Top 25 matchups included:
- Top Ranked Alabama Squeaking out a Victory over 10th Ranked Arkansas
- Third Ranked Boise State Defeats 24th ranked Oregon State
- 17th Ranked Auburn Upsets the 12th Ranked South Carolina Gamecocks
- 15th Ranked LSU Hanging on to Beat 22nd Ranked West Virginia
Other ranked teams who faced tough tests:
- #5 Oregon gets a Road Win over the Sun Devils
- #6 Nebraska Looking flat against South Dakota State
- #8 Oklahoma Hangs on vs. Cincinnati at home
- #14 Arizona scored Late TD to Top Cal
- #23 Penn State comes from Behind to Beat Temple
But the one game that shocked us all was played down in Austin Texas, as the UCLA Bruins entered with a losing record, but rallied to beat the Longhorns pretty soundly. The loss dropped Texas from #4 to #21, all but dashing their hopes for a championship.
The rest of the top 25 AP and USA Today Polls look like this:
AP Top 25 |
USA Today Poll |
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| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Rank | Team | Record | Points | |
| 1 | Alabama (57) | 4-0 | 1496 | 1 | Alabama (57) | 4-0 | 1472 | |
| 2 | Ohio State (2) | 4-0 | 1431 | 2 | Ohio State (2) | 4-0 | 1412 | |
| 3 | Boise State (1) | 3-0 | 1356 | 3 | Boise State | 3-0 | 1312 | |
| 4 | Oregon | 4-0 | 1276 | 4 | Oregon | 4-0 | 1243 | |
| 5 | TCU | 4-0 | 1269 | 5 | TCU | 4-0 | 1221 | |
| 6 | Nebraska | 4-0 | 1158 | 6 | Nebraska | 4-0 | 1164 | |
| 7 | Florida | 4-0 | 1132 | 7 | Florida | 4-0 | 1155 | |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 4-0 | 1095 | 8 | Oklahoma | 4-0 | 1083 | |
| 9 | Stanford | 4-0 | 895 | 9 | Wisconsin | 4-0 | 989 | |
| 10 | Auburn | 4-0 | 863 | 10 | LSU | 4-0 | 896 | |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 4-0 | 854 | 11 | Auburn | 4-0 | 828 | |
| 12 | LSU | 4-0 | 805 | 12 | Utah | 4-0 | 790 | |
| 13 | Utah | 4-0 | 792 | 13 | Stanford | 4-0 | 744 | |
| 14 | Arizona | 4-0 | 724 | 14 | Arizona | 4-0 | 689 | |
| 15 | Arkansas | 3-1 | 716 | 15 | Arkansas | 3-1 | 576 | |
| 16 | Miami (FL) | 2-1 | 598 | 16 | Texas | 3-1 | 563 | |
| 17 | Iowa | 3-1 | 505 | 17 | Miami (FL) | 2-1 | 517 | |
| 18 | USC | 4-0 | 467 | 18 | Iowa | 3-1 | 509 | |
| 19 | Michigan | 4-0 | 398 | 19 | Michigan | 4-0 | 375 | |
| 20 | South Carolina | 3-1 | 397 | 20 | Penn State | 3-1 | 347 | |
| 21 | Texas | 3-1 | 364 | 21 | Michigan State | 4-0 | 278 | |
| 22 | Penn State | 3-1 | 197 | 22 | South Carolina | 3-1 | 272 | |
| 23 | North Carolina State | 4-0 | 166 | 23 | Missouri | 4-0 | 182 | |
| 24 | Michigan State | 4-0 | 149 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 3-0 | 146 | |
| 25 | Nevada | 4-0 | 123 | 25 | Nevada | 4-0 | 102 | |
There was joy in Austin for those of us who have to listen to the Burnt Orange drivel 24 – 7! It made the 7 Sun Devil TO’s much more palatable with that Longhorn spanking already in the books!
Haha, I forgot that despite living in Austin, you still love to see the Longhorns lose. I don’t have any specific hatred towards Texas, so all of ASU’s turnovers stung pretty hard. 1 starting senior on the team means that they hopefully won’t make the same mistakes next year if they all come back.