Tomorrow's Top 25 Today: LSU crashes top 10 while Oregon, Michigan fall in new college football rankings — SkimNews
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- LSU is projected to jump from No. 11 to No. 8 after a 51-10 Week 1 win over Clemson in Lane Kiffin's LSU debut, the most-hyped game of the week and one that may draw first- or second-place votes from a few bold voters
- Oregon is projected to drop from No. 2 to No. 7 after needing a career-high 378 yards from quarterback Dante Moore to escape Boise State with a one-touchdown win, the only top-seven team that did not win by 20+ points
- Ohio State holds the No. 1 spot and is projected to strengthen its position after a 53-point Ball State win buoyed by QB Julian Sayin and WR Jeremiah Smith, who were projected as one of the country's best QB-WR duos
- Notre Dame moves up from No. 4 to No. 2 after a 28-point Sunday night win over Wisconsin, capitalizing on preseason ballot splits that had some voters slotting the Fighting Irish as low as 10th
- Texas climbs from No. 5 to No. 4 behind Arch Manning's four-touchdown, 305-yard opener — the first Texas QB since Sam Ehlinger in 2020 to throw 4+ TDs in a season opener — setting up a top-five Week 2 clash with Ohio State
- Texas A&M is projected to 'drop' from No. 8 to No. 10 despite a 50-point shutout win, with the move attributed to being jumped by teams like LSU and Ole Miss in a tightening SEC logjam rather than any Aggies weakness
- Oklahoma slips from No. 10 to No. 11 as LSU's projected rise reshuffles the back end of the top 10, with a Week 2 trip to Michigan looming as the Sooners' chance for a rankings-shifting victory
Why it matters: The reshuffling turns on how voters parse margin of victory against expectations rather than wins and losses alone — Oregon was docked despite winning because the Ducks were the only top-seven team that didn't win by 20+, while LSU vaults because the Tigers obliterated a preseason top-30 Clemson squad. Texas A&M fans will have the most legitimate gripe: a 50-point shutout yielded a two-spot 'drop' simply because the logjam above got tighter.
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