Colorado, Duke enter AP Top 25 after upsets; FSU up to No. 4.

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Sanders, the former NFL star and Florida State All-American, took over a team that went 1-11 last season and did an unprecedented roster makeover, with nearly 90 new players, 58 of them transfers. The new-look Buffs came away with a 45-42 victory on the road against the program that played in the national title game last season.
The rest of the top 10 was Southern California at No. 6, followed by Penn State, Washington, Tennessee and Notre Dame.
Duke capped the long Labor Day weekend of college football by knocking off Clemson 28-7 on Monday night in Durham, North Carolina. It was the Blue Devils' first victory against a team ranked in the top 10 since 1989 against a Clemson team ranked seventh.
In Year 2 under coach Mike Elko, perennial basketball powerhouse Duke is ranked for the first time in the AP college football poll since a one-week stint in 2018.
That season was also the last time Florida State made an appearance in the preseason Top 25. The Seminoles quickly faded that year, slipping into the worst stretch the program has had since the 1970s.
These Seminoles opened with their most impressive victory since coach Jimbo Fisher left for Texas A&M late in the 2017 season.
Coach Mike Norvell's team broke through last season, going 10-3 and finishing No. 11 in the country. The victory over LSU was the Seminoles' first against a team ranked in the top five since October 2014 at home against No. 5 Notre Dame.

POLL POINTS

Having Florida State near the top of the AP poll is a familiar sight, just not as much recently. The last time FSU was ranked this highly during the regular season was when it reached No. 2 in September 2016.
The Seminoles had one of the greatest stretches in college football history under coach Bobby Bowden from the late 1980s into the early 2000s. That included a record 14 straight seasons finishing in the top five and two national titles.
The Seminoles went three consecutive seasons (2019-2021) never being ranked, the longest streak of futility for the program since the mid-1970s, before turning it around in 2022.
Florida State's top-five ranking was its 240th since 1980, second only to Alabama with 281.

RANKED vs. RANKED

No. 11 Texas at No. 3 Alabama. The game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will be the first regular-season meeting between Texas and Alabama with both ranked.
No. 20 Mississippi at No. 24 Tulane. The 64th meeting in the series will be the first since 1956 where both teams are ranked.


AP Top 25 college football poll​

First-place votes in parentheses.

1. Georgia (58)
2. Michigan (2)
3. Alabama
4. Florida State (3)
5. Ohio State
6. USC
7. Penn State
8. Washington
9. Tennessee
10. Notre Dame
11. Texas
12. Utah
13. Oregon
14. LSU
15. Kansas State
16. Oregon State
17. North Carolina
18. Oklahoma
19. Wisconsin
20. Ole Miss
21. Duke
22. Colorado
23. Texas A&M
24. Tulane
25. Clemson
 

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If taking the under maybe wait 2 weeks because decent chance they start out 3-0 with Nebraska and Colorado St next.
Not sure the over under will move much though since it is expected already.
 

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I think Colorado's ranking is just going to be a 1 time cup of coffee. They opened -3 at home against Minnesota and it's already been bet off the number. The win against TCU was nice, obviously, but TCU lost most of their key players from last season and imo is in a rebuilding year.

Minnesota is a legit big 10 team and I wouldn't even be shocked to see Coloardo lose at home to Colorado St. in week 3.
 

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I think Colorado's ranking is just going to be a 1 time cup of coffee. They opened -3 at home against Minnesota and it's already been bet off the number. The win against TCU was nice, obviously, but TCU lost most of their key players from last season and imo is in a rebuilding year.

Minnesota is a legit big 10 team and I wouldn't even be shocked to see Coloardo lose at home to Colorado St. in week 3.
I can't edit my post. I meant to write Nebraska, not Minnesota.
 

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No way they duplicate what they just did.
Ultimate letdown.
Nebraska alive
 

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