BYU to No. 8, Notre Dame back in top 10 of AP poll

Field Level Media|published: Sun 2nd November, 15:02 2025

Oct 25, 2025; Ames, Iowa, USA; BYU Cougars quarterback Bear Bachmeier (47) celebrates with fans after the Cougars beat the Iowa State Cyclones at Jack Trice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-Imagn Images

The top seven teams in the Associated Press Top 25 poll remained unchanged Sunday, while BYU, Texas Tech and Notre Dame rounded out the top 10.

Unbeaten BYU moved up three spots to No. 8, one-loss Texas Tech climbed four spots to No. 9 and Notre Dame -- which opened the season with back-to-back losses after a No. 6 preseason ranking -- climbed two spots to No. 10.

Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia, Oregon and Ole Miss held onto the Nos. 1-7 spots, respectively, after taking care of business in their Week 10 games.

Room opened at the end of the top 10 due to losses by No. 8 Georgia Tech (48-36 to North Carolina State), No. 9 Vanderbilt (34-31 to Texas) and No. 10 Miami (26-20 in overtime to SMU). BYU and Miami had been tied for the No. 10 spot this past week.

BYU went on the road to beat Iowa State 41-27 to improve to 8-0. Its biggest remaining test comes this week when it visits No. 9 Texas Tech, as the Red Raiders looked sharp for the second straight week in rolling past Kansas State 43-20.

Notre Dame opened the season with losses to Miami and Texas A&M by a combined four points. This is the Fighting Irish's first time back in the top 10 since that slide after they beat Boston College 25-10 Saturday.

Oklahoma, Texas and Utah enjoyed the biggest jumps, leaping up seven spots apiece in this week's poll. Oklahoma is No. 11 after taking down then-No. 14 Tennessee 33-27 on the road; Texas' 34-31 win over Vanderbilt was its fourth straight; and Utah took down then-No. 17 Cincinnati 45-14 to rocket up from the 24th ranking.

The only team to drop out of the top 25 was Houston, which was ranked No. 22 before taking its second loss of the season, 45-35 to West Virginia. Idle Washington entered the rankings at No. 24.

The full AP Top 25 poll after Week 10:

1. Ohio State (8-0)

2. Indiana (9-0)

3. Texas A&M (8-0)

4. Alabama (7-1)

5. Georgia (7-1)

6. Oregon (7-1)

7. Ole Miss (8-1)

8. BYU (8-0)

9. Texas Tech (8-1)

10. Notre Dame (6-2)

11. Oklahoma (7-2)