Paul Myerberg

USA TODAY Sports

Florida State remains No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports 1-128 re-ranking, but Oregon is closing the gap.

While FSU took care of The Citadel, the Ducks were making a case for the top spot: Oregon rediscovered its killer instinct during Saturday's 46-27 win against Michigan State, dispatching the Spartans with a second half that was, well, vintage.

Add USC's leap after its win against Stanford and you have two Pac-12 teams among the top five of the re-ranking — meaning the Pac-12 and the SEC, with Alabama and Georgia, comprise four of the top five spots.

Michigan State tumbles to No. 11, outside the nation's elite but still within striking distance of another top-five finish with an unblemished run through Big Ten play. Speaking of the Big Ten: MSU sits at No. 11, but it's a long way to No. 24 Ohio State, the league's only other member of the top 25.

There's also a new No. 128: Miami (Ohio) earns the honor — knocking Florida International out of the spot, amazingly — after a loss at home to Eastern Kentucky. Miami has now dropped 18 games in a row, by far the longest active losing streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Two notes: one, the re-ranking begins with the preseason rankings as a starting point and works from there; and two, with just two weeks in the books, it's difficult to get a proper gauge on several FBS teams. The 1-128 re-ranking will look clearer once the calendar turns toward October.

1. Florida State (2-0, 0-0) | 2. Oregon (2-0, 0-0) | 3. Alabama (2-0, 0-0) | 4. Georgia (1-0, 0-0) | 5. USC (2-0, 1-0) – UP 7 | 6. Auburn (2-0, 1-0) – UP 4 | 7. Oklahoma (2-0, 0-0) | 8. Texas A&M (2-0, 1-0) | 9. Baylor (2-0, 0-0) | 10. Notre Dame (2-0, 0-0) – UP 6

11. Michigan State (1-1, 0-0) – DOWN 7 | 12. LSU (2-0, 0-0) | 13. Mississippi (2-0, 1-0) | 14. Stanford (1-1, 0-1) – DOWN 8 | 15. UCLA (2-0, 0-0) – DOWN 7 | 16. Kansas State (2-0, 1-0) | 17. Virginia Tech (2-0, 0-0) – UP 15 | 18. South Carolina (1-1, 0-1) | 19. Clemson (1-1, 0-0) | 20. Marshall (2-0, 0-0)

21. Brigham Young (2-0, 0-0) – UP 10 | 22. Florida (1-0, 0-0) | 23. Duke (2-0, 0-0) | 24. Ohio State (1-1, 0-0) – DOWN 10 | 25. Louisville (2-0, 0-0) | 26. Nebraska (2-0, 1-0) | 27. Arizona (2-0, 0-0) | 28. Northern Illinois (2-0, 0-0) – UP 9 | 29. Iowa (2-0, 0-0) | 30. Mississippi State (2-0, 0-0)

31. Missouri (2-0, 0-0) – UP 9 | 32. Boise State (1-1, 1-0) | 33. North Carolina (2-0, 0-0) | 34. Wisconsin (1-1, 0-0) | 35. TCU (1-0, 0-0) | 36. Arizona State (2-0, 0-0) | 37. Penn State (2-0, 0-0) | 38. Washington (2-0, 0-0) – DOWN 11 | 39. Oklahoma State (1-1, 0-0) | 40. Texas Tech (2-0, 0-0) – DOWN 7

41. Cincinnati (0-0, 0-0) | 42. Tennessee (2-0, 0-0) | 43. Oregon State (2-0, 0-0) | 44. Pittsburgh (2-0, 1-0) – UP 10 | 45. Michigan (1-1, 0-0) – DOWN 16 | 46. Navy (1-1, 0-0) | 47. UTSA (1-1, 0-0) | 48. East Carolina (1-1, 0-0) | 49. Ball State (1-1, 0-0) – UP 7 | 50. UCF (0-1, 0-0)

51. Toledo (1-1, 0-0) | 52. Georgia Tech (2-0, 0-0) | 53. Utah (2-0, 0-0) | 54. Texas (1-1, 0-0) – DOWN 16 | 55. San Diego State (1-1, 0-0) | 56. Miami (Fla.) (1-1, 0-1) | 57. Minnesota (2-0, 0-0) – UP 9 | 58. Rutgers (2-0, 0-0) | 59. Bowling Green (1-1, 0-0) | 60. Louisiana-Lafayette (1-1, 0-0) – DOWN 21

61. California (2-0, 0-0) – UP 8 | 62. Utah State (1-1, 0-0) | 63. Houston (1-1, 0-0) | 64. West Virginia (1-1, 0-0) | 65. Louisiana Tech (1-1, 0-0) – UP 22 | 66. Arkansas State (1-1, 0-0) | 67. Indiana (1-0, 0-0) | 68. Maryland (2-0, 0-0) | 69. Colorado State (1-1, 0-1) | 70. Arkansas (1-1, 0-1) – UP 13

