Alabama Tightens Hold On Top Spot

UNDATED (AP) - The Alabama Crimson Tide are still the top team
in the weekly Associated Press Top-25 College Football poll. The
Tide, who beat LSU in overtime yesterday, received 44 first-place
votes while second-ranked Texas Tech got the remaining 21. The Red
Raiders defeated Oklahoma State yesterday. Both Alabama and Tech
are unbeaten in 10 games.
This week's third-ranked school is Florida, followed by Texas
and Oklahoma.
The second five this week features Southern California, Penn
State, which drops from number-three after losing to Iowa, Utah,
Boise State and Ohio State.
The second-10 includes Oklahoma State, Missouri, Georgia, Ball
State, TCU, BYU, North Carolina, Michigan State, LSU and Florida
State. This week's bottom five are Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Oregon
State, South Carolina and Tulsa.
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college
football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records
through Nov. 8, total points based on 25 points for a first-place
vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs
1. Alabama (44) 10-0 1,604 1
2. Texas Tech (21) 10-0 1,574 2
3. Florida 8-1 1,467 4
4. Texas 9-1 1,437 5
5. Oklahoma 9-1 1,375 6
6. Southern Cal 8-1 1,311 7
7. Penn St. 9-1 1,161 3
8. Utah 10-0 1,157 10
9. Boise St. 9-0 1,110 9
10. Ohio St. 8-2 1,009 12
11. Oklahoma St. 8-2 963 8
12. Missouri 8-2 913 13
13. Georgia 8-2 880 14
14. Ball St. 9-0 677 16
15. TCU 9-2 623 11
16. BYU 9-1 602 17
17. North Carolina 7-2 597 19
18. Michigan St. 9-2 584 18
19. LSU 6-3 552 15
20. Florida St. 7-2 380 24
21. Pittsburgh 7-2 318 25
22. Cincinnati 7-2 269 -
23. Oregon St. 6-3 124 -
24. South Carolina 7-3 117 -
25. Tulsa 8-1 84 -
Others receiving votes: California 73, Virginia Tech 44, Air
Force 40, Georgia Tech 29, Arizona 7, Oregon 6, W. Michigan 6,
Cent. Michigan 5, Iowa 5, Miami 5, West Virginia 5, Boston College
3, Maryland 3, Northwestern 3, Kansas 1, South Florida 1, Wake
Forest 1.

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