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Projecting the College Football AP Top 25 for Week 7

The Vanderbilt Commodores scored their biggest upset in school history after shocking No. 1 Alabama. | Steve Roberts-Imagn Images

Week 6 across college football provided the wildest week of the season thus far. Several top 15 teams lost, including No. 1 Alabama, who fell in shocking fashion on the road at Vanderbilt.

There was a lot of shakeup in Sports Illustrated's AP Top 25 projection for Week 7. Here's the full ranking.

The Projected Ranking

1. Texas Longhorns: 5-0 (1-0 SEC)

This Week: Idle

Week 7: Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl vs. Oklahoma

2. Ohio State Buckeyes: 5-0 (2-0 Big Ten)

This Week: Won 35-7 vs. Iowa

Week 7: Away at Oregon

3. Georgia Bulldogs: 4-1 (2-1 SEC)

This Week: Won 31-13 vs. Auburn

Week 7: Home vs. Mississippi State

4. Oregon Ducks: 5-0 (2-0 Big Ten)

This Week: Won 31-10 vs. Michigan State

Week 7: Home vs. Ohio State

5. Penn State Nittany Lions: 5-0 (2-0 Big Ten)

This Week: Won 27-11 vs. UCLA

Week 7: Away at USC

6. Ole Miss Rebels: 5-1 (1-1 SEC)

This Week: Won 27-3 vs. South Carolina

Week 7: Away at LSU

7. Miami Hurricanes: 5-0 (1-0 ACC)

This Week: Won vs. Cal 39-38

Week 7: Idle

8. LSU Tigers: 4-1 (1-0 SEC)

This Week: Idle

Week 7: Home vs. Ole Miss

9. Alabama Crimson Tide: 4-1 (1-1 SEC)

This Week: Lost 40-35 at Vanderbilt

Week 7: Home vs. South Carolina

10. Notre Dame Fighting Irish: 4-1

This Week: Idle

Week 7: Home vs. Stanford

11. Clemson Tigers: 4-1 (3-0 ACC)

This Week: Won 29-13 at Florida State

Week 7: Away at Wake Forest

12. Iowa State Cyclones: 5-0 (2-0 Big 12)

This Week: Won 43-21 vs. Baylor

Week 7: Away at West Virginia

13. BYU Cougars: 5-0 (2-0 Big 12)

This Week: Idle

Week 7: Home vs. Arizona

14. Tennessee Volunteers: 4-1 (1-1 SEC)

This Week: Lost 19-14 at Arkansas

Week 7: Home vs. Florida

15. Utah Utes: 4-1 (1-1 Big 12)

This Week: Idle

Week 7: Away at Arizona State

16. Oklahoma Sooners: 4-1 (1-1 SEC)

This Week: Idle

Week 7: Red River Rivalry vs. Texas at the Cotton Bowl

17. Kansas State Wildcats: 4-1 (1-1 Big 12)

This Week: Idle

Week 7: Away at Colorado

18. Boise State Broncos: 4-1 (1-0 Mountain West)

This Week: Won 62-30 vs. Utah State

Week 7: Away at Hawaii

19. Indiana Hoosiers: 6-0 (3-0 Big Ten)

This Week: Won 41-24 at Northwestern

Week 7: Home vs. Nebraska

20. Texas A&M Aggies: 5-1 (3-0 SEC)

This Week: Won 41-10 vs. No. 9 Mizzou

Week 7: Idle

21. Illinois Fighting Illini: 4-1 (1-1 Big 12)

This Week: Idle

Week 7: Home vs. Purdue

22. Missouri Tigers: 4-1 (1-1 SEC)

This Week: Lost 41-10 at No. 25 Texas A&M

Week 7: Away at UMass

23. Washington Huskies: 4-2 (2-1 Big Ten)

This Week: Won 27-17 vs. Michigan

Week 7: Away at Iowa

24. Michigan Wolverines: 4-2 (2-1 Big Ten)

This Week: Lost 27-17 at Washington

Week 7: Idle

25. SMU Mustangs: 5-1 (2-0 ACC)

This Week: Won 34-27 at No. 22 Louisville

Week 7: Idle

Dropped from Rankings: No. 11 USC, No. 22 Louisville, No. 25 UNLV


This article was originally published on www.si.com as Projecting the College Football AP Top 25 for Week 7.

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