Houston jumped up to No. 7, Texas made its first appearance in the Coaches Poll since September 2014 at No. 20 after beating Notre Dame, and Texas A&M checked in at No. 24 after beating UCLA in overtime.
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The Crimson Tide received 54 of the 61 first-place votes after their 52-6 shellacking of USC on Saturday. Clemson, Florida State, Ohio State and Stanford round out the top five.
Ohio State is fourth and MI, which received one first-place vote, is fifth.
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– Wisconsin, which beat LSU 16-14 at Lambeau Field, matched a record for the best season debut in the Top 25 with its No. 10 ranking.
The two biggest wins of the weekend were Texas upsetting then 10th ranked Notre Dame in a thrilling double-overtime epic and Houston throttling the Oklahoma Sooners.
Also in the rankings are Oklahoma State (22), OR (24) and Miami (25).
– Florida, which was No. 25, fell out after beating MA 24-7.
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Oklahoma (14) and LSU (21) both plummeted down the rankings after their losses. 3 Oklahoma. The Cougars’ ranking is their highest since they were No. 3 on November 6, 1990. Well, if that’s a good weekend; then Texas just had an incredible college football weekend as every major college football team won except North Texas and Rice.
