Two coaches facing pressure this season saw opposite results in Week 2 of the college football season, and their teams moved in opposite directions in the Week 3 AP Top 25 poll. Brent Venables led Oklahoma to one of the biggest wins of his tenure with a defensive masterclass against Michigan , but elsewhere in the SEC, Billy Napier is back under the microscope after Florida's unforeseen failure against USF.

The Sooners (No. 13) jumped ahead of the Wolverines (No. 23) in the rankings with their head-to-head result and in turn shook up the pecking order in the hunt for a College Football Playoff berth. The Gators slipped all the way out of the top 25 while the undefeated Bulls made their 2025 rankings debut at No. 18. USF now has the inside track to the Group of Six's automatic CFP

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