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LSU cracks top 10, Michigan falls out of AP Top 25, Penn State moves up to No. 16

Penn State moved up two spots, as Michigan went from No. 16 to out of the Top 25 after a 13-12 win over Western Michigan.

Penn State wide receiver Koby Howard (6) runs past Marshall defensive back Caleb Clark-Glover (0) on Sept. 5.
Penn State wide receiver Koby Howard (6) runs past Marshall defensive back Caleb Clark-Glover (0) on Sept. 5.Read moreBarry Reeger / AP

LSU jumped back into the top 10 in the first Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the regular season on Tuesday, Oregon slipped out of the top five and Michigan fell out of the rankings altogether after it needed a second-chance Hail Mary try at home to beat Western Michigan.

Ohio State remained No. 1 by a wide margin entering its showdown with No. 4 Texas on Saturday. The Buckeyes received 46 first-place votes from the voting panel of 69 writers and broadcasters. The other 23 first-place votes were divided among six teams.

Georgia, Notre Dame, Texas, and Indiana each moved up one spot with Oregon going from No. 2 to No. 6 following a 34-27 win over Boise State as a 25.5-point favorite. Miami, LSU, Mississippi and Texas A&M rounded out the top 10.

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Defending national champion Indiana received the second-most No. 1 votes, with eight. LSU got five, Notre Dame four, Oregon three, Texas two, and Miami one.

LSU’s promotion bumped Oklahoma out of the top 10. The Sooners shut out UTEP 51-0 and will take a No. 11 ranking into their visit to Michigan. That matchup lost some luster in light of Michigan’s slogging offensive performance against Western Michigan, a game the Wolverines won 13-12.

In and out

Virginia rode an impressive Week 0 win over North Carolina State to a No. 25 ranking. It’s the first time since 2005 the Cavaliers have been ranked in a first regular-season poll. They finished No. 16 in the final Top 25 last season but received just one vote in the preseason poll.

Michigan went from No. 16 — where Penn State moved up to from No. 18 — out of the Top 25. It’s first time since at least 2008 that a team ranked so high was bounced after a win. Kansas State went from No. 17 to unranked after holding off North Dakota of the Football Championship Subdivision last year.

Full rankings

  1. Ohio State

  2. Georgia

  3. Notre Dame

  4. Texas

  5. Indiana

  6. Oregon

  7. Miami

  8. LSU

  9. Ole Miss

  10. Texas A&M

  11. Oklahoma

  12. Alabama

  13. Texas Tech

  14. USC

  15. BYU

  16. Penn State

  17. SMU

  18. Tennessee

  19. Washington

  20. Utah

  21. Iowa

  22. Houston

  23. Missouri

  24. Louisville

  25. Virginia