TCU gets a first place vote this week! Here's our top 25!

1. Alabama (2) 168
2. Texas (2) 167
3. Florida (2) 165
4. TCU (1) 157
5. Cincinnati 146
6. Boise State 145
7. Georgia Tech 134
8. Pittsburgh 124
9. LSU 116
10. Ohio State 113
11. Oklahoma State 107
12. Stanford 93
13. Virginia Tech 79
14. Clemson 74
15. Oregon 69
16. Iowa 62
17. Nebraska 58
18. Wisconsin 42
19. Miami (Fla) 34
20. Penn State 31
21. BYU 27
T22. Oklahoma 24
T22. Arkansas 24
24. Oregon State 23
25. North Carolina 16

Others receiving points: USC 15, Navy 14, California 13, Texas Tech 12, Utah 11, Rutgers 7, Ole Miss 5, Ohio 4, Houston 3, Arizona 1, Georgia 1

BIGGEST JUMP: Stanford, easily, which goes from unranked to No. 12 with its 55-21 pelting of USC. Clemson and Virginia Tech both made nice jumps with rather basic victories; that's a function of so many teams above them losing.

BIGGEST FALL: USC (17), Utah (14) and Arizona (19) join the unranked after losses.

ANALYSIS:

TCU Gaining: The Horned Frogs have barely been on TV this year, but word of their dominance is gaining thanks to two ESPN Gameday appearances involving TCU. Surprisingly, it's Florida in No. 3.

Respect for Big Ten at Last? There are four Big Ten teams ranked inside the top 20 for the first time this year.

ACC It!: Five teams from the much-maligned conference are in our rankings, with North Carolina poking its nose in at No. 25.

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