Losses by No. 2 BYU, 6 other ranked teams should lead to more big changes in AP Top 25

Week 8 of the college football season was almost as eventful as Week 7 and significant adjustments to The Associated Press Top 25 are probable when the poll is issued Sunday afternoon.

Key points

• 8 Texas Tech were top-10 teams knocked off, and BYU and Tech were among five teams in the poll that lost to unranked opponents Saturday.
• 1 Miami took care of business in its first game atop the poll since 2002.
• Last week, five of the top seven teams lost on the same day in a regular season for the first time in the poll's 90-year history.
• BYU's 39-31 double-overtime loss at UCF cleared the way for No.
• Much depends on how far BYU drops after its first loss.

No. 2 BYU, No. 7 Mississippi and No. 8 Texas Tech were top-10 teams knocked off, and BYU and Tech were among five teams in the poll that lost to unranked opponents Saturday.

No. 1 Miami took care of business in its first game atop the poll since 2002. The Hurricanes routed Pittsburgh 52-23 behind the prodigious production of Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney.

BYU's 39-31 double-overtime loss at UCF cleared the way for No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Notre Dame and No. 5 Georgia – all idle – to each move up a spot.

Then it could obtain tricky for voters. Much depends on how far BYU drops after its first loss. It came on the road a week after it knocked off then-No. 2 Notre Dame. It additionally will be interesting to see how No. 6 Indiana is judged for its unimpressive offensive performance in a 13-6 overtime win at unranked Michigan.

No. 9 UCLA, which beat Michigan State to improve to 7-0, would have its highest ranking since 2015 if it moves up two spots and highest since 2001 if it moves up three.

In short, losses by No. 2 BYU, 6 other ranked teams should lead to is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.