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The 2023 college football season is officially in full swing, and following a wild and eventful Week 9 the Associated Press is giving us a look at how the competition stacks up as we near the end of the second month of the season.
On Sunday, October 29, the Week 10 AP Top 25 poll was officially announced.
With a handful of upsets — including the Kansas Jayhawks snapping an 18-game losing streak to Oklahoma by stunning the No. 6 Sooners on Saturday — there were plenty of shakeups, but one thing that held firm was the team at the top.
The back-to-back national champion Georgia Bulldogs continue to have the AP Top 25 poll in a stranglehold, earning the No. 1 spot for the 20th straight week. The remainder of the top five also was unchanged.
The Sooners fell to No. 10 after their upset loss, while Oregon State and Utah each fell five spots after losses to UCLA and Oregon, respectively.
Where does your favorite team stand entering the upcoming weekend in the eyes of the Associated Press voters?
The latest AP Top 25 poll can be seen below.
AP Top 25 Poll – Week 10
POLL ALERT: Oklahoma slips to No. 10; Kansas and K-State enter rankings; No. 1 Georgia and rest of top five hold steady.
Full poll: https://t.co/7dTTUiSC1j pic.twitter.com/NFCwzgJFoq
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) October 29, 2023
- Georgia (48)
- Michigan (9)
- Ohio State (3)
- Florida State (3)
- Washington
- Oregon
- Texas
- Alabama
- Penn State
- Oklahoma
- Ole Miss
- Notre Dame
- LSU
- Missouri
- Louisville
- Oregon State
- Air Force
- Utah
- Tennessee
- UCLA
- Tulane
- Kansas
- James Madison
- USC
- Kansas State
Others Receiving Votes: Oklahoma St. 77, North Carolina 54, Liberty 47, Fresno St. 16, Miami 11, Arizona 6, Toledo 3, Rutgers 2.
The Associated Press rankings carry more weight than polls like the Coaches Poll and FWAA Poll, as they are part of the deciding factor on which teams reach the College Football Playoff. The Coaches Poll, which is not part of the College Football Playoff selection committee’s formula to determine the four teams that will compete for the College Football Playoff National Championship, is voted on by 65 FBS head coaches.
The Associated Press began its college football poll on Oct. 19, 1936, and it is now the longest-running poll of those that award national titles at the end of the season. The preseason poll was started in 1950. A panel of 63 sports writers and broadcasters from around the country votes on the poll weekly.