The Illinois Fighting Illini are showing tremendous form early in the season. Back-to-back dominant wins have helped push the Fighting Illini steadily higher in the AP Top 25 poll.
On Sunday, Illinois reached its highest AP ranking since 2001, jumping two spots to No. 9 this week following a 45-19 win over Duke. The climb came from their previous rank of No. 11 in last week's poll.
In Week 1, Illinois dominated with a 52-3 victory against Western Illinois. Their 45-point effort in Week 2 marked the first time in 20 seasons they have scored 45 or more points in back-to-back games.
Here are the full rankings for this week:
AP Top 25 college football poll rankings
- Ohio State
- Penn State
- LSU
- Oregon
- Miami (Fla.)
- Georgia
- Texas
- Notre Dame
- Illinois
- Florida State
- South Carolina
- Clemson
- Oklahoma
- Iowa State
- Tennessee
- Texas A&M
- Ole Miss
- South Florida
- Alabama
- Uta
- Texas Tech
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Auburn
- Missouri