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LSU jumped back into the top 10 in the first Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the regular season on Tuesday, while Oregon slipped out of the top five.
It was an even worse week for Michigan, though, who fell out of the rankings altogether after needing a second-chance Hail Mary try at home to beat Western Michigan.
Ohio State remained No. 1 by a wide margin entering its showdown with No. 4 Texas on Saturday. The Buckeyes received 46 first-place votes from the voting panel of 69 writers and broadcasters. The other 23 first-place votes were divided among six teams.
Georgia, Notre Dame, Texas and Indiana each moved up one spot with Oregon going from No 2 to No 6 following a 34-27 win over Boise State as a 25.5-point favorite.
Miami, LSU, Mississippi and Texas A&M rounded out the top 10 after an exciting first week of the regular season.
Defending national champion Indiana received the second-most No. 1 votes, with eight. LSU got five, Notre Dame four, Oregon three, Texas two and Miami one.
LSU players celebrate after scoring a touchdown against the Clemson Tigers in Baton Rouge
LSU produced the performance of the week in new $91m coach Lane Kiffin's debut game
LSU made one of the biggest statements of Week 1 with its 51-10 rout of Clemson in Lane Kiffin's debut in Baton Rouge.
Courtroom drama over the eligibility status of LSU players trying to return to college from NFL training camps took the spotlight in the days leading up to the game, and then Sam Leavitt and his highly paid teammates made fast work of Clemson.
LSU's rise from No. 11 to No. 8 gave the Tigers their first top-10 ranking since they were No. 4 after a 4-0 start last season. The Tigers went 3-6 the rest of the way, Brian Kelly was fired at midseason and Kiffin was hired away from Mississippi with the charge of restoring LSU to its former glory.
LSU's promotion bumped Oklahoma out of the top 10. The Sooners shut out UTEP 51-0 and will take a No. 11 ranking into their visit to Michigan.
That matchup lost some luster in light of Michigan's slogging offensive performance against Western Michigan, a game the Wolverines won 13-12 after one second was put back on the clock at the end of the game.
JJ Buchanan of Michigan celebrates but the Wolverines struggled against Western Michigan
The Oregon Ducks dropped out of the top five in this week's AP college football rankings
That was just enough time for Bryce Underwood to throw a second Hail Mary, this one landing in the hands of JJ Buchanan.
Virginia rode an impressive Week 0 win over North Carolina State to a No. 25 ranking. It's the first time since 2005 the Cavaliers have been ranked in a first regular-season poll. They finished No. 16 in the final Top 25 last season but received just one vote in the preseason poll.
Michigan went from No. 16 to to out of the Top 25, the first time since at least 2008 that a team ranked so high was bounced after a win.
Kansas State went from No. 17 to unranked after holding off North Dakota of the Football Championship Subdivision last year.
