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Texas falls out of the Top 25 in the Week 7 AP Poll

by: Evan Vieth10/05/25
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After a brutal 29-21 loss to the Florida Gators on Saturday, the Texas Longhorns drop out of the AP Poll ahead of Week 7. It’s the first time Texas has been unranked since 2022, when the Longhorns peaked at No. 18 and spent much of the season unranked.

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Ohio State remained No. 1 with 40 first-place votes, Miami jumped to No. 2 with 21 first-place votes and Oregon remains in the top three with five first-place votes.

Week 7 brings on a new challenge for the Longhorns, who will have to travel to Dallas for the Red River Rivalry against No. 6 Oklahoma. The Sooners handled a lowly Kent State team yesterday, but will likely be without star quarterback John Mateer on Saturday.

Georgia and Texas A&M also find themselves in the top 10, with the Bulldogs jumping two spots to No. 10. Texas A&M now sits at No. 5 after a win against Mississippi State, leapfrogging Oklahoma.

The Top 25 includes several other SEC teams, including a run of No. 4 Ole Miss, No. 8 Alabama, No. 11 LSU, No. 12 Tennessee, No. 14 Missouri and No. 20 Vanderbilt. 

Penn State also joined Texas as a formerly top-two team who fell out of the top 25 this week after a loss to UCLA.

Texas was ranked as the No. 19 team in the coaches poll, 12 spots behind last week’s

AP Poll Top 25 Week 6

  1. Ohio State (40)
  2. Miami (Fla.) (21)
  3. Oregon (5)
  4. Ole Miss
  5. Texas A&M
  6. Oklahoma
  7. Indiana
  8. Alabama
  9. Texas Tech
  10. Georgia
  11. LSU
  12. Tennessee
  13. Georgia Tech
  14. Missouri
  15. Michigan
  16. Notre Dame
  17. Illinois
  18. BYU
  19. Virginia
  20. Vanderbilt
  21. Arizona State
  22. Iowa State
  23. Memphis
  24. South Florida
  25. Florida State
Others receiving votes:

Cincinnati 129, Texas 111, Penn St. 97, Utah 84, Nebraska 60, Southern Cal 46, UNLV 19, North Texas 16, TCU 14, Washington 10, Mississippi St. 10, Navy 4, Louisville 3, Auburn 1.

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