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from the American Athletic Conference: No. 23 South Florida (5-0) and No. 25 Cincinnati (6-0).

The Bulls finished each of the last two seasons ranked, but for the Bearcats 2018 has been a turnaround season for second-year coach Luke Fickell. Cincinnati is bowl eligible for the first time since 2015 and ranked for the first time since Oct. 14, 2012.

Including UCF, the American has three ranked teams, as many as the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 and Pac-12.

Re-entering the rankings were No. 22 Texas A&M and No. 24 Mississippi State from the SEC. OUT >> — Stanford lost for the second straight week and dropped out for the first time this season.

— Michigan State’s second loss sent it out of the rankings for the first time.

— Virginia Tech and Oklahoma State both lost for a second time and dropped out again after re-entering just last week. CONFERENCE CALL >> SEC — 8 teams (1, 2, 13, 14, 18, 21, 22, 24). Big Ten — 4 (3, 8, 12, 14). ACC — 3 (4, 16, 20). American — 3 (10, 23, 25). Big 12 — 3 (6, 9, 11). Pac-12 — 3 (7, 17, 19). Independent — 1 (5). RANKED VS. RANKED >> No. 2 Georgia at No. 13 LSU. The Bulldogs have had a smooth ride so far, but this is the first of three games in four weeks that will likely determine if they can repeat as SEC East champions.

No. 7 Washington at No. 17 Oregon. The Ducks get another chance to make a statement after fumbling away the Stanford game.

No. 15 Wisconsin at No. 12 Michigan. The loser gets relegated from contender to playoff spoiler.

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