Noah Scherz

Noah, SMU climbed from 19th to 17th for eight, Virginia walked into the poll at No. 25, Utah moved up to 20th, and the entry gained sixteen to 220 and 42nd, up from 82nd. USC, the rarest team here, is 2-0 and steady at 14th. Clemson lost in Baton Rouge with no votes to show.

Arizona is 1-0 with 33 votes and goes to No. 15 BYU on Saturday, where a road win over a ranked team gets the voters' attention. The big one is Ohio State at No. 4 Texas, the No. 1 team on the road, and only 44 entries have the Buckeyes. Tyler Elliott and Steven Bryerton, five teams in common each, are a point and two points back.