Florida State remains at No. 1 with 35 first-place votes, while Auburn (23) and Mississippi State (2) also received votes.
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Florida State is followed in the top five by Auburn, Mississippi and Mississippi State are tied for No. 3 and then Baylor. This is Mississippi State’s highest ranking in the poll’s history.
After losses, Alabama falls to No.7, Oklahoma to No. 11, Oregon to No. 12, Texas A&M to No. 13 and UCLA to No. 18.
New members of the poll include Arizona, off to it’s best start since 1998, at No. 10, Arizona State at No. 20, Georgia Tech with its first ranking since Nov. 20, 2011, at No. 22 and Utah at No. 24 is ranked for the first time since Dec. 5, 2010.
Rank, team (first-place votes), record, voter points, previous week
- Florida State (35) 5-0 1,461 1 2. Auburn (23) 5-0 1,459 5 3. Mississippi 5-0 1,320 11 3. Mississippi State (2) 5-0 1,320 12 5. Baylor 5-0 1,258 7 6. Notre Dame 5-0 1,186 9 7. Alabama 4-1 1,060 3 8. Michigan State 4-1 981 10 9. TCU 4-0 979 25 10. Arizona 5-0 951 NR 11. Oklahoma 4-1 904 4 12. Oregon 4-1 888 2 13. Georgia 4-1 854 13 14. Texas A&M 5-1 731 6 15. Ohio State 4-1 534 20 16. Oklahoma State 4-1 527 21 17. Kansas State 4-1 486 23 18. UCLA 4-1 460 8 19. East Carolina 4-1 344 22 20. Arizona State 4-1 325 NR 21. Nebraska 5-1 283 19 22. Georgia Tech 5-0 235 NR 23. Missouri 4-1 212 24 24. Utah 4-1 206 NR 25. Stanford 3-2 143 14
Others receiving votes: Clemson 92, Marshall 78, Southern Cal 61, Louisville 36, LSU 35, BYU 26, West Virginia 18, Arkansas 14, Wisconsin 7, California 6, Penn State 5, Kentucky 4, Rutgers 4, North Dakota State 3, Minnesota 2, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1.
