Possible blindspot · Sports · 6 outlets (L 0 · C 1 · R 3 · 2 not rated)
Ohio State replaces BYU at No. 2 in the latest AP Top 25 poll
Ohio State moved up to No. 2 and replaced BYU, which fell six spots to No. 8 after a double-overtime loss at UCF.[2, 6] The AP Top 25 college football poll went through another major reordering after an upset-filled Week 8.[6, 7] Miami held the top spot and was the only team to keep its position, leading Ohio State, Georgia, Indiana and Notre Dame.[6, 7]
BYU was one of seven ranked teams that lost in Week 8, according to ABC News.[1] Utah and UCLA rose in the rankings, and Texas jumped eight places.[2, 7] Fox News reported the Big Ten gained equal footing with the SEC in the poll.[2]
Covered by ABC News, Fox News, ESPN and 3 more
Read first Losses by No. 2 BYU, 6 other ranked teams should lead to more big changes in AP Top 25
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 4 rated outlets that covered it, 0 are left of center, 1 is center and 3 are right of center (3 of them in the Right group). 2 more are not rated.
Why it's here Covered by 6 outlets: 0 left, 1 center, 3 right, 2 not rated. A possible blindspot: 0 of 42 left-leaning outlets covered it, and Tare found no matching headline from the others in the last 24 hours.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: none.
- Center: ABC News (−0.19).
- Leans right: none.
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Fox News (+1.52), The Political Insider (+2.65).
Not rated The Athletic, ESPN. Not placed: they have no lean score.
Each dot is an outlet that covered it, placed by its audience-lean score (Eady et al. 2025), which measures who shares its links, not how accurate it is. The ticks under the line are all 113 rated outlets Tare reads.
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- Left-leaning No left-leaning outlet in Tare's list covered it.
- Center Losses by No. 2 BYU, 6 other ranked teams should lead to more big changes in AP Top 25
- Right-leaning Week 8 AP Top 25 Poll sees Big Ten gain equal footing on SEC and unbeaten Utah earn major respect