Week eight college football polls: Stanford and Georgia fall out of the top ten, Missouri jumps to No. 14

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With a number of upsets during Saturday’s slate of college football games, there were numerous shifts in this morning’s AP poll.

After a stunning 27-21 loss to Utah, Stanford dropped eight spots to No. 13. Florida State took the Cardinal’s place at No. 5. The top four remain Alabama, Oregon, Clemson and Ohio State (in that order). The Crimson Tide received 55 of the 60 first-place votes for the third consecutive week, with Oregon picking up the remaining five.

Georgia also fell out of the top ten, dropping eight spots to No. 15 after being handled by Missouri 41-26. The Tigers jumped 11 spots to No. 14 following the upset victory, but will be without quarterback James Franklin for at least six weeks after the senior suffered a Grade 2 separation of his shoulder in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s contest.

LSU moved up four spots to No. 6 after coming out on top of Saturday’s SEC-duel with Florida. The Gators dropped five spots to No. 22 with the loss.

After edging out Ole Miss 41-38, Texas A&M moved up two spots to No. 7. Louisville remained at No. 8 and UCLA cracked the top ten for the first time this season, rising two spots to No. 9. Miami, South Carolina and Baylor all moved up three spots and make up the 10th-12th spots in the poll.

Saturday’s other stunner came in Austin, where Texas handed Oklahoma its first loss in the Red River Rivalry since 2009, and dropped the Sooners six spots to No. 18. After coming up short in a conference showdown against Oregon, Washington fell four spots to No. 20.

Texas Tech and Fresno State moved up four spots to No. 16 and No. 17, while Virginia Tech jumped up five spots to No. 19. Oklahoma State moved up one spot to No. 21 and Northern Illinois stayed at No. 23.

Cracking the top 25 were Auburn and Wisconsin. The Badgers dismantled Northwestern by a score of 35-6 and the Wildcats predictably fell out of the top 25. Also dropping out of the top 25 was Michigan, who lost to Penn State 43-40 in overtime.

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