Around the NCAA – Week 8
Notable scores:
Louisville escapes upset bid from UCF, 24-17
Northwestern beats Minnesota in a close one, 23-20
Purdue’s great season continues as the beat Michigan State, 34-27
Oklahoma State over TCU by one point, 31-30
Stanford over UCLA, 26-10
Florida State beats Clemson, 31-21
Oregon barely escapes upset from Washington State, 24-23
Sun Belt scores:
Georgia State over Texas State, 24-10
UL Lafayette remains undefeated as they beat Western Kentucky, 42-14
Kent State beats South Alabama, 24-7
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| NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 1, |
| RK | LW | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Alabama (36) | 7 | 0 | 1500 |
| 2 | 4 | Purdue (23) | 7 | 0 | 1387 |
| 3 | 2 | Louisville (1) | 7 | 0 | 1348 |
| 4 | 3 | Texas (1) | 6 | 0 | 1348 |
| 5 | 5 | Texas A&M | 6 | 1 | 1069 |
| 6 | 7 | Ohio State | 6 | 1 | 984 |
| 7 | 8 | Michigan | 6 | 1 | 943 |
| 8 | 9 | Georgia | 6 | 1 | 914 |
| 9 | 10 | Stanford | 6 | 1 | 873 |
| 10 | 11 | Nebraska | 5 | 1 | 819 |
| 11 | 12 | Oregon | 6 | 1 | 781 |
| 12 | 13 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 1 | 755 |
| 13 | 14 | Utah | 6 | 1 | 715 |
| 14 | 6 | Clemson | 5 | 2 | 681 |
| 15 | 15 | Miami | 5 | 1 | 675 |
| 16 | 16 | Northwestern | 6 | 1 | 627 |
| 17 | 21 | Florida | 5 | 2 | 529 |
| 18 | 23 | UL Lafayette | 6 | 0 | 503 |
| 19 | 20 | Boston College | 5 | 1 | 479 |
| 20 | 22 | Notre Dame | 5 | 2 | 401 |
| 21 | 25 | Florida State | 4 | 2 | 386 |
| 22 | 24 | Wisconsin | 5 | 2 | 343 |
| 23 | 17 | TCU | 4 | 3 | 300 |
| 24 | 18 | Missouri | 5 | 2 | 287 |
| 25 | 19 | UCLA | 3 | 3 | 242 |
Other receiving votes:
Washington (212), UL Monroe (180), Auburn (136), Oklahoma (110), Oregon State (65), Virginia Tech (59), Boise State (58), Navy (54), Michigan State (45)
Dropped out: