Six ranked college football teams were defeated in Week 8, and four of them dropped out of the AP Top 25 as a result. One of those clubs was LSU, which fired head coach Brian Kelly after the team lost three of its last four games (all to ranked opponents), while Illinois and Arizona State exited for the second time in three weeks.

Houston enters the top 25 for the first time this season, as last Saturday's victory at then-No. 24 Arizona State earned the Cougars the No. 22 spot. Meanwhile, USC (No. 23), Utah (No. 24) and Memphis (No. 25) return to the rankings after a one-week absence.

Week 10 of the 2025 college football season has 20 of the top 25 teams in action, beginning Friday as Memphis visits unranked Rice . There are three games between ranked teams on Saturday,

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