Oklahoma got the job done at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday and were rewarded on Monday with a slight bump in the polls. The 3-2 Sooners are up one spot in the AP, to #19, and two spots in the Coaches, to #20.
Here’s the full AP Top 25
- Alabama (56 first-place votes)
- Ohio State (2)
- Clemson (2)
- Michigan (1)
- Washington
- Texas A&M
- Louisville
- Wisconsin
- Tennessee
- Nebraska
- Baylor
- Ole Miss
- Houston
- Florida State
- Boise State
- Miami
- Virginia Tech
- Florida
- Oklahoma
- West Virginia
- Utah
- Arkansas
- Auburn
- Western Michigan
- Navy
Dropped from rankings: Stanford 15, North Carolina 17, Colorado 21
Others receiving votes: Georgia 59, Arizona State 53, North Carolina 51, LSU 50, Oklahoma State 48, North Dakota State 36, Stanford 26, Colorado 22, South Florida 20, TCU 14, Washington State 9, NC State 9, Iowa 3, Air Force 2, San Diego State 2, Wake Forest 1
Florida State made the biggest jump this week by moving up nine spots to #14, but Virginia Tech was close behind by leaping forward eight spots to #17. Houston fell seven spots to #13 following their 46-40 loss at Navy. Arkansas and Miami each dropped six spots.
Baylor remains the highest ranked Big 12 team at #11, the Sooners are next at #19 followed by West Virginia at #20. Oklahoma State is moving up in the “Others receiving votes” category. The Cowboys would have been 30th this week if the poll extended out that far.