With Ohio State losing to USC and Indiana needing overtime to escape with a win against Minnesota, the college football rankings got a refresh that included some credit for two teams off to undefeated starts. Utah backed up its big-time home win against Houston with a thorough thrashing of Cincinnati, which prompted a move from No. 7 up to No. 3 in the updated CBS Sports 138. Our comprehensive ranking of every FBS team, comprised of voters from CBS Sports and 247Sports, has seen the Utes moving up nearly every week, and now at 8-0, they have joined Miami and Georgia in the top three.
Miami remains the unanimous No. 1 according to our voters, and though the Bulldogs are not a unanimous No. 2, they do hold a noticeable advantage over Utah and UCLA, which also bumped up a spot as the Bruins improved to 8-0 with a Week 9 win. Arguably the most interesting portion of the top 25 remains the stretch of teams on either side of the top 10, which sets up for some fascinating debates going into this week's reveal of the College Football Playoff Rankings. Kentucky checks in at No. 8 in our updated rankings, but the Wildcats carry an average ballot ranking of 9.4.
Meanwhile, LSU is all the way down at No. 14, but with an average ballot ranking of 12.7. So in the eyes of our voters, as a group, seven teams are fighting for what could be the last three at-large spots in the CFP bracket, and clearly there is little margin between these squads as we prepare to begin November football. Further down in the ranking, we see a good bit of shuffling between the 20s and the 30s, including some disappointing drops for teams like SMU and Nebraska.
We've highlighted some of those notable week-to-week adjustments in the Mover's Report, which you can find below the top 25 table. College football experts from CBS Sports and 247Sports contribute ballots each week, which are averaged together for our rankings. You can see the top 25 below and 26-138 on our rankings page.
Check out the rest of the CBS Sports 138: Teams ranked 26-138
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