Week 8 of the college football season looked like it was going to be one of those weeks that got forgotten over the course of the season. With zero top 2 teams playing each other, that wasn’t exactly the case as we got several close games and surprising upsets. On a rare Wednesday night game, previously unbeaten Coastal Carolina fell to instate rival Appalachian state. In one of the best games of the year so far, Illinois beat #7 Penn state in an unprecedented nine overtimes leading to Penn State falling 13 spots in the rankings.

AP top 25 rankings week 8

1. Georgia 7-0
2. Cincinnati 7-0 
3. Alabama 7-1
4. Oklahoma 8-0 
5. Ohio State 6-1
6. Michigan 7-0
7. Oregon 6-1
8. Michigan State 7-0 
9. Iowa 6-1
10. Mississippi 6-1
11. Notre Dame 6-1 
12. Kentucky 6-1
13. Wake Forest 7-0 
14. Texas A&M 6-2 
15. Oklahoma State 6-1 
16. Baylor 6-1 
17. Pittsburgh 6-1 
18. Auburn 5-2 
19. SMU 7-0
20. Penn State 5-2 
21. San Diego State 7-0 
22. Iowa State 5-2 
23. UTSA 8-0 
24. Coastal Carolina 6-1 
25. BYU 6-2 

Looking ahead to week 9: this should be one of if not the best week of the season so far with two huge rivalry games being #8 Michigan State playing #6 Michigan and #20 Penn State vs #5 Ohio State. Another game worth watching is #10 Mississippi vs #18 Auburn. These matchups should shake up the rankings and will be very important in determining the four teams who will qualify for the college football playoff.