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Power Rankings: Where Things Stand After a Week of Carnage

For the fifth straight week, the top four teams in SI's power rankings remain unchanged. Behind them, you have Dayton, which hasn't lost in 2020; and Maryland, which has won nine straight in the Big Ten. Not many other teams from last week's power rankings can join them as having gone undefeated in even the last week. Of that Top 25, 14 teams lost at least one game since last Thursday, creating another shakeup below the top tier. With so many similarly-bunched teams taking Ls, things were bound to get messy:

1. Baylor (24-1, 12-1 Big 12)

The Bears comfortably handled West Virginia at home before managing a tricky trap game at Oklahoma to set up a massive showdown on Saturday at home vs.