A loaded Week 8 slate across college football lived up to every bit of the hype, with multiple overtime games, close affairs, coaching gaffes and more.
Here's Sports Illustrated's AP Top 25 projection for Week 8:
The Projected Ranking
1. Texas Longhorns: 6-0 (2-0 SEC)
This Week: Won 34-3 vs. No. 18 Oklahoma
Week 8: Home vs. Georgia
2. Oregon Ducks: 6-0 (3-0 Big Ten)
This Week: Won 32-31 vs. No. 2 Ohio State
Week 8: Away at Purdue
3. Penn State Nittany Lions: 6-0 (3-0 Big Ten)
This Week: Won 33-30 at USC
Week 8: Idle
4. Georgia Bulldogs: 5-1 (3-1 SEC)
This Week: Won 41-31 vs. Mississippi State
Week 8: Away at Texas
5. Ohio State Buckeyes: 5-1 (2-1 Big Ten)
This Week: Lost 32-31 at No. 3 Oregon
Week 8: Idle
6. Miami Hurricanes: 6-0 (2-0 ACC)
This Week: Idle
Week 8: Away at Louisville
7. Alabama Crimson Tide: 5-1 (2-1 SEC)
This Week: Won 27-25 vs. South Carolina
Week 8: Away at Tennessee
8. Tennessee Volunteers: 5-1 (2-1 SEC)
This Week: Won 23-17 (OT) vs. Florida
Week 8: Home vs. Alabama
9. Clemson Tigers: 5-1 (4-0 ACC)
This Week: Won 49-14 at Wake Forest
Week 8: Home vs. Virginia
10. Iowa State Cyclones: 6-0 (3-0 Big 12)
This Week: Won 28-16 at West Virginia
Week 8: Home vs. UCF
11. LSU Tigers: 5-1 (2-0 SEC)
This Week: Won 29-26 (OT) vs. No. 9 Ole Miss
Week 8: Away at Arkansas
12. Notre Dame Fighting Irish: 5-1
This Week: Won 49-7 vs. Stanford
Week 8: Home vs. Georgia Tech
13. BYU Cougars: 6-0 (3-0 Big 12)
This Week: Won 41-19 vs. Arizona
Week 8: Home vs. Oklahoma State
14. Texas A&M Aggies: 5-1 (3-0 SEC)
This Week: Idle
Week 8: Away at Mississippi State
15. Ole Miss Rebels: 5-2 (1-2 SEC)
This Week: Lost 29-26 (OT) at No. 13 LSU
Week 8: Idle
16. Boise State Broncos: 5-1 (2-0 Mountain West)
This Week: Won 28-7 at Hawaii
Week 8: Idle
17. Indiana Hoosiers: 6-0 (3-0 Big Ten)
This Week: Idle
Week 8: Home vs. Nebraska
18. Kansas State Wildcats: 5-1 (2-1 Big 12)
This Week: Won 31-28 at Colorado
Week 8: Away at West Virginia
19. Missouri Tigers: 5-1 (1-1 SEC)
This Week: Won 45-3 at UMass
Week 8: Home vs. Auburn
20. Pittsburgh Panthers: 6-0 (2-0 ACC)
This Week: Won 17-15 vs. Cal
Week 8: Idle
21. Illinois Fighting Illini: 5-1 (2-1 Big Ten)
This Week: Won 50-49 vs. Purdue
Week 8: Home vs. Michigan
22. Michigan Wolverines: 4-2 (2-1 Big Ten)
This Week: Idle
Week 8: Away at Illinois
23. SMU Mustangs: 5-1 (2-0 ACC)
This Week: Idle
Week 8: Away at Stanford
24. UNLV Rebels: 5-1 (2-0 Mountain West)
This Week: Won 50-34 at Utah State
Week 8: Away at Oregon State
25. Army Black Knights: 6-0 (5-0 American)
This Week: Won 44-10 vs. UAB
Week 8: Home vs. ECU
Dropped from Rankings: No. 16 Utah, No. 18 Oklahoma
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Projecting the College Football AP Top 25 for Week 8.
