TULSA, Okla., Sporting Alert – Ohio State remains the No. 1 team in the latest edition of the Associated Press (AP) college football top 25 rankings, released on Sunday.
The Buckeyes (5-0) who stayed undefeated on the season with a battling 34-27 win over Indiana on Saturday, received 38 first-place votes from the voting panel for 1444 points.
The 38 first-place votes were the fewest received so far this season by Ohio State which started the campaign as the first unanimous preseason No. 1.
TCU (5-0) who received five first-place votes, moved up two places to No. 2 after hammering Texas, 50-7 over the weekend, while fellow Big 12 outfits Baylor (4-0) also jumped two places up to No. 3 and got 10 of the votes for the No. 1 team in the country.
Last week’s No. 2 Michigan State fell two spots to No. 4, after struggling to shake off Purdue in the close 24-21 win.
Utah, which was on a bye this past weekend, received seven first-place votes and travelled five places to No. 5 in the AP topT25 rankings, this after a number of teams which were ahead of them failed to win.
Completing the top 10 are Clemson (4-0), which jumped six places to No. 6, after holding off Notre Dame, 24-22 at home, LSU at No. 7, Alabama up five slots to No. 8, with Texas A&M resting at No. 9 and Oklahoma in the top 10 for the first time this season at 10th.
The Florida Gators (5-0) were the biggest movers in Week 6 – this after moving up 14 spots to No. 11 with a stunning 38-10 victory over Ole Miss, which was ranked No. 3 at the time. The Rebels (4-1), on the back of that defeat, fell 11 spots to No. 14.
Notre Dame dropped to No. 15, while UCLA went from being the seventh-ranked team in the AP top 25 rankings to No. 20 after losing to Arizona State.
Teams coming into the top 25 in Week 6 were USC (3-1) at No. 17, Iowa (5-0), at No. 22, Toledo (4-0), at No. 24 and Boise State (4-1), back in the poll at No. 25.
Wisconsin 19, Mississippi State 21 and West Virginia 23 were the teams dropping out of the AP top 25 this week.
AP Top 25
RK TEAM REC PTS
1 Ohio State(38) 5-0 1444
2 TCU(5) 5-0 1371
3 Baylor(10) 4-0 1364
4 Michigan State 5-0 1291
5 Utah(7) 4-0 1254
6 Clemson 4-0 1217
7 LSU 4-0 1212
8 Alabama 4-1 1026
9 Texas A&M(1) 5-0 1009
10 Oklahoma 4-0 976
11 Florida 5-0 935
12 Florida State 4-0 922
13 Northwestern 5-0 753
14 Ole Miss 4-1 731
15 Notre Dame 4-1 721
16 Stanford 4-1 617
17 USC 3-1 498
18 Michigan 4-1 452
19 Georgia 4-1 441
20 UCLA 4-1 415
21 Oklahoma State 5-0 332
22 Iowa 5-0 254
23 California 5-0 233
24 Toledo 4-0 87
25 Boise State 4-1 65
Dropped from rankings: Wisconsin 19, Mississippi State 21, West Virginia 23
Others receiving votes: Oregon 39, Duke 31, Houston 31, Temple 23, Memphis 19, Navy 19, Arizona State 15, Mississippi State 11, West Virginia 8, Texas Tech 4, BYU 3, Kansas State 1, Missouri 1
