The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Others receiving votes: South Florida 98, Michigan 73, Toledo 19, West Virginia 13, South Carolina 11, San Diego St. 3, Army 2, Boise St. 2.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State will enter November in first place in the Big 12 and in control of its own destiny. No, seriously. The Cyclones (6-2, 4-1) are tied with TCU (7-1, 4-1), Oklahoma (7-1, 4-1) and Oklahoma State (7-1, 4-1) after beating the Horned Frogs 14-7 on Saturday. But Iowa State has wins over both the Sooners and TCU — and the Cowboys have to visit Ames on Nov. 11.

Not bad for a team that has never won the Big 12 and was picked ninth in the preseason league poll. “The goal has always been to get to November with something to play for,” Iowa State coach Matt Campbell said.

Even though Iowa State has become one of the nation’s most remarkable stories, the chances the program makes the playoff are extraordinarily slim because of early losses to Iowa and Texas at home. Iowa State finishes with three of its last four on the road as well, starting Saturday at West Virginia (5-3, 3-2). The Cyclones play at Baylor (0-8, 0-5) and at Kansas State (4-4, 2-3) after hosting Oklahoma State.

That leaves the one-loss Horned Frogs, Sooners and Cowboys desperate to win out and hope for some outside chaos that would open the door for a team from the Big 12 — which missed the playoff a year ago — to nab one of the four coveted postseason spots.

Things should clear up fairly quickly. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State square off next week in Stillwater in what essentially will be an elimination game for each program’s playoff hopes. Should the Cowboys survive and then topple Iowa State on the road, they’ll be in a strong position to reach the conference title game. Oklahoma State finishes with Kansas State and Kansas at home.

“It’s been a big game, both in the Big 12 and on the national scene, for the last several years,” Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said. “They’ve got a great football team.” TCU also is in control of its Big 12 fate despite losing to the Cyclones. The Horned Frogs, though, will likely need some help to reach the playoff.

TCU fell back into the one-loss mix with the Oklahoma schools, Notre Dame, Penn State, Clemson and others after Saturday’s defeat. But the Horned Frogs also get a crack at the Sooners in Norman on Nov. 11. “We’ve still got a chance to play for a Big 12 title. Does it hurt our chances for the playoff? Probably,” TCU coach Gary Patterson said Saturday.

Oklahoma might have the clearest path to the playoff of any team in the Big 12. The Sooners have a huge road win over Big Ten East-leading Ohio State — which rallied to stun Penn State on Saturday and end the Nittany Lions’ unbeaten streak — and its only loss came against the Cyclones.

Remarkably, falling to Iowa State isn’t the demerit it usually is in regards to the postseason.

Georgia moved up to No. 2 and took two first-place votes from top-ranked Alabama in a major reshuffling of the top 10 in The Associated Press college football poll.

Every team in the top 10 except idle Alabama changed positions in the poll released Sunday following Ohio State’s last-second victory over Penn State and Iowa State’s win over TCU. The Crimson Tide finished with 59 first-place votes, and Georgia snared two after turning the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” into a 42-7 runaway over rival Florida.

Ohio State moved up three places after rallying to beat then-No. 2 Penn State 39-38 , Wisconsin climbed one spot to No. 4 and Notre Dame rounded out the top 5 by moving up four places.

Penn State dropped to No. 7 behind Clemson, followed by Oklahoma, Miami and TCU, which dropped six spots after its 14-7 loss to the Cyclones .

Alabama and Georgia give the SEC the top two spots in the poll for the first time since 2013. The last conference to go 1-2 in the poll was the Big Ten in 2015, when Ohio State and Michigan State sat atop the poll.

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Nate Stanley threw for 190 yards in Iowa’s 17-10 win over Minnesota, its eighth-straight in Iowa City over the Gophers. After missing one game, linebacker Josey Jewell returned to lead the Iowa defense with 11 tackles, six of them solo.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Tanner Lee’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Stanley Morgan Jr. with 14 seconds left gave Nebraska for a season-saving 25-24 victory at Purdue on Saturday. Lee capped the best night of his career with two TD passes in the final 11½ minutes to erase a 12-point deficit. The win snapped the Cornhuskers’ two-game losing streak. Purdue had time for a couple of plays. The game ended when ended Anthony Mahoungou stepped out of bounds near midfield as time expired.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs could have starting offensive linemen Mitch Morse and Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and cornerback Steven Nelson back from injury this week. Morse has been out with a foot injury and Duvernay-Tardif has been sidelined by a knee injury. Nelson has been on injured reserve with a core muscle injury since training camp.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) —  Nate Stanley threw for 190 yards in Iowa’s 17-10 win over Minnesota Saturday night, its eighth-straight in Iowa City over the Gophers. After missing one game, linebacker Josey Jewell returned to lead the Iowa defense with 11 tackles, six of them solo.

Each team converted just 15 first downs and committed three turnovers. Iowa (5-3, 2-3 Big Ten) and Minnesota (4-4, 1-4 Big Ten) combined to be 7-for-30 on third downs.

