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 Entering Week 8 of the college football season, eight AP Top 25 teams fell this past Saturday, causing more shakeup in this week's poll.

Ohio State continued to roll, unchallenged as the No. 1 team in the country, beating then-ranked No. 17 Illinois, 34-16, on the road. Miami (Fla.) stayed at No. 2 off a bye week.

Yet again, a top 3 team suffered an upset when Oregon lost to Indiana in a top 10 conference matchup. After snapping the Ducks' 22-game home win streak, the Hoosiers moved into the nation's top 3. The win was just Indiana's second-ever over a top-five opponent and its first since 1967. Texas A&M moved up one spot to No. 4 after defeating Florida, 34-17. The Aggies jumped Ole Miss, which dropped to No. 5 after barely sneaking by Washington State at home by a field goal.

Alabama rose past its preseason ranking to No. 6. The Crimson Tide dealt Missouri its first loss, beating the Tigers 27-24. Texas Tech remained unbeaten, dismantling Kansas by 25 points, and enters Week 8 seventh in the country.

Oregon didn't fall far and sits now at No. 8. Georgia scored 20 unanswered points in Auburn Saturday to rise to No. 9, and LSU re-entered the top 10 with a 20-10 win over South Carolina.
RANK     SCHOOL     POINTS     RECORD     PREVIOUS
1     Ohio State (50)     1631     6-0     1
2     Miami (FL) (13)     1582     5-0     2
3     Indiana (3)     1531     6-0     7
4     Texas A&M     1433     6-0     5
5     Ole Miss     1331     6-0     4
6     Alabama     1315     5-1     8
7     Texas Tech     1266     6-0     9
8     Oregon     1175     5-1     3
9     Georgia     1148     5-1     10
10     LSU     1012     5-1     11
11     Tennessee     939     5-1     12
12     Georgia Tech     904     6-0     13
13     Notre Dame     793     4-2     16
14     Oklahoma     786     5-1     6
15     BYU     655     6-0     18
16     Missouri     649     5-1     14
17     Vanderbilt     547     5-1     20
18     Virginia     521     5-1     19
19     South Florida     398     5-1     24
20     Southern California     361     5-1     NR
21     Texas     319     4-2     NR
22     Memphis     285     6-0     23
23     Utah     261     5-1     NR
24     Cincinnati     184     5-1     NR
25     Nebraska     149     5-1     NR

Others receiving votes: Illinois 113, Michigan 73, Washington 36, UNLV 30, Navy 11, Mississippi State 8, Tulane 2, San Diego State 2.
Teams receiving first-place votes
Rank     Team     Record     First-Place Votes
1     Ohio State     5–0     50
2     Miami (FL)     5–0     21
3     Oregon     5–0     5

 
Movers of the week

    Biggest jumps: The Hoosiers made the biggest move in the top 10 and achieved its highest-ever AP poll ranking. South Florida jumped five spots into the top 20 after beating North Texas, 63-36.
    Biggest drops: Oklahoma lost to then-unranked Texas in the Red River Rivalry game, falling eight spots to No. 14. A pair of Big Ten teams, Michigan and Illinois, suffered their second loss of the season and dropped out of the Top 25. Similarly, a couple of Big 12 teams, Arizona State and Iowa State, lost their second game in Week 7, and both squads entered this week unranked. Finally, Florida State are unranked after suffering a third consecutive loss, this time at the hands of Pittsburgh.
    New entrants: Texas is back... in the Top 25 that is, at No. 21, with a bounce-back win over Oklahoma. The Longhorns beat the Sooners three of the last four years. With two Big Ten and two Big 12 teams falling out, two new representatives from each conference took their place. USC re-entered the Top 25 at No. 20. Utah and Cincinnati came in at No. 23 and 24, respectively, and Nebraska rounded out the new AP poll at No. 25.

The College Football Playoff will have a 12-team playoff bracket for the 2025-26 season, the second year of that size after expanding from the four-team format. Here's what you need to know about the change:
How CFP teams are selected under new format

The 12-team College Football Playoff field will include the five highest-ranked conference champions, which will receive automatic bids. The seven highest-ranked teams remaining will round out the 12-team format. 

FOLLOW IT ALL: Live scoreboard and stats for every game
Where CFP games will be played

As of 2025, the teams ranked Nos. 1-4 will also be seeded Nos. 1-4 and receive a first-round bye. Previously, in the first edition of the 12-team CFP during the 2024 season, the four highest-ranked conference champions received a first-round bye, regardless of ranking.

Seeds 5-12 will play each other in the first round. The higher-seeded teams will play host in their first round games. Here's a breakdown of the first round matchups:

    No. 5 vs. No. 12
    No. 6 vs. No. 11
    No. 7 vs. No. 10
    No. 8 vs. No. 9

New Year's Six bowl games will be introduced in the quarterfinal round. The semifinals will be played in bowls on a rotating basis while the national championship host site is determined through bids by prospective host sites.
The CFP for the 2025 season:
2025-26 CFP Schedule Game     Date
First round     Dec. 19-20
Cotton Bowl | Quarterfinals     7:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 31
Orange, Rose, Sugar Bowls | Quarterfinals     12, 4, 8 p.m. on Jan. 1
Fiesta Bowl | Semifinals     7:30 p.m. on Jan. 8
Peach Bowl | Semifinals     7:30 p.m. on Jan. 9
Miami Gardens, Fla. | National Championship     7:30 p.m. on Jan. 19