AP Top 25 Week 6: Missouri's 11-Place Leap, Florida's Fall and the Jerseys Behind the Poll
Missouri spent one week ranked 25th and used it to beat the No. 8 team in the country by 28 points. The new AP Top 25 puts the Tigers 14th, drops Florida to 16th, and keeps Texas at No. 1 for a fourth straight week.
This is the poll that rewards statements and punishes them in equal measure. Missouri's 45-17 win was the second-biggest jump of the season; Florida's afternoon in Columbia was the second-biggest fall. In between, Alabama swapped places with Indiana, Pittsburgh arrived for the first time this season, and the SEC put nine teams in the top 25.
- No. 1 stays put: Texas (4-0) took 61 of 70 first-place votes, its longest run at the top since 1977. Georgia got six, Miami two, Indiana one.
- Biggest leap: Missouri, up 11 places to No. 14 after a 45-17 rout of Florida — 560 yards of offense and a nine-game losing streak against ranked teams ended.
- Biggest fall: Florida, down eight to No. 16, a week after reaching its highest ranking since 2020.
- New entry: Pittsburgh at No. 25, 5-0 — but without quarterback Mason Heintschel, who tore an ACL on Friday.
The full AP Top 25 after Week 6
The poll was released on Sunday, 4 October and will be replaced after Saturday's games. Records are from the AP release; movement is shown only where the AP reported it.
| # | Team | Record | What changed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 4-0 | Idle — 61 of 70 first-place votes, fourth straight week at No. 1 | |
| 2 | Georgia | 5-0 | Beat Vanderbilt by 24, its closest game of the season | |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 5-0 | Unbeaten and untested | |
| 4 | Miami | 5-0 | Won by four touchdowns at Clemson | |
| 5 | Ohio State | 4-1 | Jeremiah Smith's 206 yards ended a nine-year wait at Iowa | |
| 6 | Alabama | 5-0 | ▲1 | 56-23 at Mississippi State; 45+ points in all five games |
| 7 | Indiana | 5-0 | ▼1 | Two 100-yard receivers and a 200-yard rusher at Rutgers |
| 8 | BYU | 4-0 | ▲2 | Won narrowly at TCU to stay top of the Big 12 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | 3-1 | Held its place on a bye | |
| 10 | LSU | 4-1 | ▲1 | 731 yards and 63 points against McNeese |
| 11 | Texas Tech | 5-0 | Needed a comeback to hold off Colorado | |
| 12 | Utah | 4-0 | Idle; has risen in every poll this season | |
| 13 | Oregon | 3-1 | 70th consecutive week in the Top 25 | |
| 14 | Missouri | 4-1 | ▲11 | 45-17 over Florida; 560 yards, and the biggest jump of the week |
| 15 | Tennessee | 4-1 | DeSean Bishop ran for 200+ and three scores against Auburn | |
| 16 | Florida | 4-1 | ▼8 | Held to 17 points in Columbia a week after beating Ole Miss |
| 17 | Mississippi State | 4-1 | Allowed 56 at home to Alabama | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State | 3-1 | Idle | |
| 19 | USC | 5-1 | Defence and a fumble return beat Washington | |
| 20 | Iowa | 4-1 | ▼6 | Lost at home to Ohio State by 17 |
| 21 | UCLA | 4-0 | Idle; Oregon next | |
| 22 | Houston | 4-1 | No first-half points against UCF, then three second-half touchdowns | |
| 23 | Boise State | 4-1 | Top of the Pac-12 after its league debut win | |
| 24 | SMU | 4-1 | ▼3 | A nine-point win over Boston College was not convincing |
| 25 | Pittsburgh | 5-0 | New | 35-33 over Virginia Tech, and a season-ending ACL injury at quarterback |
The five movements that matter
Missouri turned one afternoon into eleven places
The Tigers were ranked 25th and playing the No. 8 team. They finished with 560 yards, a 45-17 win and the second-biggest jump in the country this season. Austin Simmons went 23-of-30 for 340 yards and two touchdowns, and Jamal Roberts carried 24 times for 211 yards and three scores. Florida's star running back Jadan Baugh was held to 13 yards on 12 carries. It was Missouri's first win over a ranked opponent in nine attempts, and their highest ranking since October 2025.
Florida's top-10 stay lasted exactly one week
The Gators climbed from 21st to 8th a week ago — their highest ranking since 2020 — on the back of a 52-28 win over Mississippi. They leave the top ten having scored 17 points in Columbia, and they get South Carolina at home on Saturday before the schedule gets harder.
