It was a week of upsets unlike any other in college football, but the Oklahoma Sooners didn't join the fun, which means they also won't be part of the newest AP Top 25 Poll when it's released on Sunday afternoon.
The Sooners were even predicted to be one to pull off an upset in Week 7 as 6.5-point favorites, according to Vegas oddsmakers, but they instead squandered a late lead and lost to No. 15 Kentucky 21-13 on Saturday in Norman. Before the ball was kicked late at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, it felt like no ranked team, no matter how high or who they were facing, was safe.
According to ESPN, Week 7 was the first time since the AP Poll debuted in 1936 that five teams ranked inside the top 8 lost on the same day. The victims included No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama, and No. 7 Texas.
That alone would have transformed the top 25, but there were also other ranked-vs-ranked matchups and lackluster performances to cause even more shuffling.
This will be the toughest AP Top 25 to predict so far this season, but this is how it seems like voters will lay things out on Sunday:
Projecting AP Top 25 Poll after Week 7
1. Miami
2. BYU
3. Ohio State
4. Ole Miss
5. Texas Tech
6. Notre Dame
7. Georgia
8. Tennessee
9. Indiana
10. UCLA
11. Utah (winning as of writing)
12. Alabama
13. Kentucky
14. Houston
15. Iowa
16. USC
17. Wake Forest
18. Missouri
19. Florida
20. LSU
21. Texas
22. Boise State
23. SMU
24. Northwestern
25. Oklahoma State
For the third week in a row, there will be a new No. 1, and it should be Miami despite the Hurricanes needing double time to beat Florida State. The other option would be BYU after the Cougars upended No. 2 Notre Dame, but jumping Miami from No. 8 all the way to the top seems like too far of a leap for voters to make possible.
The rest of the top 5 is nearly an entirely new group after No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, and No. 5 Indiana lost. Ohio State is the only other familiar face after escaping Indiana by literal inches with a 19-15 win.
How things fall after that will be based on the voters' opinions on the weight of wins and losses, strength of schedule, and likely even some just flat-out bias and logo recognition.
Regardless, the Sooners don't have to worry about any of it, and won't have to for some time, if ever, in 2026 at 3-3. Had OU won and notched back-to-back top-15 upsets, it would have reaped the benefits of all the chaos and likely skyrocketed well inside the top 20 with opportunities ahead to keep climbing.
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