The Associated Press

Ohio State, Miami and Clemson plunged in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday following their losses during a wild weekend, eight of the top 10 teams moved up one spot and Oregon was No. 1 for the seventh straight week.

The shakeup creates two top-five matchups in conference championship games coming up on Saturday, a day before the College Football Playoff bracket is announced. Oregon, the nation’s only unbeaten team, will face No. 3 Penn State in the Big Ten game in Indianapolis. No. 2 Texas will play No. 5 Georgia in the Southeastern Conference game in Atlanta, a rematch of their top-five meeting in October won by the Bulldogs.

No. 4 Notre Dame, 11-1 and a winner of 10 straight, won’t play again until the College Football Playoff.

Ohio State, which lost for the fourth straight time to Michigan and was knocked out of the Big Ten title game, dropped five spots to No. 7, behind Tennessee.

SMU is No. 8 and followed by Indiana and Boise State. The Broncos are in the top 10 for the first time since 2011 and the highest-ranked Group of Five team, two spots ahead of No. 12 Arizona State, the highest-ranked Big 12 team.

If the Broncos win the Mountain West title and are one of the top four-seeded conference champions in the final CFP rankings, they would receive a bye to the quarterfinals.

Miami’s loss at Syracuse cost the Hurricanes a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game, and possibly the CFP, and dropped them six spots to No. 14. Clemson, which plays SMU in the ACC game, lost at South Carolina and fell six places to No. 18.

South Carolina has won six straight — four against ranked opponents — and earned a three-rung promotion to No. 13. Mississippi remained No. 15 and was followed by Iowa State and BYU.

Poll points

Ohio State’s 13-10 loss to Michigan marked the fifth time this season a top-five team lost to an unranked opponent, the most since it happened five times in 2017.

Miami’s 42-38 loss to Syracuse was the 12th by a top-10 team against an unranked opponent, the most since there were 12 such losses in 2021.

It’s been 10 years since South Carolina was ranked higher than in-state rival Clemson. In 2014, the Gamecocks were No. 13 following a 3-1 start and finished 7-6 and unranked in Steve Spurrier’s last full season as coach.

Notre Dame has its highest ranking since it was No. 4 on Dec. 22, 2020.

In and out

No. 23 Syracuse enters the Top 25 for the first time since Oct. 30, 2022, after winning nine games for the first time since 2018 under first-year coach Fran Brown. The win over Miami was its first over a top-10 opponent since 2017.

No. 25 Memphis, which was last ranked in October 2020, knocked off Tulane as a double-digit road underdog and has 10 wins for the second straight year.

Tulane, which plays at No. 24 Army in the American Athletic Conference title game, went from No. 18 to out of the rankings.

Texas A&M, No. 20 last week, was bounced after losing at home to Texas and dropping its last three SEC games.

Conference call

SEC — 7 (Nos. 2, 5, 6, 11, 13, 15, 22).

Big Ten — 5 (Nos. 1, 3, 7, 8, 21).

ACC — 4 (Nos. 8, 14, 18, 23).

Big 12 — 4 (Nos. 12, 16, 17, 20).

AAC — 2 (Nos. 24, 25).

Mountain West — 2 (Nos. 10, 19).

Independent — 1 (No. 4).

Ranked vs. ranked

— No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 3 Penn State in Indianapolis, Big Ten championship.

— No. 2 Texas vs. No. 5 Georgia in Atlanta, Southeastern Conference championship.

— No. 8 SMU vs. No. 18 Clemson in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlantic Coast Conference championship.

— No. 10 Boise State vs. No. 19 UNLV in Boise, Idaho, Mountain West championship.

— No. 12 Arizona State vs. No. 16 Iowa State in Arlington, Texas, Big 12 championship.

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 30, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Oregon (62)	12-0	1550	1
2. Texas	11-1	1484	3
3. Penn St.	11-1	1378	4
4. Notre Dame	11-1	1373	5
5. Georgia	10-2	1302	6
6. Tennessee	10-2	1200	7
7. Ohio St.	10-2	1174	2
8. SMU	11-1	1127	9
9. Indiana	11-1	1059	10
10. Boise St.	11-1	1036	11
11. Alabama	9-3	840	13
12. Arizona St.	10-2	832	14
13. South Carolina	9-3	789	16
14. Miami	10-2	756	8
15. Mississippi	9-3	717	15
16. Iowa St.	10-2	647	17
17. BYU	10-2	548	19
18. Clemson	9-3	502	12
19. UNLV	10-2	340	21
20. Colorado	9-3	295	23
21. Illinois	9-3	274	22
22. Missouri	9-3	214	24
23. Syracuse	9-3	206	–
24. Army	10-1	182	25
25. Memphis	10-2	121	–

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 93, Louisville 45, Duke 30, Kansas St. 10, Tulane 9, LSU 6, Louisiana-Lafayette 5, Florida 4, Michigan 1, Baylor 1.

Coaches Football Poll

The US LBM Coaches Poll Top 25 with team’s records THROUGH SATURDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.

1	Oregon (12-0)	1,325	1	53
2	Texas (11-1)	1,272	3	0
3	Penn State (11-1)	1,192	4	0
4	Notre Dame (11-1)	1,165	5	0
5	Georgia (10-2)	1,104	6	0
6	Tennessee (10-2)	1,025	8	0
7	SMU (11-1)	977	9	0
8	Ohio State (10-2)	976	2	0
9	Indiana (11-1)	895	10	0
10	Boise State (11-1)	840	11	0
11	Alabama (9-3)	733	13	0
12	South Carolina (9-3)	700	14	0
13	Arizona State (10-2)	665	15	0
14	Miami (Fla.) (10-2)	646	7	0
15	Mississippi (9-3)	638	16	0
16	Iowa State (10-2)	565	17	0
17	Clemson (9-3)	457	12	0
18	Brigham Young (10-2)	419	20	0
19	UNLV (10-2)	255	21	0
20	Missouri (9-3)	229	24	0
21	Illinois (9-3)	225	25	0
22	Colorado (9-3)	215	NR	0
23	Army (10-1)	196	22	0
24	Memphis (10-2)	187	23	0
25	Syracuse (9-3)	108	NR	0

Dropped out: No. 18 Tulane (9-3); No. 19 Texas A&M (8-4).

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M (8-4) 90; Duke (9-3) 39; Tulane (9-3) 37; Louisville (8-4) 18; Kansas State (8-4) 15; Louisiana-Lafayette (10-2) 11; Georgia Tech (7-5) 2; Michigan (7-5) 2; Iowa (8-4) 1; Miami (Ohio) (8-4) 1.