A 35-point win on the road in a de facto conference championship game was enough to push Oklahoma past Iowa for the third spot in the latest Associated Press top 25.
Clemson and Alabama retained the top two spots, while a trio of Big Ten teams in Iowa, Michigan State and Ohio State occupied numbers four, five and six. Stanford moved to No. 7 after its last second win over Notre Dame, who tumbled from fourth to ninth. Ohio State jumped from No. 8 to No. 6, while Michigan tumbled to No. 19 after a 42-13 Buckeyes win in Ann Arbor.
Florida State moved into the top 10 after a 27-2 blowout of Florida (who fell from 10th to 18th), while TCU past Baylor after its double overtime slop-fest win on Friday night.
Utah, USC, LSU and Wisconsin moved into the poll, while Washington State, Mississippi State, Toledo and UCLA fell out.
The full rankings:
1. Clemson - 1,511 total points (53 first-place votes)
2. Alabama - 1,469 (8)
3. Oklahoma - 1,367
4. Iowa - 1,345
5. Michigan State - 1,318
6. Ohio State - 1,197
7. Stanford - 1,137
8. North Carolina - 1,085
9. Notre Dame - 1,022
10. Florida State - 951
11. TCU - 927
12. Baylor - 842
13. Northwestern - 711
14. Oklahoma State - 699
15. Oregon - 616
16. Ole Miss - 584
17. Houston - 571
18. Florida - 566
19. Michigan - 518
20. Temple - 269
21. Utah - 244
22. Navy - 206
23. LSU - 199
24. USC - 189
25. Wisconsin - 124