AP Top 25 Poll: Alabama, Georgia Leap Into Top Five After Massive SEC Wins

Week 8 of the 2025 college football season saw four of the nation's top-10 teams go down—one of which in upset, field-storming fashion —causing quite the shakeup in the latest AP Top 25.

ESPN's Greg McElroy has the Tennessee Vols ranked lower than the AP Top 25 does

The Tennessee Vols fell six spots in the AP Top 25 poll this week after their 37-20 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa last Saturday night. Tennessee fell from No. 11 to No. 17 in the latest AP Top 25 poll.

AP Top 25: Poll Gets An Overhaul Behind No. 1 Ohio State, Vanderbilt In Top 10

Vanderbilt is a top-10 team in college football for the first time since 1947 in an AP poll that got a nearly complete makeover.

Alabama, Georgia rise into top 5 of AP poll after upheaval

The SEC again has half of the top 10 in the AP Top 25 college football poll as Alabama and Georgia rose to No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, and Vandy soared to No. 10.

Every spot in the AP Top 25 changed except No. 1

AP Top 25 brought a huge shift to college football rankings after Week 8. Indiana grabbed No. 2, while Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech broke into the top 10.
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