The gap between Week 5 Florida and Week 6 Florida is the whole argument against reading too much into any single Saturday. What the poll is really telling you is that the SEC has nine ranked teams and only one of them is unbeaten against the spread of the top ten — Texas, which has not played since 26 September.
Texas holds No. 1 without playing
The Longhorns were idle and still took 61 of 70 first-place votes, the fourth straight week at No. 1 — their longest run at the top since a six-week stretch in 1977. It gets tested on Saturday at the Cotton Bowl, where Oklahoma (2-2) is waiting in the Red River Rivalry. Texas has the 11th-best scoring defence in the country at 13.3 points a game; Oklahoma's defence is fifth in total yards allowed and second in the red zone.
Pittsburgh arrives without its quarterback
The Panthers are 5-0 for the second time in three seasons and ranked for the first time since last November after holding off Virginia Tech 35-33. The problem is that quarterback Mason Heintschel tore an ACL in that game and is out for the season. Kentucky, 24th last week, dropped out but is the highest-voted unranked team — two points behind Pittsburgh.
Alabama has scored 45 points in every game
The Crimson Tide swapped places with Indiana and sit sixth. Their 56-23 win at Mississippi State made them the first FBS team since Oklahoma in 2019 to score 45 or more in each of their first five games, and they are averaging 50 a game. Keelon Russell went 16-of-22 for 285 yards and three touchdowns. Saturday brings Georgia to Tuscaloosa.
Saturday's ranked matchups
Four games this weekend involve two ranked teams, and two of them are on network television in the afternoon and evening windows. Times are Eastern.
| Game | Time / TV | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Texas vs Oklahoma | 3:30pm · ABC | The No. 1 team's first real test, against a 2-2 Oklahoma side with the country's fifth-best total defence |
| Georgia at Alabama | 7:30pm · ABC | No. 2 at No. 6. The winner becomes the SEC's best argument for a top-two seed |
| UCLA at Oregon | 3:30pm · CBS | No. 21 at No. 13, and Oregon's 70th straight week in the poll |
| USC at Penn State | 7:30pm · NBC | No. 19 on the road in the Big Ten's toughest road environment |
| Ole Miss at Vanderbilt | 3:30pm · ESPN | No. 9 trying to avoid a second SEC defeat |
| LSU at Kentucky | 7pm · ESPN | No. 10 against the best unranked team in the country |
| Indiana at Nebraska | 12pm · FOX | No. 7's first road test in the Big Ten since Rutgers |
| Texas A&M at Missouri | TBC | The trap game for a team that just jumped 11 places |
The jerseys behind the poll
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Questions we get asked
Who is No. 1 in the AP Top 25 after Week 6?
Texas, for the fourth straight week, with 61 of 70 first-place votes. Georgia is second with six, Miami third in votes with two, and Indiana has the remaining one.
Why did Missouri jump 11 places to No. 14?
They beat then-No. 8 Florida 45-17 in Columbia, gaining 560 yards while holding Florida's running back Jadan Baugh to 13 yards on 12 carries. It was Missouri's first win over a ranked opponent in nine attempts and the second-biggest jump by any team this season.
Why did Florida drop to No. 16?
The Gators lost that game by 28 points, a week after climbing to No. 8 for their highest ranking since 2020.
Which ranked teams play each other this Saturday?
Four games involve two ranked teams: No. 2 Georgia at No. 6 Alabama at 7:30pm on ABC, No. 21 UCLA at No. 13 Oregon at 3:30pm on CBS, No. 19 USC at Penn State at 7:30pm, and No. 9 Ole Miss at Vanderbilt at 3:30pm. No. 1 Texas plays Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl at 3:30pm on ABC.
When is the next AP Top 25 released?
The poll updates every Sunday during the season, at 2pm Eastern. The Week 6 poll was released on Sunday 4 October, so the next one lands on Sunday 11 October.
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Sources and method
The rankings, records, first-place vote counts and movement figures on this page were checked against the Associated Press poll release of 4 October 2026 as carried by the Chicago Sun-Times and AP News, and cross-checked with Bleacher Report's poll write-up. Game times and broadcasters come from the NCAA's published Week 6 television schedule and ESPN's game preview. Player and team statistics were verified against AP game reports and ESPN box scores. Where a figure depends on a poll that updates weekly — rankings, movement and vote counts — it is dated in the text so you can tell what is current and what is not.
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