SMU’s win at Louisville put the Mustangs on my ballot and knocked Louisville out. Arizona dropped out after a loss to Texas Tech. Utah is gone, too; its loss to Arizona looks worse, and its best win was to an Oklahoma State team that has dropped three in a row.

It was a week of upheaval in The Associated Press college football poll, with Texas returning to No. 1 on Sunday after a one-week absence following Vanderbilt's monumental upset of Alabama. The Commodores' win as more than three-touchdown underdogs caused the Crimson Tide to drop from No.

Texas will enter this week's Red River Showdown with Oklahoma as the nation's No. 1 team after the Longhorns claimed the top spot in the AP poll on Sunday following Alabama's Week 6 loss to Vanderbilt.