Clemson began the season at No. 4 in the AP poll, and Florida State rose all the way to No. 7 amid a 3-0 start. At one point or another, both were expected to be among the top teams in the ACC and potentially even national championship contenders.

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.

Chaos is inevitable in the college football, and that was the case again in Week 10. With a number of College Football Playoff hopefuls going down this week, that has shaken up the Week 11 AP Top 25 poll.

Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama and Georgia remain atop the AP Top 25 college football poll ahead of the first Playoff rankings.

We think about a lot of elite, loud environments and you think over years of time, a lot of times they usually have really good defenses. I think defensive players especially respond to that; it was great to see.