Most egregious, though, is Texas being ranked two spots behind No. 11 Oklahoma (7-2) despite having the same record and having dominated the Sooners in a head-to-head 23-6 win. Oklahoma's wins over Michigan and Tennessee are nice, but not enough to negate such a decisive head-to-head result. So ... this is a baffling one.

While Week 10 of the 2025 season was light in major upsets, the race for the College Football Playoff looks a little different after what transpired Saturday.

Ohio State and Indiana keep taking care of business. Texas A&M and Alabama look like the SEC's best. But beyond them, what do we really know about other highly ranked teams in college football?

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No. 3 Texas A&M looks to be the real deal after destroying No. 20 LSU, 49-25, in Death Valley. The Tigers have lost three out of the past four games after starting the season 4-0. Coach Brian Kelly is 5-11 vs. AP ranked teams, and his team is no longer in the top 25.

The AP Top 25 College Football Poll is about to finally be rendered utterly useless when the College Football Playoff rankings show kicks off Tuesday, Nov. 4, but even with its final breaths of relevance it still found a way to be embarrassingly inaccurate.

Three top-11 teams fell in Week 10 of the college football season. Here's a look at the updated rankings in both major polls.

Three top-10 teams in The Associated Press college football poll lost. No. 9 Vanderbilt fell short in a 34-31 loss to No. 20 Texas, while No. 10 Miami lost 26-20 in overtime at SMU.