Even after a bye week, the Horned Frogs dropped a spot from their No. 16 rank to No. 17 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The 3-1 Oklahoma Sooners beat the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders at home to leapfrog over TCU into the No. 16 spot.No team ranked between No. 10 and No. 16 in the AP poll lost this past weekend. The 4-0 Virginia Tech Hokies, the 4-0 Iowa Hawkeyes, the 3-1 Tennessee Volunteers and the Sooners all had convincing wins. Although both the 3-1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the 4-0 Georgia Bulldogs started off slow against unranked opponents, they won after decisive fourth-quarter comebacks. The 3-0 Oregon Ducks, who defeated the Sooners last week, also had a bye week.

Even after Notre Dame’s and Georgia’s wins, the 3-1 LSU Tigers, now at No. 9, moved up a spot past the Georgia Bulldogs, who defeated the 0-4 Colorado Buffaloes after scoring a clutch touchdown with just 46 seconds remaining on the clock.

After losing 12-3 to the Horned Frogs at Amon Carter Stadium and falling out of the AP Poll’s Top 25 last weekend, the 3-1 Texas Tech Red Raiders got back to their winning ways after beating the 1-3 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 62-0.

Mountain West Conference opponents had a combined 4-2 record over the weekend. The two losses came from the 1-3 Wyoming Cowboys, who fell to a conference opponent, the 1-1 Air Force Falcons, and the 0-3 San Diego State Aztecs, who lost to another conference rival, the Utah Utes.

The 2-2 BYU Cougars, who next visit the Frogs Thursday afternoon, shutout the 0-4 Utah State Aggies 38-0. Other MWC opponents to the Frogs, the 2-2 New Mexico Lobos beat the 1-2 UTEP Miners and both the 2-1 Colorado State Rams and the 1-2 UNLV Rebels had bye weeks.

Including TCU, there are now 14 undefeated teams in the AP poll, including the 4-0 Rutgers Scarlet Knights. This is the first week the Scarlet Knights have been in the AP Poll’s Top 25 in 30 years.

There are five teams with one loss ranked ahead of undefeated TCU: the 3-1 Texas Longhorns, the LSU Tigers, the Fighting Irish, the Tennessee Volunteers and the Sooners.