NCAA Football Rankings 2016: Week 8 College Top 25 Standings Shakeup Predictions

Week 7 of the 2016 college football season is complete, and once again, not every team within the Top 25 came out unscathed. 

Of the 20 ranked teams in action this week, five of them went down, and a few others experienced scares. 

As we've reached the halfway point in October, here are the current rankings and predictions of how they'll look when the Week 8 polls are released on Sunday evening:

Week 7 Rank	School	Result	Week 8 Rank*	School
1	Alabama	W 49-10 at Tennessee	1	Alabama
2	Ohio State	W 30-23 at Wisconsin	2	Ohio State
3	Clemson	W 24-17 vs. North Carolina State	3	Clemson
4	Michigan	Bye Week	4	Michigan
5	Washington	Bye Week	5	Washington
6	Texas A&M	Bye Week	6	Texas A&M
7	Louisville	W 24-14 vs. Duke	7	Louisville
8	Wisconsin	L 30-23 vs. Ohio State	8	Nebraska
9	Tennessee	L 49-10 vs. Alabama	9	Baylor
10	Nebraska	W 27-22 at Indiana	10	Florida State
11	Baylor	W 49-7 vs. Kansas	11	Houston
12	Ole Miss	L 34-30 at Arkansas	12	Boise State
13	Houston	W 38-31 vs. Tulsa	13	Florida
14	Florida State	W 17-6 vs. Wake Forest	14	Arkansas
15	Boise State	W vs. Colorado State	15	Wisconsin
16	Miami (FL)	L 20-13 vs. North Carolina	16	Tennessee
17	Virginia Tech	L 31-17 at Syracuse	17	Oklahoma
18	Florida	W 40-14 vs. Missouri	18	West Virginia
19	Oklahoma	W 38-17 vs. Kansas State	19	Utah
20	West Virginia	W 48-17 at Texas Tech	20	Auburn
21	Utah	W 19-14 at Oregon State	21	Western Michigan
22	Arkansas	W 34-30 vs. Ole Miss	22	Navy
23	Auburn	Bye Week	23	North Carolina
24	Western Michigan	W 41-0 at Akron	24	LSU
25	Navy	PPD	25	Miami (FL)

Biggest Shakeup

No. 22 Arkansas hasn't been ranked higher than 16th since the 2012 season, but after a thrilling 34-30 win over No. 12 Ole Miss on Saturday, there's a chance that it could be close to that number come Week 8. 

This isn't the flashiest or most dominant team in the nation. On paper, the Razorbacks look far from it:

Stat	Amount	National Rank
Passing Yards/Game	272	37th
Rushing Yards/Game	176.3	63rd
Points/Game	35	43rd
Points Against/Game	27.5	T68th

But don't tell Bret Bielema's crew that, as Arkansas is beating the programs it is supposed to, including TCU, Texas State, Louisiana Tech and Alcorn State. 

With its two losses coming against Top 10 schools in No. 1 Alabama and No. 6 Texas A&M, it's already been proved that Arkansas isn't the best team in the SEC. 

However, if it can follow up the win over Ole Miss with another against No. 23 Auburn, which is coming off a bye week, the Razorbacks could be flirting with a Top 12 ranking in two weeks. 

The loss will not only send Ole Miss toward the bottom of the rankings, but it also might drop it out of the polls altogether. Even though the Rebels have lost to No. 14 Florida State and Alabama, a third loss and second conference defeat most likely took them out of SEC contention and ended their chances of a major bowl bid.