AP College Football Poll 2021: Top 25 Rankings for Week 10
The top teams in college football continue to separate themselves from the field ahead of Week 10.
Georgia remains No. 1 in the latest Associated Press poll after a blowout win over Florida while Michigan State jumped Ohio State at No. 5 despite both earning high-profile wins in the Big Ten.
Here is how voters saw the Top 25 before the first College Football Player rankings are released this week.
AP Poll
1. Georgia
2. Cincinnati
3. Alabama
4. Oklahoma
5. Michigan State
6. Ohio State
7. Oregon
8. Notre Dame
9. Michigan
10. Wake Forest
11. Oklahoma State
12. Auburn
13. Texas A&M
14. Baylor
15. Ole Miss
16. UTSA
17. BYU
18. Kentucky
19. Iowa
20. Houston
21. Coastal Carolina
22. Penn State
23. SMU
24. Louisiana-Lafayette
25. Fresno State
Georgia continues to coast through its tough SEC schedule with a 34-7 win over Florida, although Saturday's victory wasn't always easy.
The Bulldogs led by just 3-0 late in the first half until a run of three straight touchdowns in the final 2:16 of the second quarter blew the game open. The pick-six just before halftime represented the dagger for Florida:
Cincinnati and Oklahoma also pulled away from their opponents for easy wins to remain undefeated.
The Big Ten featured more exciting battles, including Ohio State edging out a 33-24 win over Penn State.
TreVeyon Henderson rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown for the Buckeyes in what Ryan Day called a "gritty" win after the game.
"The goal is just to win the game," Day told reporters. "We're not trying to get style points in the game against Penn State. That's not how it works. You got to just win the game, and we did that kicking field goals."
It was the first single-digit victory of the season for Ohio State after five straight blowouts, but the win was the most important part.
Penn State, meanwhile, was No. 4 in the Week 6 poll but has now dropped to No. 22 after three straight losses.
Michigan State has jumped to No. 5 in the latest poll after a dramatic 37-33 win over Michigan. Kenneth Walker III put himself in the Heisman Trophy discussion with an outstanding performance for the Spartans:
The running back helped Michigan State overcome a 16-point second-half deficit to beat their rival and move closer to the college football playoff.
Michigan's first loss was enough to drop the team from sixth to ninth in the ranking.
Iowa fell 10 spots to No. 19 after a 20-point loss to Wisconsin, the team's second defeat in a row after getting as high as No. 2 in the country.
In the SEC, Auburn is on the rise up to No. 12 after a 31-20 victory over Ole Miss. With Kentucky also losing this week, the Tigers have a strong argument as the third-best team in the conference behind Georgia and Alabama.
The team could have a chance to prove it next Saturday with a road game against No. 13 Texas A&M.
