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Miami Hurricanes move up in AP poll again after shutout win over Ball State

The Miami Hurricanes once again moved up in the Associated Press top-25 poll after another dominant win.

Miami checked in at No. 8 in the latest edition of the AP poll on Sunday, up two spots from last week. It’s Miami’s highest ranking since October 2020.

The Hurricanes blew past Ball State 62-0 on Sunday to improve to 3-0 on the season. Miami’s other wins are 41-17 at the Florida Gators and a 56-9 home rout of Florida A&M.

Miami set a program record for largest margin of victory in a shutout of an FBS opponent (62) and total offense (750) in the rout of Ball State.

It was enough for pollsters to leapfrog Miami over Oregon and Penn State in the poll.

Miami began the season ranked No. 20 before moving up to No. 12 after Week 1 and No. 10 after Week 2.

Meanwhile, Texas overtook Georgia at the top spot in the poll after Georgia narrowly beat Kentucky 13-12 on the road while Texas routed UTSA 56-7.

The rest of the top 10: No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Alabama, No. 5 Ole Miss, No. 6 Tennessee (up one spot), No. 7 Missouri (down one spot), No. 9 Oregon and No. 10 Penn State (down two spots).

Miami is one of three ranked ACC teams, along with No. 19 Louisville and No. 21 Clemson. Boston College dropped out of the poll after a 27-21 loss to Missouri on Saturday.

The full AP top 25 poll

No. 1 Texas Longhorns

No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs

No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes

No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide

No. 5 Ole Miss Rebels

No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers

No. 7 Missouri Tigers

No. 8 Miami Hurricanes

No. 9 Oregon Ducks

No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions

No. 11 USC Trojans

No. 12 Utah Utes

No. 13 Kansas State Wildcats

No. 14 Oklahoma State Cowboys

No. 15 Oklahoma Sooners

No. 16 LSU Tigers

No. 17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

No. 18 Michigan Wolverines

No. 19 Louisville Cardinals

No. 20 Iowa State Cyclones

No. 21 Clemson Tigers

No. 22 Nebraska Cornhuskers

No. 23 Northern Illinois Huskies

No. 24 Illinois Fighting Illini

No. 25 Texas A&M Aggies.