Thanks to its 10-point win at then-No. 3 Oregon on Saturday, Indiana has seized that No. 3 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Sunday.

It marks the Hoosiers' highest ranking since the AP poll began in 1936.

Head coach Curt Cignetti's Hoosiers (6-0) earned three first-place votes, although it wasn't enough to keep Ohio State (6-0) and Miami (5-0) from retaining the top two spots.

The Buckeyes, who controlled then-No. 17 Illinois 34-16 on Saturday, secured 50 of the 66 first-place votes as they maintained their place atop the poll for the seventh straight week. The Hurricanes, who did not play during Week 6, claimed the other 13 first-place nods.

The first College Football Playoff rankings, which serve as the sport's official metric for determining the 12 CFP participants,

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