Projecting the College Football AP Top 25 for Week 7 – Sports Illustrated

Week 6 across college football provided the wildest week of the season thus far. Several top 15 teams lost, including No. 1 Alabama, who fell in shocking fashion on the road at Vanderbilt.
There was a lot of shakeup in Sports Illustrated's AP Top 25 projection for Week 7. Here's the full ranking.
1. Texas Longhorns: 5-0 (1-0 SEC)
This Week: Idle
Week 7: Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl vs. Oklahoma
2. Ohio State Buckeyes: 5-0 (2-0 Big Ten)
This Week: Won 35-7 vs. Iowa
Week 7: Away at Oregon
3. Georgia Bulldogs: 4-1 (2-1 SEC)
This Week: Won 31-13 vs. Auburn
Week 7: Home vs. Mississippi State
4. Oregon Ducks: 5-0 (2-0 Big Ten)
This Week: Won 31-10 vs. Michigan State
Week 7: Home vs. Ohio State
5. Penn State Nittany Lions: 5-0 (2-0 Big Ten)
This Week: Won 27-11 vs. UCLA
Week 7: Away at USC
6. Ole Miss Rebels: 5-1 (1-1 SEC)
This Week: Won 27-3 vs. South Carolina
Week 7: Away at LSU
7. Miami Hurricanes: 5-0 (1-0 ACC)
This Week: Won vs. Cal 39-38
Week 7: Idle
8. LSU Tigers: 4-1 (1-0 SEC)
This Week: Idle
Week 7: Home vs. Ole Miss
9. Alabama Crimson Tide: 4-1 (1-1 SEC)
This Week: Lost 40-35 at Vanderbilt
Week 7: Home vs. South Carolina
10. Notre Dame Fighting Irish: 4-1
This Week: Idle
Week 7: Home vs. Stanford
11. Clemson Tigers: 4-1 (3-0 ACC)
This Week: Won 29-13 at Florida State
Week 7: Away at Wake Forest
12. Iowa State Cyclones: 5-0 (2-0 Big 12)
This Week: Won 43-21 vs. Baylor
Week 7: Away at West Virginia
13. BYU Cougars: 5-0 (2-0 Big 12)
This Week: Idle
Week 7: Home vs. Arizona
14. Tennessee Volunteers: 4-1 (1-1 SEC)
This Week: Lost 19-14 at Arkansas
Week 7: Home vs. Florida
15. Utah Utes: 4-1 (1-1 Big 12)
This Week: Idle
Week 7: Away at Arizona State
16. Oklahoma Sooners: 4-1 (1-1 SEC)
This Week: Idle
Week 7: Red River Rivalry vs. Texas at the Cotton Bowl
17. Kansas State Wildcats: 4-1 (1-1 Big 12)
This Week: Idle
Week 7: Away at Colorado
18. Boise State Broncos: 4-1 (1-0 Mountain West)
This Week: Won 62-30 vs. Utah State
Week 7: Away at Hawaii
19. Indiana Hoosiers: 6-0 (3-0 Big Ten)
This Week: Won 41-24 at Northwestern
Week 7: Home vs. Nebraska
20. Texas A&M Aggies: 5-1 (3-0 SEC)
This Week: Won 41-10 vs. No. 9 Mizzou
Week 7: Idle
21. Illinois Fighting Illini: 4-1 (1-1 Big 12)
This Week: Idle
Week 7: Home vs. Purdue
22. Missouri Tigers: 4-1 (1-1 SEC)
This Week: Lost 41-10 at No. 25 Texas A&M
Week 7: Away at UMass
23. Washington Huskies: 4-2 (2-1 Big Ten)
This Week: Won 27-17 vs. Michigan
Week 7: Away at Iowa
24. Michigan Wolverines: 4-2 (2-1 Big Ten)
This Week: Lost 27-17 at Washington
Week 7: Idle
25. SMU Mustangs: 5-1 (2-0 ACC)
This Week: Won 34-27 at No. 22 Louisville
Week 7: Idle
Dropped from Rankings: No. 11 USC, No. 22 Louisville, No. 25 UNLV
Also Considered: Nebraska, Army, Navy, JMU, UNLV
Mike McDaniel is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where he has worked since January 2022. His work has been featured at InsideTheACC.com, SB Nation, FanSided and more. McDaniel hosts the Hokie Hangover Podcast, covering Virginia Tech athletics, as well as Basketball Conference: The ACC Football Podcast. Outside of work, he is a husband and father, and an avid golfer.
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