Nevada Sports Net columnist Chris Murray is one of 63 voters in the college football AP Top 25 poll. Here's a look at his ballot this week.

On the rise

*Oregon: The Ducks earned their first road win since 1992 with a 35-0 win at Purdue and moved into No. 1 following Texas' loss to Georgia. The undefeated Ducks should be the unanimous No. 1 seed with wins over Ohio State and Boise State, but you never know if an erroneous first-place vote will end up elsewhere. Texas fell from top spot to No. 5 after a 30-15 home loss to Georgia, moving up two points to No. 3. There were minimal upsets – no ranked teams lost to unranked teams – so the only new school on the list is UNLV, which moved from uncontested to No. 25 on my ballot, taking Nebraska's spot.

In autumn

*Alabama: After their big win over Georgia, the Crimson Tide are 1-2 with losses to Vanderbilt and Tennessee and a two-point win over South Carolina. Things haven't looked right for 14 quarters in a terrible second half against Georgia and Alabama. Things don't get any easier for Kalen DeBoer's team as contests against top 25 Missouri and LSU are next. Alabama fell from No. 6 to No. 21 after this week's loss to Tennessee, marking the school's third two-loss regular season since 2011.

Chris Murray's AP Top 25

1. Oregon (previously 2)

2. Penn State (3)

3. Georgia (5)

4. Ohio State (4)

5.Texas (1)

6. BYU (7)

7.Miami (8)

8. Notre Dame (9)

9. Tennessee (12)

10. Iowa State (10)

11. LSU (14)

12. Texas A&M (11)

13. Kansas State (13)

14. Indiana (15)

15. Boise State (17)

16. Clemson (16)

17. Pitt (18)

18. Missouri (19)

19. SMU (20)

20. Illinois (21)

21. Alabama (6)

22. Washington State (22)

23. Navy (23)

24. Ole Miss (25)

25. UNLV (n/r)

Dropped out: Nebraska (24)

Columnist Chris Murray provides insight into sports in Northern Nevada. Contact him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter @ByChrisMurray.