Big Upsets Clobber AP’s NCAA Football Rankings and Put a Goalpost in the River

Texas in the new No. 1 team after Vanderbilt’s stunning victory over Alabama.
Big Upsets Clobber AP’s NCAA Football Rankings and Put a Goalpost in the River
Barryn Sorrell (88) of the Texas Longhorns celebrates after a fourth-quarter sack against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin on Sept. 28. Tim Warner/Getty Images
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We’re into the middle of October and chaos has hit the college football landscape. A goalpost was thrown into the Cumberland River in Nashville on Saturday after one of the biggest upsets in recent memory and the top of the AP Poll now has some massive changes because of top 10 teams getting beat.

This weekend gives us two of the biggest games of the season. New No. 1 Texas faces No. 18 Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry, and Oregon travels to Columbus to face Ohio State with both teams ranked in the top three. There will be more significant changes to the polls next week because of some huge conference matchups.

Tab Bamford
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Tab Bamford has been writing about sports for two decades. He has worked with the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Big Ten Conference, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and been credentialed for all-star events and postseason games in MLB, the NFL, NHL, NBA and NCAA.