Conditions are right for another quiet week at and near the top of The Associated Press college football poll. There was minimal shuffling last week.

No. 3 Texas A&M looks to be the real deal after destroying No. 20 LSU, 49-25, in Death Valley. The Tigers have lost three out of the past four games after starting the season 4-0. Coach Brian Kelly is 5-11 vs. AP ranked teams, and his team is no longer in the top 25.

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football remained at No. 2 in this ... Ohio State retained the top spot in both polls, but IU received a program-record 11 first-place votes in the AP Poll, up from six last week. The Hoosiers didn't receive any first-place ...

The College Football Playoff race for Group of Five teams is still shady, as perceived frontrunner USF fell to Memphis 34-31 on the road just a week after Memphis lost to UAB. Here's a look at the latest US LBM Coaches Poll after Week 9. Here's a look at ...

Elsewhere in Big Ten play, Washington upended No. 23 Illinois 42-25 in Seattle, improving the Huskies to 6-2 on the season and 3-2 in conference play. Sticking in the Pacific Northwest, No. 6 Oregon — playing much of the second half without quarterback Dante Moore — ground out a 21-7 win over visiting Wisconsin.

The AP Top 25 College Football Poll is about to finally be rendered utterly useless when the College Football Playoff rankings show kicks off Tuesday, Nov. 4, but even with its final breaths of relevance it still found a way to be embarrassingly inaccurate.

The top four seeds remain unchanged on the College Football Playoff bracket based on The Associated Press Top 25 released Sunday, but three of the four first-round matchups would change and Memphis returned as the Group of Five representative.

Alabama heads into its second open week on a seven-game winning streak. Here's where the Crimson Tide sits in the latest college football rankings.