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College football | BYU jumps from 20th to No. 9 in AP poll

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NEW YORK — Brigham Young barged into the Top 10 of the Associated Press poll, making the biggest jump of any team from the preseason rankings after scoring the biggest upset of the opening weekend of the regular season.

The Cougars improved 11 spots to No. 9 in the Top 25 released Tuesday, three days after they stunned host Oklahoma 14-13 as 22-point underdogs.

Cougars quarterback Max Hall said the victory has energized Provo, Utah, and the BYU campus.

"For the first time, there were people at the airport to greet the team. About 2,000 people were out there when we got back," Hall said. "The overall atmosphere has been really cool and we're enjoying it."

Oklahoma dropped 10 spots to No. 13 after losing.

Florida remained an overwhelming No. 1, receiving 56 of 60 first-place votes, two less than last week in the media poll. Texas held steady at No. 2, with two first-place votes.

USC will be No. 3 when it visits No. 8 Ohio State on Saturday in one of the biggest nonconference games of the season.

The Trojans moved up a spot this week and the Buckeyes fell after escaping with a 31-27 victory against Navy.

USC coach Pete Carroll has relished taking the Trojans to venues such as Auburn, BYU, Arkansas and Nebraska, not to mention Notre Dame every other season, and he is fired up about the trip to Ohio Stadium.

"It's better for us to play challenging, difficult opponents because to have a great year you have to win 'em all anyway," Carroll said. "So the harder games that we can get through early in the schedule make us better, particularly the ones on the road like the one coming up.

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