Once near the top of the rankings, Texas A&M heads in the wrong direction as the postseason approaches. The formerly top-three Aggies dropped four spots to No. 7 in the latest AP Top 25 poll following their 27-17 rivalry week loss to Texas .

Projected AP Top 25 college football rankings after Alabama survived the Iron Bowl scare, Texas A&M fell to Texas for its first loss, Ohio State rolled Michigan, and much more chaos.

The week that was saw Michigan take down Gonzaga by 40 (!) points with a 101–61 win in the Players Era championship—a pseudo-tournament littered with NIL money that also saw Iowa State's Milan Momcilovic put together two epic shooting performances and Creighton announcer John Bishop go viral over his call of the Jays' loss to Baylor.

The fourth AP Top 25 poll of the 2025-26 season was released Monday, and despite pushes from Arizona and Michigan, Purdue remains the No. 1 team in the country. The Boilermakers have been at the top of the poll for the last three weeks -- with the lone exception coming when Houston jumped Purdue in the first in-season poll.

Thanks to blowout wins over San Diego State, Auburn and Gonzaga, Michigan rose from No. 7 to third in the newest Associated Press Top 25 poll. St. John's, on the other hand, moved in the opposite direction after going 1-2 during the Players Era Festival. The Red Storm, who were fifth in the preseason poll, are now down in 23rd.

Roy Kramer, who as commissioner of the Southeastern Conference helped transform the league into a national power while reshaping the entire sport of college football, has died.

Texas Tech was No. 5 in last week's College Football Playoff rankings and on Sunday jumped two spots to No. 5 in The Associated Press poll.