The Hurricanes jumped Oregon in Sunday's Associated Press Top 25 Poll after beating Florida State, 28–22, to move to 5–0. Ohio State stayed at No. 1 with 40 first-place votes. Miami picked up 21 first-place votes, and Oregon received five.
Behind Ohio State and Miami, Oregon sits No. 3, followed by Ole Miss (4), Texas A&M (5), Oklahoma (6), Indiana (7) and Alabama (8). Texas Tech surged to No. 9 — its best slot since 2008 — after winning at unbeaten Houston, and Georgia rejoined the top 10 at No. 10. The back half starts with LSU (11), Tennessee (12) and a notable ACC riser, Georgia Tech (13), then Missouri (14), Michigan (15), Notre Dame (16), Illinois (17), BYU (18), Virginia (19) and Vanderbilt (20).