Oregon remains highest-ranked one-loss team in AP Top 25 poll
Oregon remained at No. 6 in the latest AP Top 25, released Sunday. The Ducks are still the highest-ranked one-loss team in the country, but the top nine spots in the poll were unchanged from a week ago.
The Ducks started a bit slow against Cal in Week 10, with the elements keeping the offense stuck in neutral a bit longer than usual and a handful of unforced errors clogging the gears. But once the second quarter hit, Oregon exploded. It scored on seven of its final eight possessions to win going away, 63-19.
Oregon is joined in the latest media poll by No. 5 Washington, No. 12 Oregon State, No. 13 Utah, and No. 23 Arizona. UCLA and USC dropped out of the poll while Arizona made its debut after upsetting the Bruins.
The new College Football Playoff rankings will debut on Tuesday. Oregon was the highest-ranked one-loss team in the initial rankings last week and that doesn’t figure to change after Week 10. With five unbeaten teams still ahead of them, the Ducks likely won’t crack the top four, but it’s not yet time to worry about that. As coach Dan Lanning said after Saturday’s win, Oregon just needs to focus on winning. That will take care of everything else.
Oregon hosts USC next Saturday at 7:30 p.m. PT on FOX.
The rest of the AP Top 25 for the week is below, with first-place votes in parenthesis:
- Georgia (49)
- Michigan (9)
- Ohio State (3)
- Florida State (2)
- Washington
- Oregon
- Texas
- Alabama
- Penn State
- Ole Miss
- Louisville
- Oregon State
- Utah
- Tennessee
- Oklahoma State
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- LSU
- Kansas
- Tulane
- James Madison
- Notre Dame
- Arizona
- North Carolina
- Liberty
Receiving votes: Fresno St. 73, Kansas St. 73, Southern Cal 46, Air Force 26, Toledo 25, UCLA 11, Iowa 6, SMU 5, Duke 4, West Virginia 3, Texas A&M 1, NC State 1, Clemson 1