MIAMI, FL (Sporting Alert) — Florida State stayed No. 1 in The Associated Press College Football poll in Week 7, but there were lots of movement below them.
Following the dramatic Week 7 where three of the top four teams were upset, Mississippi and Mississippi State both made notable moves into the top five.
In fact, the pair are tied for third in the Top 25.
Florida State (5-0) remain the top ranked team in the country after picking up 35 first place votes for 1461 total points.
Auburn, the only other top six team to win on Saturday, moved up three places to No. 2 after crushing No. 15 LSU, 41-7. They received 23 first-place votes and 1459 total points.
Meanwhile, Mississippi State jumped from No. 12 to No. 3 after beating the then-No. 6 Texas A&M, 48-31, while Ole Miss, who stunned last week’s No. 3 Alabama, climbed to No.4.
Baylor rounds out the top five, while Notre Dame is No. 6, Alabama dropped to No. 7 and TCU, who beat Oklahoma, make their way up from No. 25 to No. 9.
The big droppers on the day were Oklahoma from 4th to 11th, Oregon, who dipped from No. 2 to No. 12 and last week’s No. 6 Texas A&M, who is now No. 14.
Dumped from rankings were LSU 15, USC 16, Wisconsin 17, BYU 18.
AP Top 25
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Florida State (35) 5-0 1461
2 Auburn (23) 5-0 1459
3 Mississippi State (2) 5-0 1320
3 Ole Miss 5-0 1320
5 Baylor 5-0 1258
6 Notre Dame 5-0 1186
7 Alabama 4-1 1060
8 Michigan State 4-1 981
9 TCU 4-0 979
10 Arizona 5-0 951
11 Oklahoma 4-1 904
12 Oregon 4-1 888
13 Georgia 4-1 854
14 Texas A&M 5-1 731
15 Ohio State 4-1 534
16 Oklahoma State 4-1 527
17 Kansas State 4-1 486
18 UCLA 4-1 460
19 East Carolina 4-1 344
20 Arizona State 4-1 325
21 Nebraska 5-1 283
22 Georgia Tech 5-0 235
23 Missouri 4-1 212
24 Utah 4-1 206
25 Stanford 3-2 143
Dropped from rankings: LSU 15, USC 16, Wisconsin 17, BYU 18
Others receiving votes: Clemson 92, Marshall 78, USC 61, Louisville 36, LSU 35, BYU 26, West Virginia 18, Arkansas 14, Wisconsin 7, California 6, Penn State 5, Rutgers 4, Kentucky 4, North Dakota State 3, Minnesota 2, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1
