BYU Projected to No. 1 After Upset Win Over Notre Dame — SkimNews
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- BYU is projected to jump from No. 8 to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 after beating No. 2 Notre Dame on the final play in Provo as a double-digit favorite, vaulting the unbeaten Cougars past every other contender
- Georgia is projected to fall from No. 1 to No. 4 after losing at home to unranked Auburn, though the Bulldogs' prior 66 first-place votes and road win over Alabama preserve a case as a top one-loss team
- Tennessee rises to No. 9 after a 26-10 dismantling of No. 6 Alabama, holding the Tide to a season-low 10 points and 101 total yards while DeSean Bishop ran for 159 yards and two scores
- Ole Miss climbs to No. 7 with a 31-3 rout of No. 13 Missouri, limiting the Tigers to 39 rushing yards and zero touchdowns to improve to 5-1
- UCLA moves up to No. 10 at 6-0, the last undefeated team in the Big Ten, after a 17-7 win over Wisconsin without injured starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava
- Texas plummets to No. 19 at 4-2 after back-to-back losses to unranked Oklahoma and Florida, with the source noting the two-loss résumé — including wins over Ohio State and Tennessee — leaves 'a poor position for any hopes of making this year's College Football Playoff'
Why it matters: BYU reaching No. 1 would mark an unprecedented rise for a school long outside the sport's elite tier, while Georgia's home loss to unranked Auburn wipes out a top-ranked favorite and Alabama dropping to No. 12 after a second straight loss to Tennessee signals a real SEC power shift heading into November.
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