College football AP Top 25 rankings: New Mexico cracking poll for first time among things voters got right

The last meaningful AP Poll of the season was revealing on Sunday Pour one out for Jason Eck and the Lobos after New Mexico's first AP Top 25 ranking in program history to highlight Sunday's Week 10 edition. Days out from the initial College Football Playoff rankings reveal, New Mexico is in the thick of the Group of Six auto-bid hunt on the strength of five straight wins following its only loss of the season, a 14-6 loss at Oklahoma on Sept. 19. The Lobos come in at No. 22, three spots behind G6 frontrunner Boise State this week. For the first time this season, it feels like AP voters kept a close eye on Saturday's action throughout the rankings, spitting out a poll — we feel — will look awfully similar to Tuesday's reveal of the first CFP rankings of the season.

Here's three things voters got right entering the final month of the regular season. Those expecting the Buckeyes to be the highest-ranked two-loss team in the first CFP rankings after Saturday's 30-18 setback at USC will be disappointed if this latest AP Poll is any indication. Properly docked for defensive issues and faulty execution from an array of pass-catchers, Ohio State is stinging after its second loss and fourth overall in its last 10 games under Ryan