Rodney Smith led the way on offense for Minnesota, rushing for 82 yards on 15 attempts, although his efforts did not prove enough to push the Gophers to their first win at Kinnick Stadium since 1999 — Kirk Ferentz’s first year at the helm for the Hawkeyes. The Hawkeyes only touchdowns came on their first drive of each half, which combined to be 10 total plays for 147 of Iowa’s 315 yards.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Levi Jordheim recovered three fumbles, Robbie Grimsley had a 27-yard interception return for a touchdown and North Dakota State took advantage of five turnovers to beat Northern Iowa 30-14 on Saturday. Jordheim’s three fumble recoveries, two created by teammate Nick DeLuca, tied the school record set in 1976 by Don Meyers.

The Bison (8-0, 5-0 Missouri Valley), ranked No. 2 in the FCS, entered the game as the nation’s top-ranked defensive team and showed why with six sacks and 12 tackles for loss, holding a Panthers (4-4, 3-2) rushing offense that came in with 399 yards and five scores in its previous two games to just 48 yards and no scores on the ground. DeLuca led the defense with seven tackles, four solo, two sacks and two tackles for loss.

Grimsley’s pick-six tied the score at 7-all at halftime. Ty Brooks scored on a 22-yard run, Cam Pedersen kicked a 23-yard field goal, Easton Stick threw a 31-yard score to RJ Urzendowski and Bruce Anderson ran in from the 1 in NDSU’s second-half scoring spree.

Eli Dunne threw two touchdown passes to Daurice Fountain for Northern Iowa (4-4, 3-2). The victory was the 100th since 2010 for NDSU.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kyle Kempt threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns and 25th-ranked Iowa State upset fourth-ranked TCU 14-7 on Saturday, handing the Horned Frogs their first defeat and leaving the Big 12 without an unbeaten team. Marcel Spears intercepted a Kenny Hill pass with 1:16 left to seal it for the Cyclones (6-2, 4-1 Big 12), who forced a pair of turnovers in the red zone in the second half in winning their fourth straight game. Kempt put Iowa State ahead 14-0 at the break with touchdown passes to Matt Eaton (17 yards) and Hakeem Butler (4 yards).

TCU (7-1, 4-1) answered to open the second half on a 94-yard kickoff return by KaVontae Turpin. But Brian Peavy intercepted Hill in the end zone in the third quarter and brought it back 70 yards, and Willie Harvey caused Hill to fumble a ball recovered by Iowa State at its own 15-yard line with 7:11 to go. Hill had his worst game of the season, finishing 12 of 25 passing for 135 yards and those two very costly interceptions. The Horned Frogs also committed 11 penalties.

Cyclone fans storm the field after Saturday’s win against TCU (Learfield Sports)

The Horned Frogs can still make an argument for a playoff spot — if they win out. But that’ll be a tall order with a trip to Oklahoma on tap for Nov. 11 after next week’s home game against a dangerous Texas team. As for Iowa State, it’s time to stop asking if the Cyclones are for real and start asking who can stop them in the Big 12. Iowa State’s defense is allowing less than 14 points a game in league games, and it bailed out an offense that couldn’t find its footing in the second half.

UP NEXT: Iowa State travels to face West Virginia next Saturday. The Mountaineers lost at home to Oklahoma State 50-39 on Saturday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Will Warner returned an interception for a touchdown in Drake’s 17-12 win over Davidson on Saturday. Warner, making his third interception of the season, picked off Stockton McGuire at the Davidson 38 and raced down the right side for a 14-0 lead in the second quarter.

Brock Reichardt, who finished with 106 yards rushing, ran 20 yards for Drake’s first score while Danny Donley kicked a 41-yard field goal with 11 minutes left in the game for a 17-6 lead. McGuire threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to William Wicks in the final minute but the Bulldogs recovered the onside kick.

The Bulldogs (5-3, 4-1) remain a game back of Pioneer Football League leader San Diego (5-0). The Wildcats (2-6, 0-5) lost their fifth straight game and their 13th consecutive league contest.

Drake’s Sam Hefner made his first start at quarterback in place of Grant Kraemer, who dressed but was held out while recovering from a calf injury. Hefner threw for 94 yards and was intercepted twice, Davidson’s first picks of the season.

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Iowa’s pheasant season opens this (Saturday) morning and 50-to-60-thousand hunters are expected to be in the fields statewide. Iowa D-N-R wildlife biologist Todd Bogenschutz says a good season is expected, despite predictions of falling number of pheasants.

“Our counts indicated the population was down about 30% but we’re not sure that’s completely accurate just because it was so dry in August when we did the count,” Bogenschutz says. “We don’t get the best counts when that occurs.” There’s optimism, he says, for healthy populations of game birds.

“We’re probably down a little bit but we don’t think we’re down 30%,” he says. “Hunters should see good numbers as far as pheasants. It may be a year fairly similar to last year. As far as quail in southern Iowa, it looks like quail are in abundance and quail hunting is going to be as good as last year and maybe a little better.”

Bogenschutz says weather is always a factor that can impact opening weekend, especially if the weather is effecting Iowa’s harvest season. “When we started the season this month, it looked like crop harvest was going to be well along and then we got a bunch of rain and slowed it down, so standing crops could be an issue in portions of the state,” he says. “I know parts of the state are moving right along and other parts don’t have much out at all yet.”

There are no major rule changes for hunters this year. One of the primary rules remains, hunters are required to wear at least one item of clothing that’s at least 50% blaze orange. They’re also reminded to get permission if they plan to hunt on private property.

The hours for hunting daily are from 8 A-M to 4:30 P-M and the season runs through January 10th. Learn more at www.iowadnr.gov.

(Radio Iowa)