The Alabama Crimson Tide ranks fourth in the AP top 25 poll after winning its fourth consecutive game against a fellow-ranked opponent. Despite Alabama doing everything possible to overcome a Week 1 loss to Florida State,

Vanderbilt is a top-10 team in college football for the first time since 1947 in an Associated Press poll that got a nearly complete makeover Sunday after a weekend when nine Top 25 teams lost.

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.

The AP Poll has churned out some surprising results each week, and the A to Z expert team of college football analysts has been taking on the responsibility of getting it right this season. The latest A to Z Sports top 25 poll has gotten it right because,

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.

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.

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.

Despite beating the No. 25 Michigan Wolverines 31-13 on Oct. 11, the USC Trojans are no longer ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll entering week 9. Michigan being ranked over USC isn't the only controversy from the recent AP Top 25 rankings.