Notre Dame and Texas A&M are ranked in the top 10 in Week 10 of the AP Poll

Five ranked teams lost last week, including one team ranked in the top 10. Here's how that affected the latest AP poll.

Week 10 AP Poll

Notre Dame and Texas A&M are ranked in the top 10

No. 8 Notre Dame was knocking at the time-No. 24 Navy out of the undefeated ranks, and now the Fighting Irish are back in the top 10 for the first time since Week 2. With a 7-1 overall record, Notre Dame has a shot at a playoff spot with its third ranked win of the year.

If you beat a top-10 team, you become a top-10 team…at least that's how it went this week for No. 10 Texas A&M. The Aggies moved up four spots from No. 14 after beating then-No 1 had defeated. 8LSU. Texas A&M turned to backup quarterback Marcel Reed, who completed just two passes while scoring three touchdowns in the win.

Texas A&M is now the fourth-seeded SEC team (behind No. 2 Georgia, No. 4 Texas and No. 7 Tennessee), but the Aggies sit atop the SEC standings at 5 as the only undefeated team remaining in conference play -4. 0.

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Texas falls out of the top five

No. 6 Texas surprisingly fell out of the top five, even after a road win over then-first-place Vanderbilt. The Longhorns fell behind Miami (FL) in this week's rankings. While the Hurricanes are undefeated, they beat a dismal Florida State team last week.

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Washington State and Colorado join this week's rankings

With No. 20 Illinois, No. 21 Missouri and No. 24 Navy suffering significant losses to ranked opponents and No. 25 Vanderbilt also losing (albeit narrowly) to a ranked opponent, there were certainly open spots in the latest AP poll. This week's newcomers are No. 22 Washington State and No. 23 Colorado.

Washington State moves into the rankings after a three-point win over San Diego State. The Cougars are 7-1 on the year, with their only loss currently coming at No. 15 Boise State.

Colorado is ranked for the first time since its magical September run in Coach Prime's first year as coach. The Buffaloes are now 6-2 and 4-1 in the Big 12 this season. Heisman candidates Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders from Colorado have rocked Boulder and the Buffaloes are fighting for a conference title.

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Ranked games to watch this week

Here are the Ranked vs Ranked matches for Week 10: