AP Top 25 Poll: Alabama Drops to No. 5, Auburn Falls Out
After losses on Saturday, Alabama has fallen to No. 5 and Auburn has dropped out of the latest AP Top 25 College Football Poll.
Alabama lost to then-unranked Texas A&M on a last-second field goal, 41-38. The Crimson Tide has fallen from No. 1 to No. 5 in this week’s poll and is 5-1. The Aggies have moved back into the poll, at No. 21.
Auburn lost 34-10 to then-No. 2 Georgia, which climbed to No. 1 and claims all 62 first-place votes this week. The Tigers had been No. 18 before the loss. Auburn is now 4-2.
This is the first time since 1982 that Georgia has been ranked No. 1 in the regular season.
Other SEC teams in this week’s poll are: No. 11 Kentucky, No. 13 Ole Miss, No. 17 Arkansas and No. 20 Florida.
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 9, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Georgia (62) | 6-0 | 1550 | 2 |
| 2. Iowa | 6-0 | 1476 | 3 |
| 3. Cincinnati | 5-0 | 1407 | 5 |
| 4. Oklahoma | 6-0 | 1336 | 6 |
| 5. Alabama | 5-1 | 1286 | 1 |
| 6. Ohio St. | 5-1 | 1157 | 7 |
| 7. Penn St. | 5-1 | 1147 | 4 |
| 8. Michigan | 6-0 | 1139 | 9 |
| 9. Oregon | 4-1 | 1057 | 8 |
| 10. Michigan St. | 6-0 | 992 | 11 |
| 11. Kentucky | 6-0 | 918 | 16 |
| 12. Oklahoma St. | 5-0 | 830 | 12 |
| 13. Mississippi | 4-1 | 779 | 17 |
| 14. Notre Dame | 5-1 | 732 | 14 |
| 15. Coastal Carolina | 6-0 | 712 | 15 |
| 16. Wake Forest | 6-0 | 526 | 19 |
| 17. Arkansas | 4-2 | 470 | 13 |
| 18. Arizona St. | 5-1 | 428 | 22 |
| 19. BYU | 5-1 | 421 | 10 |
| 20. Florida | 4-2 | 397 | 20 |
| 21. Texas A&M | 4-2 | 348 | – |
| 22. NC State | 4-1 | 265 | 23 |
| 23. SMU | 6-0 | 225 | 24 |
| 24. San Diego St. | 5-0 | 176 | 25 |
| 25. Texas | 4-2 | 108 | 21 |
Others receiving votes: Auburn 106, Clemson 63, Baylor 62, UTSA 22, Mississippi St. 7, Kansas St. 3, Air Force 2, Appalachian St. 2, Pittsburgh 1.
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