NEW YORK (Sporting Alert) — As expected, Florida State on Sunday, moved up one slot to be the new No. 1 team in The Associated Press college football poll, following the defeat of the previous top-ranked Alabama on Saturday.
The Florida State Seminoles (12-0) received 58 of the 60 first-place votes from the media panel and 1498 points to jump one place to No. 1 for the first time since Oct. 1, 2000, after beating the Florida Gators 37-7 in their game on Saturday.
Auburn, who stunned the two-time defending national champions Alabama, got the other two first-place votes and 1,387 points, also went up a place to No. 3.
Ohio State is now No. 2 in the rankings, after tallying 1,418 points.
Alabama slipped to No. 4 in the AP poll, while No. 5 Missouri, who will take on Auburn for the Southeastern Conference title at Georgia Dome next weekend after beating the then-#21 Texas A&M 28-21, completed the top five.
Florida State and Ohio State are the only 12-0 teams remaining.
AP Top 25 – NCAAF Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Florida State (58) 12-0 1498
2 Ohio State 12-0 1418
3 Auburn (2) 11-1 1387
4 Alabama 11-1 1294
5 Missouri 11-1 1281
6 Oklahoma State 10-1 1197
7 Stanford 10-2 1067
8 South Carolina 10-2 1066
9 Baylor 10-1 1020
10 Michigan State 11-1 1002
11 Arizona State 10-2 843
12 Oregon 10-2 815
13 Clemson 10-2 813
14 LSU 9-3 690
15 UCF 10-1 621
16 Northern Illinois 12-0 596
17 UCLA 9-3 510
18 Oklahoma 9-2 503
19 Louisville 10-1 482
20 Duke 10-2 348
21 Wisconsin 9-3 299
22 Texas A&M 8-4 186
23 Texas 8-3 156
24 Fresno State 10-1 124
25 Georgia 8-4 111
Dropped from rankings: USC 23, Notre Dame 25
Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 45, USC 28, Notre Dame 26, Miami (FL) 26, Iowa 23, Vanderbilt 16, Washington 6, Minnesota 2, North Dakota State 1
