Texas climbs to No. 15, Oklahoma rises to No. 11 and Georgia Tech drops to No. 12 in a topsy-turvy USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-136.
The Longhorns have clearly figured something out during a four-game winning streak bookended by high-profile wins against the Sooners and Vanderbilt. Arch Manning has played his best football during this stretch, capped by 328 yards and three touchdowns against the Commodores.
Oklahoma goes up seven spots after beating Tennessee to notch one of the best road wins by any team in the Power Four. The win keeps the Sooners alive in the College Football Playoff race in advance of games against Alabama, Missouri and LSU.
The Yellow Jackets drop six spots after losing to North Carolina State. Tech remains the top-ranked team in the ACC, ahead of No. 13 Louisville, No. 17 Miami, No. 20 Virginia and No. 25 Pittsburgh.
Down six after losing in overtime to SMU, the Hurricanes are one of a few Power Four contenders dropping in this week’s re-rank. The Commodores fall to No. 16, the No. 24 Volunteers are down 10 spots, Cincinnati drops to No. 28 after getting blown out by Utah and Houston is down to No. 30 after a narrow loss to Arizona State.
There were no changes to the top five of No. 1 Indiana, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 Alabama and No. 5 Georgia. Rounding out the top 10 are No. 6 Oregon, No. 7 Mississippi, No. 8 Brigham Young, No. 9 Texas Tech and No. 10 Notre Dame.