Alabama Moves Up and There’s a New Number 1 in AP Top 25
It only took one Saturday in November to get a major shakeup to the rankings. Thanks to a couple of upsets and two statement wins, the AP Top 25 has a different look heading into week 11.
Alabama, which dominated No. 2 LSU, added a first place vote and jumped from 7th to 3rd. Clemson defeated Florida Statement by double-digits to improve to 9-0 and voters have made the Tigers the new No. 1.
Oklahoma State saw the biggest jump after a convincing win over TCU, moving from 12th to 5th in the poll.
Here are the Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Pv | |
1. Clemson (31) | 9-0 | 1,489 | 3 |
2. Ohio St. (26) | 9-0 | 1,460 | 1 |
3. Alabama (2) | 8-1 | 1,376 | 7 |
4. Baylor (2) | 8-0 | 1,351 | 2 |
5. Oklahoma St. | 9-0 | 1,256 | 12 |
6. Notre Dame | 8-1 | 1,219 | 8 |
7. Stanford | 8-1 | 1,144 | 9 |
8. Iowa | 9-0 | 1,091 | 10 |
9. LSU | 7-1 | 1,050 | 4 |
10. Utah | 8-1 | 900 | 13 |
11. Florida | 8-1 | 887 | 11 |
12. Oklahoma | 8-1 | 858 | 14 |
13. TCU | 8-1 | 841 | 5 |
14. Michigan St. | 8-1 | 807 | 6 |
15. Michigan | 7-2 | 684 | 16 |
16. Houston | 9-0 | 561 | 18 |
17. North Carolina | 8-1 | 506 | 21 |
18. UCLA | 7-2 | 403 | 22 |
19. Florida St. | 7-2 | 379 | 17 |
20. Mississippi St. | 7-2 | 357 | 24 |
21. Temple | 8-1 | 310 | 23 |
22. Navy | 7-1 | 218 | NR |
23. Wisconsin | 8-2 | 183 | NR |
24. Northwestern | 7-2 | 177 | NR |
25. Memphis | 8-1 | 137 | 15 |
Others receiving votes: Southern Cal 104, BYU 35, Mississippi 22, Boise St. 6, Texas A&M 6, Toledo 4, W. Kentucky 2, Washington St. 2.