After a chaotic Week 6 of the 2025 college football season in which top-10 Penn State and Texas teams lost on the road against unranked opponents, Week 7 was slightly more normal.
Only slightly, though.
No. 7 Indiana went on the road and knocked off No. 2 Oregon 30-20 to snap the Ducks’ 18-game home win streak at Autzen Stadium. It was a resounding victory for coach Curt Cignetti and the Hoosiers, who made the College Football Playoff last season, but whose multi-possession losses against the only two ranked teams they faced raised questions about just how good they actually were. Now, with transfer quarterback Fernando Mendoza leading the way, those concerns have largely vanished.
Elsewhere in the sport, No. 6 Oklahoma fell to No. 19 Texas in the Red River Rivalry, with Sooners quarterback John Mateer tossing three interceptions in his first game back after undergoing hand surgery last month. No. 8 Alabama knocked off No. 14 Missouri 27-24, continuing the hot run for coach Kalen DeBoer and his team after an embarrassing season-opening loss to Florida State. No. 1 Ohio State continued to show why it might be the best team in the sport, rolling past No. 17 Illinois 34-16.
A pair of the Buckeyes’ ranked Big Ten counterparts didn’t fare nearly as well. No. 15 Michigan made the cross-country trip to USC and lost handily, with the Trojans delivering it a 31-13 setback. In what might have been the most surprising result of the day, No. 22 Penn State was stunned by a Big Ten cellar-dweller for the second-consecutive week, getting upset 22-21 at home by Northwestern.
Here’s how those games impacted the Week 8 US LBM Coaches Poll and AP Top 25:
College football rankings after Week 7
First-place votes in parentheses.
US LBM Coaches Poll
Ohio State (63)
Miami (2)
Indiana (1)
Texas A&M
Ole Miss
Alabama
Georgia
Texas Tech
Oregon
LSU
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Oklahoma
BYU
Notre Dame
Missouri
Texas
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Memphis
USC
Utah
South Florida
Cincinnati
Illinois
Others receiving votes: Michigan 119; Nebraska 90; Washington 85; UNLV 43; Navy 43; Louisville 18; Tulane 17; Arizona State 17; Duke 11; Iowa 9; Iowa State 7; Clemson 6; Houston 4; TCU 1; San Diego State 1; Pittsburgh 1.
AP Top 25
Ohio State (50)
Miami (13)
Indiana (3)
Texas A&M
Ole Miss
Alabama
Texas Tech
Oregon
Georgia
LSU
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
BYU
Missouri
Vanderbilt
Virginia
South Florida
Southern California
Texas
Memphis
Utah
Cincinnati
Nebraska
Others receiving votes: Illinois 113; Michigan 73; Washington 36; UNLV 30; Navy 11; Mississippi State 8; Tulane 2; San Diego State 2.
