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Big 12 Notes – Arizona Week
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October 26th
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Big 12 Lines: CU opens as a 4.5-point underdog to Arizona
- UCF at Baylor … 10:00 a.m. MT … ESPNU … Baylor is a 4.5-point home favorite …
- West Virginia at Houston, 10:00 a.m., MT … FS1 … Houston is a 15.5-point home favorite …
- Arizona State at Iowa State … 11:00 a.m. MT … TNT … Iowa State is a 3.0-point home favorite …
- Texas Tech at Kansas State, 1:30 p.m., MT … FOX … Kansas State is a 7.0-point home underdog …
- Arizona at Colorado … 5:00 p.m., MT … FS1 … Colorado is a 4.5-point home underdog …
Cincinnati at Utah … 8:15 p.m. MT … ESPN … Utah is a 6.5-point home favorite …
- Oklahoma State at Kansas … 2:00 p.m., MT … ESPN+ … Kansas is a 24.5-point home favorite …
BYU, TCU
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New AP Poll: BYU into Top Ten; Houston and Utah in; Arizona State out
From ESPN … Vanderbilt earned its highest ranking in The Associated Press college football poll in 88 years, while LSU dropped out of Top 25 following its third loss in four games.
The top six was unchanged, with Ohio State holding the No. 1 spot for a ninth straight week, followed by Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Oregon.
The idle Buckeyes received 53 first-place votes and the Hoosiers got 11, six more than last week. Texas A&M was No. 1 on one ballot.
The top six were unchanged for the first time since Nov. 12, 2023, when the top eight stood pat. The last time Texas A&M received a first-place vote was Oct. 11, 2015.
No. 7 Ole Miss and No. 8 Georgia Tech swapped spots, as did No. 9 Vanderbilt and Miami, which is tied at No. 10 with BYU.
Including BYU, the Big 12 has five teams in the Top 25 for the first time this season, with No. 13 Texas Tech, No. 17 Cincinnati, No. 22 Houston and No. 24 Utah also ranked.
The Big 12 last had five Top 25 teams ranked on Sept. 22, 2024.
AP poll …
| Team | Rec. | LW |
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| 1. Ohio State (54) | 7-0 | 1 |
| 2. Indiana (11) | 8-0 | 2 |
| 3. Texas A&M (1) | 8-0 | 3 |
| 4. Alabama | 7-1 | 4 |
| 5. Georgia | 6-1 | 5 |
| 6. Oregon | 7-1 | 6 |
| 7. Ole Miss | 7-1 | 8 |
| 8. Georgia Tech | 8-0 | 7 |
| 9. Vanderbilt | 7-1 | 10 |
| 10. Miami | 6-1 | 9 |
| 10. BYU | 8-0 | 11 |
| 12. Notre Dame | 5-2 | 12 |
| 13. Texas Tech | 7-1 | 14 |
| 14. Tennessee | 6-2 | 17 |
| 15. Virginia | 7-1 | 16 |
| 16. Louisville | 6-1 | 19 |
| 17. Cincinnati | 7-1 | 21 |
| 18. Oklahoma | 6-2 | 13 |
| 19. Missouri | 6-2 | 15 |
| 20. Texas | 6-2 | 22 |
| 21. Michigan | 6-2 | 25 |
| 22. Houston | 7-1 | NR |
| 23. USC | 5-2 | NR |
| 24. Utah | 6-2 | NR |
| 25. Memphis | 7-1 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Navy 86, Tulane 59, Washington 46, Iowa 27, South Florida 22, San Diego State 14, LSU 11, James Madison 9, North Texas 4, Illinois 3, Pittsburgh 1
Dropped from rankings: South Florida 18, LSU 20, Illinois 23, Arizona State 24
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