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AP Top 25 poll: Ohio State ticks up to No. 3, Clemson plummets in college football rankings

A chaotic weekend filled with upsets created plenty of movement in Sunday's poll

by · CBS Sports

Week 10 of the 2024 college football season brought some of the most shocking results we have seen yet, which means that there's plenty of movement in Sunday's AP Top 25 poll. Five ranked teams lost to unranked opponents, including three that occupied the top-15 slots. 

Few schools benefitted from results elsewhere like SMU. The Mustangs continued their run of first-year ACC dominance by dismantling No. 23 Pittsburgh 48-25. To reflect their ascent and 5-0 conference record, SMU climbed seven spots all the way to No. 13, breaking into the top 15 for the first time since Week 10 of the 2019 season. 

A couple of Big Ten powerhouses, Oregon and Ohio State, solidified their position in the national standings. The Ducks were the unanimous No. 1 team in the country, while the Buckeyes moved up to No. 3 following their win against Penn State. 

Sticking in the ACC, Clemson slipped all the way to No. 19 following its 33-21 loss to unranked Louisville, which in turn made its return to the AP poll at No. 25. Texas A&M and Iowa State also plummeted after their respective losses to South Carolina (by 24 points) and Texas Tech (one point). 

And a special nod to Indiana, which survived Week 10's culling of unbeatens by cruising to its ninth double-digit win of the year and subsequently snagging a top-10 ranking for the first time since 2020. Here are the Week 11 rankings in their entirety, with first-place votes in parenthesis. 

Week 11 AP Top 25 

  1. Oregon (62) 
  2. Georgia 
  3. Ohio State 
  4. Miami (FL)
  5. Texas 
  6. Penn State
  7. Tennessee
  8. Indiana 
  9. BYU 
  10. Notre Dame 
  11. Alabama 
  12. Boise State 
  13. SMU
  14. LSU
  15. Texas A&M
  16. Ole Miss
  17. Iowa State
  18. Army 
  19. Clemson
  20. Washington State 
  21. Colorado
  22. Kansas State 
  23. Pittsburgh 
  24. Vanderbilt 
  25. Louisville 

Dropped out: No. 24 Illinois, No. 25 Missouri

Others receiving votes: Missouri 81, South Carolina 58, Tulane 41, UNLV 9, Louisiana-Lafayette 9, Washington 4, Arizona St. 3, Iowa 2, Texas Tech 2