College football rankings: Ohio State tops in AP 25 poll for Week 6

College football rankings 2025: Predicting the AP top 25 poll for Week 6 matchups

As the dust settles around the latest slate of Week 5 games on Saturday, let's look ahead to the next AP top 25 college football rankings

Who's moving up? Who's moving down?

College football rankings for week 6 of the 2025 season have been released, and the Alabama Crimson Tide have taken over the top spot in the AP Poll.

Ohio State stayed at No. 1 in the AP college football poll after beating Washington, though their lead over No. 2 Oregon narrowed. Oregon jumped up with a two-overtime win at Penn State, its highest ranking since last year.

Miami dropped to No. 3 after a bye week. Mississippi rose to No. 4 — its best spot since 2015 — after beating LSU, which fell to No. 13. Oklahoma stayed at No. 5.

Alabama reentered the top 10, and Virginia made the Top 25 for the first time in six years.

AP Pool top 25 rankings after week 5

AP Poll – Week 6

RANK SCHOOL POINTS RECORD PREV

1 Ohio State (46) 1626  4-0 1

2 Oregon (16) 1589 5-0 6

3 Miami (FL) (4) 1529 4-0 2

4 Ole Miss 1354 5-0 13

5 Oklahoma 1313 4-0 7

6 Texas A&M 1308 4-0 9

7 Penn State 1179 3-1 3

8 Indiana 1156 5-0 11

9 Texas 1071 3-1 10

10 Alabama 1057 3-1 17

11 Texas Tech 967 4-0 12

12 Georgia 965 3-1 5

13 LSU 838 4-1 4

14 Iowa State 830 5-0 14

15 Tennessee 697 4-1 15

16 Vanderbilt 640 5-0 18

17 Georgia Tech 549 5-0 16

18 Florida State 535 3-1 8

19 Missouri 528 5-0 20

20 Michigan 422 3-1 19

21 Notre Dame 333 2-2 22

22 Illinois 271 4-1 23

23 BYU 191 4-0 25

24 Virginia 125 4-1 NR

25 Arizona State 107 4-1 NR

Others receiving votes: South Florida 53, Utah 52, Mississippi St. 46, Memphis 38, Louisville 36, Southern Cal 22, Maryland 7, North Texas 7, TCU 6, UNLV 3.

FBS Coaches Poll Rankings for Top 25 for Week 6

1. Ohio State (58)
2. Oregon (6)
3. Miami (1)
4. Ole Miss
5. Texas A&M
6. Penn State
7. Texas
8. Oklahoma
9. Indiana
10. Georgia
11. Alabama
12. Iowa State
13. LSU
14. Texas Tech
15. Tennessee
16. Georgia Tech
17. Vanderbilt
18. Missouri
19. Florida State
20. Michigan
21. Notre Dame
22. Illinois
23. BYU
24. Arizona State
25. Utah

Others receiving votes: Memphis 88; Louisville 83; Virginia 63; South Florida 29; USC 17; Maryland 17; Auburn 12; UNLV 11; Navy 9; Mississippi State 9; Tulane 8; Washington 7; North Texas 7; TCU 6; Nebraska 4; Duke 4; Iowa 3; Houston 1.

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