Florida State (16-2-4) jumped from No. 6 to claim the top spot, supplanting Stanford (21-2-2), which slipped to No. 2 after holding the pole position. The Seminoles' five-spot climb is matched in audacity only by Duke (17-5-1), which rocketed from No. 11 all the way to No. 3 — an eight-place surge that announces the Blue Devils as a genuine title contender.
The poll's most seismic movement came at the bottom, where Memphis (17-1-3) plummeted from No. 3 to No. 18 — a fifteen-place freefall despite just one loss on the season. Arkansas (10-5-4) wasn't far behind, dropping thirteen spots from No. 4 to No. 17. Notre Dame (14-2-3) also slid nine positions, falling from No. 2 to No. 11.
The reshuffling signals a wide-open race: four new entries cracked the Top 25, including Ohio State landing at No. 9 and North Carolina and Kansas tying at No. 13. Vanderbilt (18-4-2) and TCU (18-3-3) held steady in the top five, suggesting the sport's deepest contenders are separating from the pack just in time for November.
Data via ESPN · Summarized by D1Ball's editorial engine from official statistics.
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