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AP Top 25: Notre Dame, Clemson rise; Ohio St, Penn St tumble 

AP Top 25: Notre Dame, Clemson rise; Ohio St, Penn St tumble 

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RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer

Notre Dame and Clemson climbed while Ohio State and Penn State tumbled out of the top 10, leaving the latest Associated Press college football poll looking a lot like the College Football Playoff rankings — with one big difference.

Alabama remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25 on Sunday, as it has been since the preseason. No. 2 Georgia picked up three more first-place votes for a total of five. In the playoff rankings, Georgia is No. 1 and Alabama is No. 2. Notre Dame moved up two spots to No. 3 and Clemson did the same to No. 4. Oklahoma jumped three spots to No. 5, leaving those three in the same order as the selection committee had them on Tuesday.

Unbeaten Wisconsin slipped two spots to No. 6 but is now the highest ranked team in the Big Ten. Ohio State fell eight spots to No. 11 after getting blown out at Iowa and Penn State dropped nine to No. 16 after spending all season in the top 10.

 

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 4, 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. Alabama (56) 9-0 1520 1
2. Georgia (5) 9-0 1468 2
3. Notre Dame 8-1 1357 5
4. Clemson 8-1 1289 6
5. Oklahoma 8-1 1258 8
6. Wisconsin 9-0 1256 4
7. Miami 8-0 1220 9
8. TCU 8-1 1087 10
9. Washington 8-1 1061 12
10. Auburn 7-2 875 16
11. Ohio St. 7-2 781 3
12. Oklahoma St. 7-2 766 11
13. Michigan St. 7-2 760 24
14. UCF 8-0 736 15
15. Southern Cal 8-2 718 17
16. Penn St. 7-2 717 7
17. Virginia Tech 7-2 537 13
18. Mississippi St. 7-2 464 21
19. Washington St. 8-2 420 25
20. Memphis 8-1 376 22
21. Michigan 7-2 184 NR
22. South Florida 8-1 177 NR
23. West Virginia 6-3 163 NR
24. Iowa St. 6-3 155 14
25. Iowa 6-3 147 NR

Others receiving votes: LSU 142, NC State 101, Toledo 31, Stanford 22, Boise St. 14, Arizona 14, Northwestern 6, Army 2, San Diego St. 1.

 

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