While there was no change in the Top 5, the media did shake some things up outside of that rarefied air heading into Week 6 of the 2013 season.
Oklahoma State, which suffered a head-scratching loss in Morgantown to West Virginia Saturday afternoon, took the most significant plummet of the weekend, falling all the way down from No. 11 to No. 21. LSU’s three-point road loss to Georgia, on the other hand, cost the Tigers just four spots, keeping them in the Top 10 at No. 10 while the Bulldogs climbed three into LSU’s old No. 6 hole.
As expected, Alabama (No. 1), Oregon (No. 2), Clemson (No. 3), Ohio State (No. 4) and Stanford (No. 5) all held serve and hold the same spots as a week ago. Rounding out the Top Ten are Louisville and Florida State the same No. 7 and No. 8, respectively, that they were last Sunday, and No. 9 Texas A&M, up one to No. 9.
Oklahoma took one the biggest jumps up of those that were ranked last weekend, climbing three to No. 14 thanks to its win over then-No. 22 Notre Dame. Not surprisingly, the Irish fell out of the Top 25 after the loss. Idle Texas Tech moved up four to No. 20.
Arizona State, thanks to its job-killing win over USC, moved into the Top 25 at No. 22. The Sun Devils were joined in the latest poll by new member Maryland, which makes its first AP appearance since November of 2008.
The only other team outside of the Irish to exit the AP poll was Wisconsin, which had been No. 23 prior to its loss to the Buckeyes.
