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Michael Kadlick

AP Top 25 Poll: Alabama, Georgia Leap Into Top Five After Massive SEC Wins

Week 8 of the 2025 college football season saw four of the nation's top-10 teams go down—one of which in upset, field-storming fashion—causing quite the shakeup in the latest AP Top 25.

Quarterback Diego Pavia hit the Heisman pose while his Vanderbilt Commodores took care of business over LSU, the once No. 2 Miami Hurricanes fell to their ACC rival Louisville Cardinals, Lane Kiffin's troll job of Kirby Smart wasn't enough as Ole Miss blew a fourth-quarter lead to Georgia, and Texas Tech—without quarterback Behren Morton—lost on the road to Arizona State, giving the Sun Devils their first win over a top-10 opponent since 2019.

Elsewhere across the NCAA, Bill Belichick lost again, James Franklin made a College Game Day appearance less than a week after being fired by Penn State, and Curt Cignetti made a hilarious face in Indiana's win over Michigan State.

And with that, we head into Week 9 with a new AP Top 25 Poll. Here's a look at the latest rankings:

College Football Week 9 AP Top 25 Poll


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This article was originally published on www.si.com as AP Top 25 Poll: Alabama, Georgia Leap Into Top Five After Massive SEC Wins.

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