Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers have gradually made their way up the Top 25 rankings over the past month. That trend continued in a big way Sunday with the release of the new AP Top 25 College Football Poll.
Clemson (4-1) rose five spots to No. 10 in the AP poll following their 29-13 victory over the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday night at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee. It was the Tigers’ fourth straight win as they improved to 3-0 in ACC play.
The Tigers were one of the biggest risers in this week’s AP poll after a stunning week of upsets that saw two Top-5 teams fall on the road. Three teams that had been ranked ahead of Clemson — the Missouri Tigers, Michigan Wolverines and USC Trojans — also fell on the road.
In addition to Missouri, Michigan and USC losing, Clemson also jumped past two other teams that were ranked ahead of them last week: the LSU Tigers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Both Notre Dame (No. 11) and LSU (No. 13) were idle this weekend.
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Among ranked teams, Clemson joined the Iowa State Cyclones (5-0, No. 11) and Indiana Hoosiers (6-0, No. 18) as teams that climbed five spots. The only team that made a bigger jump than Clemson in this week’s AP Top 25 Poll were the Texas A&M Aggies, who soundly defeated Missouri, 41-10. Texas A&M rose 10 spots to No. 15.
Within the top 10, the previously No. 1-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide lost 40-35 at Vanderbilt, and the Tennessee Volunteers fell 19-14 to the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville. Alabama dropped six spots to No. 7 in the AP poll; Tennessee fell four spots to No. 8.
The Texas Longhorns (5-0) were ranked No. 1 with the Ohio State Buckeyes (5-0) ranked No. 2. The Oregon Ducks rose three spots to No. 3 while the Penn State Nittany Lions (5-0) climbed three spots as well to No. 4. Georgia rounded out the top 5 at No. 5.
The Miami Hurricanes remained the ACC’s highest-ranked team at No. 6, rising two spots from last week following their fourth-quarter comeback against the California Golden Bears in Berkeley.
Elsewhere in the ACC, Pitt (No. 22, 5-0) and SMU (No. 25, 5-1) jumped into the Top 25 this week, while Louisville dropped out.
Clemson visits Wake Forest this Saturday for a noon ET kickoff in Winston-Salem. The game will be televised on ESPN.
AP Top 25 Poll Week 6
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Change |
| 1 | Texas | 5-0 | 1516 (52) | +1 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 5-0 | 1473 (9) | +1 |
| 3 | Oregon | 5-0 | 1348 | +3 |
| 4 | Penn State | 5-0 | 1305 | +3 |
| 5 | Georgia | 4-1 | 1299 | – |
| 6 | Miami (FL) | 6-0 | 1187 | +2 |
| 7 | Alabama | 4-1 | 1182 | -6 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 4-1 | 1001 | -4 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | 5-1 | 978 | +3 |
| 10 | Clemson | 4-1 | 861 | +5 |
| 11 | Iowa State | 5-0 | 853 | +5 |
| 12 | Notre Dame | 4-1 | 853 | +3 |
| 13 | LSU | 4-1 | 827 | – |
| 14 | BYU | 5-0 | 753 | +3 |
| 15 | TAMU | 5-1 | 702 | +10 |
| 16 | Utah | 4-1 | 473 | +2 |
| 17 | Boise State | 4-1 | 463 | +4 |
| 18 | Kansas State | 4-1 | 459 | +2 |
| 19 | Indiana | 6-0 | 459 | +5 |
| 20 | Oklahoma | 4-1 | 459 | +1 |
| 21 | Missouri | 4-1 | 352 | -12 |
| 22 | Pitt | 5-0 | 196 | – |
| 23 | Illinois | 4-1 | 182 | +1 |
| 24 | Michigan | 4-2 | 170 | -14 |
| 25 | SMU | 5-1 | 165 | – |
Others receiving votes:
Southern Cal 98, Nebraska 51, Navy 43, Army 33, Vanderbilt 26, Arkansas 17, Washington St. 8, Iowa 8, Texas Tech 7, Syracuse 6, Washington 4, Louisville 4, Colorado 3, Kentucky 1.
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