An uninspiring 41-24 victory for Oregon Saturday night in Colorado was not enough to crack the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Sunday morning.
Oregon was dropped from the AP Top 25 last week – after a 62-20 home loss to Utah – for the first time since 2009. The Ducks received 39 votes – the highest number from teams that weren’t included in the poll last week.
Utah climbed to No. 5 in the poll, including seven first-place votes. It’s the highest the Utes have been ranked since 2009. College Gameday will head to Utah next week, where Utah will host No. 23 California in a matchup of the final two undefeated teams in the Pac-12.
UCLA, which was ranked No. 7 last week, fell to No. 20 after a 38-23 loss to unranked Arizona State.
Stanford (No. 16) and USC (NO. 17) are the other two ranked Pac-12 teams.
Here’s a list of team’s featured in this week’s Top 25:
1. Ohio State
2. TCU
3. Baylor
4. Michigan State
5. Utah
6. Clemson
7. LSU
8. Alabama
9. Texas A&M
10. Oklahoma
11. Florida
12. Florida State
13. Northwestern
14. Ole Miss
15. Notre Dame
16. Stanford
17. USC
18. Michigan
19. Georgia
20. UCLA
21. Oklahoma State
22. Iowa
23. California
24. Toledo
25. Boise State
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