AP top 25 teams in Saturday's games:
1. FLORIDA (8-0)
Result: W, 41-17 vs. Georgia
Game is featured on this page.
• Up next: Saturday vs. Vanderbilt
2. ALABAMA (8-0)
Off week • Up next: Saturday vs. LSU
3. TEXAS (8-0)
Result: W, 41-14 at No. 13 Oklahoma St.
Game is featured on this page.
• Up next: Saturday vs. Central Florida
4. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (6-2)
Result: L, 47-20 at No. 10 Oregon
Game is featured on this page.
• Up next: Saturday at Arizona State
5. CINCINNATI (8-0)
Result: W, 28-7 at Syracuse
Playing again in place of injured Tony Pike, Zach Collaros threw four TD passes to get the Bearcats (4-0 Big East) within a victory of the best start in school history, beating the host Orange (3-5, 0-3).
• Up next: Saturday vs. Connecticut
6. BOISE STATE (8-0)
Result: W, 45-7 vs. San Jose State
Game is featured on this page.
• Up next: Friday at Louisiana Tech
7. IOWA (9-0)
Result: W, 42-24 vs. Indiana
Game is featured on C16.
• Up next: Saturday vs. Northwestern
8. TEXAS CHRISTIAN (8-0)
Result: W, 41-0 vs. UNLV
Game is featured on this page.
• Up next: Saturday at San Diego State
9. LOUISIANA STATE (7-1)
Result: W, 42-0 vs. Tulane
Brandon LaFell caught two touchdown passes, moving him into second on LSU's career list, and the host Tigers shut out the Green Wave (2-6) for the first time since 1969.
• Up next: Saturday at Alabama
10. OREGON (7-1)
Result: W, 47-20 vs. No. 4 USC
Game is featured on this page.
• Up next: Saturday at Stanford
11. GEORGIA TECH (8-1)
Result: W, 56-31 at Vanderbilt
Josh Nesbitt scored four touchdowns, and Jonathan Dwyer rushed for a career-high 186 yards with three TDs, and the Yellow Jackets rallied against the Commodores (2-7) in Nashville.
• Up next: Saturday vs. Wake Forest
12. PENN STATE (8-1)
Result: W, 34-13 at Northwestern
Game is featured on C16.
• Up next: Saturday vs. Ohio State
13. OKLAHOMA STATE (6-2)
Result: L, 41-14 vs. No. 3 Texas
Game is featured on this page.
• Up next: Saturday at Iowa State
14. VIRGINIA TECH (5-3)
Result: L, 20-17 vs. North Carolina
Game was played Thursday night.
• Up next: Thursday at East Carolina
15. HOUSTON (7-1)
Result: W, 50-43 vs. Southern Miss
Case Keenum threw for a career-high 559 yards and had five TDs, his last coming with 21 seconds left, as the host Cougars (3-1 Conference USA) beat the Golden Eagles (5-4, 3-2). Keenum broke the tie with a 46-yard pass to Patrick Edwards.
• Up next: Saturday at Tulsa
16. PITTSBURGH (7-1)
Off week • Up next: Saturday vs. Syracuse
17. OHIO STATE (7-2)
Result: W, 45-0 vs. New Mexico State
Game is featured on C16.
• Up next: Saturday at Penn State
18. MIAMI (6-2)
Result: W, 28-27 at Wake Forest
Jacory Harris threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Travis Benjamin with 1:08 left and the Hurricanes (3-2 ACC) beat the host Demon Deacons (4-5, 2-3).
Harris threw for 330 yards and three TDs for Miami, which trailed 27-14 going into the final period.
• Up next: Saturday vs. Virginia
19. UTAH (7-1)
Result: W, 22-10 vs. Wyoming
Jordan Wynn passed for 82 yards and a TD in his college debut, replacing starter Terrance Cain in the second half in Salt Lake City as the Utes (4-0 Mountain West) rallied vs. the Cowboys (4-4, 2-2).
• Up next: Saturday vs. New Mexico
20. WEST VIRGINIA (6-2)
Result: L, 30-19 at South Florida
Game was played Friday night.
• Up next: Saturday vs. Louisville
21. SOUTH CAROLINA (6-3)
Result: L, 31-13 at Tennessee
The Volunteers (4-4, 2-3 SEC) took three fumbles and turned them into touchdowns against the Gamecocks (3-3 SEC) in Knoxville, Lane Kiffin's first victory over a ranked opponent.
• Up next: Saturday at Arkansas
22. OKLAHOMA (5-3)
Result: W, 42-30 vs. Kansas State
Landry Jones passed for 294 yards and four TDs and DeMarco Murray scored three times to help the host Sooners (3-1 Big 12) hold off the Wildcats (5-4, 3-2).
• Up next: Saturday at Nebraska
23. ARIZONA (5-2)
Off week • Up next: Saturday vs. Washington State
24. MISSISSIPPI (5-3)
Result: L, 33-20 at Auburn
Chris Todd passed for 212 yards, Ben Tate ran for 144 and Walt McFadden returned an interception for a touchdown as the host Tigers (6-3, 3-3 SEC) beat the Rebels (2-3 SEC).
• Up next: Saturday vs. Northern Arizona
25. NOTRE DAME (6-2)
Result: W, 40-14 vs. Washington State
Golden Tate scored two touchdowns, including a spectacular grab of a desperation heave at the end of the first half, and the Irish got their first easy victory in almost two months by clobbering the Cougars (1-7) in a game played in San Antonio.
• Up next: Saturday vs. Navy