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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.
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AP Top 25 poll preview: Top 10 is set to get shuffled after Georgia Tech, Vandy and Miami go down
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.
Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama and Georgia remain atop the AP Top 25 college football poll ahead of the first Playoff rankings.
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.
Six of the 20 active teams lost, with three such defeats coming to unranked teams. Both top 10 ACC teams were among that group.
Michigan stood pat at No. 21 in this week’s AP poll, watching as 6-2 USC leapfrogged it for a better spot. MLive’s Aaron McMann, one of 66 media members with a vote, had Michigan 21st on his ballot this week.