat Duke, and No. 5 Texas, which was idle, each moved up a spot.
54% : In-and-out Vanderbilt's 17-7 win at Auburn allowed the Commodores to return to the poll, at No. 24, after a one-week absence.
51% : No. 2 Georgia at No. 16
50% : Penn State, which had been in the top five in the previous polls, slipped to No. 6.
50% : Poll points Clemson and Iowa State, tied for No. 11 last week, took the biggest falls after losing at home.
49% : The Tigers hung on at No. 25 last week despite a 34-0 loss to Alabama. --
47% : Georgia, which received one No. 1 vote last week, remained No. 2 after overcoming Carson Beck's three interceptions and pulling away late to beat Florida.
44% : Louisville, which had been ranked every week in September, is back at No. 25 following its upset at Clemson. Illinois, 24th last week, saw its seven-week run in the Top 25 end with its 25-17 loss to Minnesota at home.
43% : The Tigers plummeted eight spots to No. 19 with their 33-21 loss to Louisville.
42% : The Ducks are No. 1 in the AP
41% : They haven't been ranked so high since they were No. 3 on Oct. 1, 1985, two years before the NCAA levied the "death penalty" that shut down the program in 1987 for egregious rules violations.
37% : The Cyclones dropped six spots to No. 17 with their 23-22 loss to Texas Tech.

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