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2026 College Football Rankings Top 25 - Week 5: Expert picks, analysis, projections including Florida, Oregon

Week four of the college football season brought heavy turbulence as five ranked programs dropped out of the top tier following dramatic upsets, while programs like Florida and Mississippi State climbed significantly. Top-ranked Texas narrowly escaped Knoxville with a twenty to seventeen victory over Tennessee with President Trump present, relying heavily on a dominant defensive performance that featured ten sacks and twelve tackles for loss despite an offensively sluggish outing led by Arch Manning.

Meanwhile, Georgia dismantled Oklahoma forty-one to thirteen behind a twenty-eight point first-half surge and four forced turnovers, and Miami routed Central Michigan fifty-two to three behind another stellar showing from Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney. Fourth-ranked Ohio State relied on a historic performance from star receiver Jeremiah Smith, who notched four touchdowns, twelve receptions, and two17 yards in a forty-two to nineteen win over Illinois to emerge as a leading Heisman candidate.

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