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BREAKING: Week 3 College Football AP Top 25 Poll Revealed

Find out what the Week 3 AP Top 25 Poll looks like in college football.
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Week 2 of the 2024 college football season was notable, to say the least. We saw six ranked teams lose and several teams became vulnerable to drop out of the rankings. So, how many of those teams ended up dropping out of the rankings? Read below to find out.

Notable Week 2 Results

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Before we look at the new AP Poll, we should review the most notable results from Week 2. For starters, #3 Texas and #14 Tennessee had impressive wins over #10 Michigan and #24 NC State respectively.

The most shocking result of the week was by far #5 Notre Dame losing at home to unranked Northern Illinois. On top of this, Iowa State defeated #21 Iowa, Illinois defeated #19 Kansas, and Syracuse defeated #23 Georgia Tech.

Week 3 AP Top 25 Poll

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So, what does the latest AP Top 25 Poll look like? Take a closer look below:

  1. Georgia (1) 
  2. Texas (3)
  3. Ohio State (2)
  4. Alabama (4) 
  5. Ole Miss (6)
  6. Missouri (9)
  7. Tennessee (14) 
  8. Penn State (8)
  9. Oregon (9)
  10. Miami (12)
  11. USC (13)
  12. Utah (11)
  13. Oklahoma State (16)
  14. Kansas State (17)
  15. Oklahoma (15)
  16. LSU (18)
  17. Michigan (17)
  18. Notre Dame (5) 
  19. Louisville (19)
  20. Arizona (20)
  21. Iowa State (NR)
  22. Clemson (25)
  23. Nebraska (NR)
  24. Boston College (NR)
  25. Northern Illinois (NR) 

Biggest Takeaways From New AP Poll

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LINCOLN, NE – SEPTEMBER 14: Head coach Thomas Hammock of the Northern Illinois Huskies on the field before the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on September 14, 2019 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)

Earlier this morning, I wrote an article predicting the Week 3 AP Poll. Of course, I did not end up getting everything exactly right compared to the actual poll.

There were no surprises in the Top 5 of this poll. However, Missouri ended up moving higher than I expected and Oregon lower than I expected. Despite swapped positions, Michigan and Notre Dame ended up almost exactly where I expected them to. Plus, Iowa State, Nebraska, and Boston College all entered the poll as I predicted.

One of the biggest surprises for me was seeing Northern Illinois getting ranked as soon as they did. Apparently, the upset win over Notre Dame held more weight for that committee and the Huskies get a shoutout because of it. Considering they beat a Top 5 team on the road that Texas A&M failed to beat at home, one can argue that this is a justified ranking.

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