Last week was the toughest of the season for Associated Press Top 25 teams as a group, with five losing to unranked opponents a week after three others went down the same way.

Big picture, the upper echelon of the sport is on track to have one of its better seasons against the unranked.

The Top 25 is 95-17 against unranked opponents for an .848 winning percentage that, if it holds, would be tied for fifth-best since at least 2000, according to Sportradar. Last year, the Top 25 was 191-41 (.823).

Teams in the top 10 when they played unranked opponents are 32-5 through Week 7, with Penn State’s loss to UCLA the one we remember best. The .865 winning percentage is middle-of-the-pack since 2000 but well ahead of the top 10’s record of 78-15 (.839) for the 2024 season.

Over the last quart

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