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College Football AP Poll Top 25 Updated

We're now 3/4 of the way through the college football season, and we can now single out 10-12 teams that are legitimate contenders for a spot in the College Football Playoff.

Among them are No. 10 Iowa and No. 11 Florida, both of whom continue to keep winning despite clear flaws and close wins over unranked teams this season. The Hawkeyes have looked impressive as of late though with a 40-10 win over Northwestern in Week 8 and a 31-15 win over Maryland in Week 9. with only Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue and Nebraska left on the regular-season schedule, a 12-0 record for the Hawkeyes is beginning to look more and more likely.

As for the Gators, one of their biggest remaining tests came this past week in a neutral-site game against Georgia, in which they cruised to a 27-3 win over the hapless Bulldogs. Florida's biggest remaining test now comes in the final week when No. 17 Florida State comes to town in a game that could serve as an elimination game for College Football Playoff contention.

With that said, here is the latest AP Top 25 Poll entering Week 10.

1
Ohio State (39)
Big Ten
Record: 8-0
PV Rank
1
Points
1,465
2
Baylor (6)
Big 12
Record: 7-0
2
1,408
3
Clemson (6)
ACC
Record: 8-0
3
1,381
4
LSU (5)
SEC
Record: 7-0
4
1,346
5
TCU (4)
Big 12
Record: 8-0
5
1,336
6
Michigan State
Big Ten
Record: 8-0
6
1,249
7
Alabama (1)
SEC
Record: 7-1
7
1,160
8
Notre Dame
Division I FBS Independents
Record: 7-1
9
1,019
9
Stanford
Pac-12
Record: 7-1
8
1,014
10
Iowa
Big Ten
Record: 8-0
10
954
11
Florida
SEC
Record: 7-1
11
923
12
Oklahoma State
Big 12
Record: 8-0
12
879
13
Utah
Pac-12
Record: 7-1
13
809
14
Oklahoma
Big 12
Record: 7-1
14
712
15
Memphis
The American
Record: 8-0
16
683
16
Michigan
Big Ten
Record: 6-2
15
613
17
Florida State
ACC
Record: 7-1
17
571
18
Houston
The American
Record: 8-0
18
466
19
Mississippi
SEC
Record: 7-2
19
414
20
Toledo
Mid-American
Record: 7-0
20
366
21
North Carolina
ACC
Record: 7-1
27
248
22
UCLA
Pac-12
Record: 6-2
24
190
23
Temple
The American
Record: 7-1
21
175
24
Mississippi State
SEC
Record: 6-2
25
144
25
Texas A&M
SEC
Record: 6-2
26
101