71. Rice (0-1, 0-0) | 72. Illinois (2-0, 0-0) – UP 13 | 73. Temple (1-1, 0-0) | 74. Western Kentucky (1-1, 0-0) – DOWN 19 | 75. South Alabama (1-0, 0-0) | 76. Fresno State (0-2, 0-0) – DOWN 18 | 77. Nevada (2-0, 0-0) – UP 12 | 78. Middle Tennessee State (1-1, 0-0) | 79. North Texas (1-1, 0-0) | 80. Louisiana-Monroe (2-0, 1-0)

81. Virginia (1-1, 0-0) | 82. San Jose State (1-1, 0-0) | 83. Syracuse (1-0, 0-0) | 84. Central Michigan (2-0, 0-0) | 85. Kentucky (2-0, 0-0) – UP 12 | 86. Northwestern (0-2, 0-0) | 87. Memphis (1-1, 0-0) – UP 8 | 88. Ohio (1-1, 1-0) – DOWN 14 | 89. Boston College (1-1, 0-1) | 90. Texas State (1-0, 0-0)

91. North Carolina State (2-0, 0-0) | 92. Washington State (0-2, 0-0) – DOWN 11 | 93. Tulsa (1-1, 1-0) | 94. Akron (1-1, 0-0) | 95. UAB (1-1, 0-0) | 96. Wyoming (2-0, 1-0) | 97. UTEP (1-1, 0-0) | 98. Georgia Southern (1-1, 0-0) – UP 14 | 99. South Florida (1-1, 0-0) | 100. Old Dominion (1-1, 0-0)

101. Army (1-0, 0-0) – UP 18 | 102. Buffalo (1-1, 0-0) – DOWN 14 | 103. Colorado (1-1, 0-0) | 104. Troy (0-2, 0-0) | 105. Connecticut (1-1, 0-0) | 106. Vanderbilt (0-2, 0-1) – DOWN 13 | 107. Air Force (1-1, 0-1) | 108. Iowa State (0-2, 0-1) | 109. Florida Atlantic (0-2, 0-0) | 110. New Mexico State (2-0, 1-0) – UP 7

111. Tulane (0-2, 0-1) | 112. Kansas (1-0, 0-0) | 113. Wake Forest (1-1, 0-0) | 114. Hawaii (0-2, 0-0) | 115. SMU (0-2, 0-0) – DOWN 7 | 116. Kent State (0-2, 0-1) | 117. Purdue (1-1, 0-0) – DOWN 10 | 118. Southern Mississippi (1-1, 0-0) | 119. UNLV (1-1, 0-0) | 120. Appalachian State (1-1, 0-0) | 121. New Mexico (0-2, 0-0) | 122. Idaho (0-1, 0-1) | 123. Massachusetts (0-2, 0-0) | 124. Western Michigan (0-1, 0-0) | 125. Georgia State (1-1, 0-1) | 126. Eastern Michigan (1-1, 0-0) | 127. Florida International (1-1, 0-0) | 128. Miami (Ohio) (0-2, 0-0) – DOWN 8

New to the top 25 :

No. 17 Virginia Tech (No. 32) . Frank Beamer's bunch notched a historic and potentially season-changing victory.

No. 21 Brigham Young (No. 31) . The Cougars will no longer be welcome in Austin, thank you very much.

No. 22 Florida (No. 26) . My goodness, was that an offense? The Gators scored 65 points, the program's most since 2008 — the season of the Gators' last national title, by the by, just so that's out in the open.

Out of the top 25 :

No. 26 Nebraska (No. 15) . There's just no excuse for what happened on Saturday.

No. 27 Arizona (No. 23) . It didn't nip the Wildcats in the Alamodome, but this offense must become more productive in the red zone during Pac-12 play.

No. 29 Iowa (No. 22) . Iowa survived and advanced against Ball State in ugly, nail-biting fashion, maintaining hopes of double-digit wins during the regular season.

Three big leaps :

No. 5 USC (No. 12) . Stanford hurt itself, true, but USC notched a tenure-making win for Steve Sarkisian and his debut staff.

No. 31 Missouri (No. 40) . Lost in Saturday's shuffle was Missouri's absolute manhandling of a solid Toledo team on the road.

No. 65 Louisiana Tech (No. 87) . A win against Louisiana-Lafayette was surprising enough; that it came by a 28-point margin left jaws on the floor.

Three big drops :

No. 106 Vanderbilt (No. 93) . It gets worse on a weekly basis for the Commodores and first-year coach Derek Mason, and with most of SEC play still ahead, it may get even worse before it gets better.

No. 45 Michigan (No. 29) . It's bad enough that Michigan suffered its first shutout defeat in three decades; pouring salt in the wound is the idea that Brady Hoke hasn't a clue how to lead the Wolverines out of this hole.

No. 15 UCLA (No. 7) . To be painfully honest, the Bruins look like anything but a team with a realistic shot of surviving conference play to reach the College Football Playoff.