Chaos gave way to calm, mostly, in The Associated Press Top 25.
A week after four losses by top-10 teams set off a rankings shuffle that kept only three teams in their same spots, Saturday was marked by blowouts and one notable upset with on the road.
No. 1 Ohio State, a , was among three Top 25 teams to score 70 points against overmatched opponents and two other teams hung 60.
No. 2 Penn State shook off a slow start to and in a game that had a nearly two-hour weather delay beginning at halftime.
No. 17 SMU was the only other ranked team to lose,
Look for them to move up
— No. 14 Florida State followed up its win over Alabama with a and likely will move ahead of Florida.
— No. 19 Texas A&M turned in a solid performance in a and could be in line for a promotion.
Look for them to drop
— Florida had won five straight before losing to USF.
— SMU squandered a two-touchdown lead in the last eight minutes of regulation and lost 48-45 to unranked Baylor.
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Wild cards
— set a Ducks record for margin of victory against a power-conference opponent.
— No. 11 Illinois got points on five straight possessions to start the second half and for its most lopsided nonconference road win since 2001. The Illini are in line for only their second top-10 ranking since 1991.
— No. 16 Iowa State is 3-0 for a second straight year thanks to a pair of three-point wins, with its on Saturday coming two weeks after its 24-21 win over Kansas State in Ireland.
Knocking on door?
— South Florida, which opened the season with an easy win over Boise State, should crack the ratings after beating a second straight ranked opponent.
— Georgia Tech, which was three spots out of the Top 25, without starting quarterback Haynes King. He was held out with a lower body injury.
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