Florida plummets to No. 22, FSU drops to 20 in AP poll
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Alabama won 10-0 at LSU on Saturday for its 13th straight victory over a Top 25 team, which represents the third-longest such streak in history. Southern California won 16 straight games over ranked opponents from 2002-05 and Oklahoma beat 15 straight Top 25 foes from 1973-76.
Alabama has won 21 straight games overall since falling 43-37 to No. 15 Mississippi on Sept. 19, 2015.
Florida fell out of the top 10 after a road loss to unranked Arkansas, coming in at No. 22. Florida State, which rallied past NC State in the final minutes, dropped one spot to No. 20.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Crimson Tide received 60 of a possible 61 first-place votes in the poll released Sunday . The other first-place vote went to No. 2 Michigan, a 59-3 winner over Maryland on Saturday. The rest of the top six includes No. 3 Clemson, No. 4 Washington, No. 5 Louisville and No. 6 Ohio State. Wisconsin moved up from eighth to seventh.
LSU fell from 15th to 19th following its loss to Alabama.
POLL POINTS
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ohio State's 62-3 blowout of No. 9 Nebraska matched the second-most lopsided loss ever by a top-10 team. No. 1 Army blasted No. 6 Penn 61-0 in 1945. A top-ranked Army team also trounced No. 2 Notre Dame 59-0 in 1944.
The 59-point setback was the worst loss ever for a team ranked ninth. Nebraska was on the other end of the previous record, as the second-ranked Cornhuskers whipped No. 9 Washington 55-7 in 1998.
Nebraska fell from No. 9 to No. 21 in this week's poll.
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-- No. 8 Auburn rose three spots after edging Vanderbilt 23-16.
-- No. 9 Oklahoma moved up three slots after a 34-24 triumph at Iowa State. The Big 12 had been left out of the Top 10 last week.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}-- No. 12 Penn State soared eight spots after its 41-14 rout of Iowa.
-- No. 14 Western Michigan moved up three spots after a 52-20 win at Ball State. That's the highest ranking for any Mid-American Conference team since Ball State was 12th on Nov. 30, 2008.
-- No. 16 Colorado moved up five spots after its 20-10 triumph over UCLA. This marks the Buffaloes' highest ranking since December 2002.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}-- No. 17 Oklahoma State rose five spots after winning 43-37 at Kansas State.
-- No. 18 Virginia Tech moved up five spots after winning 24-21 at Duke.
DOWN
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}-- No. 20 Florida State moved down a spot despite winning 24-20 at North Carolina State.
-- No. 22 Florida slid 12 spots after its 31-10 loss at Arkansas.
-- No. 25 Baylor fell 12 spots after losing 62-22 against TCU
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}IN AND OUT
-- There were no new teams in this week's Top 25, as nobody fell out of last week's rankings.
CONFERENCE CALL
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}ACC -- 5
Big Ten -- 5
SEC -- 5
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Big 12 -- 4
Pac-12 -- 4
MAC -- 1
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mountain West -- 1
RANKED vs. RANKED
No. 9 Oklahoma hosts No. 25 Baylor. The Sooners try to remain unbeaten in Big 12 competition.