The Baylor Bears moved up to No. 2 in the Top 25 college football poll on Sunday, passing the TCU Horned Frogs and Michigan State.
The Texas A&M Aggies moved up while Oklahoma dropped nine spots after it lost to the Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl.
Looks like TCU was penalized for a come-from-behind victory against Kansas State, while Baylor rolled over Kansas. Michigan State won a close game against Rutgers.
The Bears have their best ranking ever. They reached No. 3 three times previously, including once last season.
Voters spread first-place votes around to six teams in the Top 25 released Sunday. The Buckeyes received 27, down 11 (38) from last week. Baylor has 13 and Utah has 16. No. 3 TCU received three first-place votes and No. 5 Clemson and No. 9 Texas A&M each received one.
Ohio State started the season a unanimous No. 1, but as the Buckeyes have sputtered support has slipped. Ohio State pulled away from Maryland in the second half Saturday for a 49-28 victory.
AP POLL
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 10, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Team Record Pts Pv 1\. Ohio St. (27) 6-0 1, 411 1 2\. Baylor (13) 5-0 1, 390 3 3\. TCU (3) 6-0 1, 354 2 4\. Utah (16) 5-0 1, 350 5 5\. Clemson (1) 5-0 1, 260 6 6\. LSU 5-0 1, 231 7 7\. Michigan St. 6-0 1, 139 4 8\. Florida 6-0 1, 075 11 9\. Texas A&M (1) 5-0
1, 046
9
10\. Alabama
5-1
1, 034
8
11\. Florida St.
5-0
937
12
12\. Michigan
5-1
894
18
13\. Mississippi
5-1
803
14
14\. Notre Dame
5-1
766
15
15\. Stanford
4-1
662
16
16\. Oklahoma St.
6-0
614
21
17\. Iowa
6-0
520
22
18\. UCLA
4-1
487
20
19\. Oklahoma
4-1
342
10
20\. Northwestern
5-1
317
13
21\. Boise St.
5-1
260
25
22\. Toledo
5-0
237
24
23\. California
5-1
204
23
24\. Houston
5-0
121
NR
25\. Duke
5-1
114
NR
Others receiving votes: Temple 96, Memphis 59, Arizona St. 27, Mississippi St. 19, Georgia 16, Texas Tech 10, BYU 8, Southern Cal 5, W. Kentucky 5, Kentucky 4, Penn St. 4, Navy 3, North Carolina 1.
COACHES POLL
RK TEAM REC PTS 1ST PV 1 Ohio State 6-0 1547 47 1 2 Baylor 5-0 1463 8 4 3 Texas Christian 6-0 1441 5 2 4 Michigan State 6-0 1358 1 3 5 Louisiana State 5-0 1288 1 5 6 Clemson 5-0 1245 0 6 7 Utah 5-0 1239 1 7 8 Florida State 5-0 1080 0 8 9 Alabama 5-1 1052 0 10 10 Texas A&M 5-0 1028 0 11 11 Florida 6-0 1001 0 12 12 Mississippi 5-1 837 0 13 13 Notre Dame 5-1 786 0 15 14 Michigan 5-1 760 0 21 15 Oklahoma State 6-0 689 0 19 16 Stanford 4-1 677 0 18 17 Iowa 6-0 525 0 23 18 UCLA 4-1 466 0 20 19 Oklahoma 4-1 432 0 9 20 Boise State 5-1 321 0 24 21 Northwestern 5-1 242 0 14 22 Memphis 5-0 185 0 25 23 California 5-1 174 0 22 24 Duke 5-1 154 0 27 25 Toledo 5-0 149 0 29
