Ap Top 25 Mississippi State Three Other Sec Schools In Top Five

Mississippi State stayed No. 1 after a weekend off. The Atlantic Coast Conference’s Florida State held its ground at No. 2 after beating then-No. 5 Notre Dame 31-27.

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Mississippi remains No. 3. Alabama jumped three spots to No. 4 after a 59-0 victory against Texas A&M. Auburn moved up a spot to No. 5 during a bye week, taking advantage of losses by previously unbeaten Notre Dame and Baylor.

The Irish dropped two spots to seventh. Baylor fell to No. 12 after losing 41-27 at West Virginia.

Thirty times since 2001 a conference has placed three teams in the top five of the AP Top 25. The SEC had done it 16 times since 2009.

Here’s the entire AP Top 25:

                                         Record   Pts        Pv 1. Mississippi St. (43)       6-0     1,480     1 2. Florida St. (14)              7-0     1,433     2 3. Mississippi (3)              7-0      1,404     3 4. Alabama                        6-1    1,235      7 5. Auburn                           5-1    1,231      6 6. Oregon                           6-1    1,142      9 7. Notre Dame                   6-1    1,133      5 8. Michigan St.                   6-1    1,066      8 9. Georgia                           6-1    1,055   10 10. TCU                               5-1       962   12 11. Kansas St.                    5-1       905   14 12. Baylor                           6-1        858      4 13. Ohio St.                        5-1        753   13 14. Arizona St.                   5-1        643   17 15. Arizona                        5-1        639   16 16. Nebraska                    6-1        537   19 17. Oklahoma                   5-2        461   11 18. East Carolina             5-1        445   18 19. Utah                             5-1        437   20 20. Southern Cal              5-2       356   22 21. Clemson                      5-2       283   24 22. West Virginia              5-2       272  NR 23. Marshall                      7-0       184   25 24. LSU                              6-2       177  NR 25. UCLA                           5-2       118  NR

Others receiving votes: Duke 108, Oklahoma St. 91, Minnesota 61, Colorado St. 12, Louisville 4, Missouri 4, Stanford 4, Maryland 3, N. Dakota St. 3, Texas A&M 1.