After blowing a 20-point fourth-quarter lead and then winning on a fourth-and-18 Hail Mary against Georgia, Auburn moved up one spot to No. 6 in the Associated Press Top 25. In the USA Today Coaches' Poll, which counts toward the BCS standings, the Tigers improved two spots to No. 7.
Stanford fell from fifth in both polls to No. 10 in the AP poll and No. 12 in the coaches' rankings. USC, which knocked off the Cardinal, 20-17, rejoined the rankings. The AP placed them at No. 23, and the coaches slotted them at No. 25. Of course the biggest story is out of Durham, N.C., home of the Duke Blue Devils. Duke upset Miami, 48-30, taking control of the ACC Coastal race and moving into the top 25. The Blue Devils are 25th in the AP poll and 24th in the coaches' poll.
USA Today Coaches' Poll
RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | FIRST PLACE VOTES | PREVIOUS RANK | CHANGE | HI/LOW* |
1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
10-0 | 1544 | 56 | 1 | 1/1 | |
2 | Florida State Seminoles |
10-0 | 1487 | 6 | 2 | 2/12 | |
3 | Ohio State Buckeyes |
10-0 | 1404 | 0 | 3 | 2/4 | |
4 | Baylor Bears |
9-0 | 1386 | 0 | 4 | 4/NR | |
5 | Oregon Ducks |
9-1 | 1231 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2/7 |
6 | Clemson Tigers |
9-1 | 1217 | 0 | 6 | 4/10 | |
7 | Auburn Tigers |
10-1 | 1145 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7/NR |
8 | Missouri Tigers |
9-1 | 1129 | 0 | 8 | 7/NR | |
9 | Oklahoma State Cowboys |
9-1 | 1030 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9/20 |
10 | Texas A&M Aggies |
8-2 | 928 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6/15 |
11 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
8-2 | 882 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6/20 |
12 | Stanford Cardinal |
8-2 | 865 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4/13 |
13 | Michigan State Spartans |
9-1 | 729 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 13/NR |
14 | UCLA Bruins |
8-2 | 700 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 10/21 |
15 | Louisville Cardinals |
9-1 | 627 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6/17 |
16 | Fresno State Bulldogs |
9-0 | 622 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 14/NR |
17 | Wisconsin Badgers |
8-2 | 511 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 17/NR |
18 | Oklahoma Sooners |
8-2 | 502 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8/18 |
19 | LSU Tigers |
7-3 | 478 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6/19 |
20 | Central Florida Knights |
8-1 | 446 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 19/NR |
21 | Northern Illinois Huskies |
10-0 | 418 | 0 | 21 | 20/NR | |
22 | Arizona State Sun Devils |
8-2 | 352 | 0 | 22 | 22/NR | |
23 | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
8-2 | 173 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 23/NR |
24 | Duke Blue Devils |
8-2 | 131 | 0 | NR | 24/NR | |
25 | USC Trojans |
8-3 | 115 | 0 | NR | 22/NR |
Associated Press Top 25
Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alabama (55) | 10-0 | 1,495 | 1 |
2 | Florida State (5) | 10-0 | 1,445 | 2 |
3 | Baylor | 9-0 | 1,351 | 4 |
4 | Ohio State | 10-0 | 1,343 | 3 |
5 | Oregon | 9-1 | 1,210 | 6 |
6 | Auburn | 10-1 | 1,205 | 7 |
7 | Clemson | 9-1 | 1,115 | 8 |
8 | Missouri | 9-1 | 1,067 | 9 |
9 | Texas A&M | 8-2 | 956 | 10 |
10 | Stanford | 8-2 | 899 | 5 |
11 | Oklahoma State | 9-1 | 889 | 12 |
12 | South Carolina | 8-2 | 870 | 11 |
13 | Michigan State | 9-1 | 749 | 14 |
14 | UCLA | 8-2 | 710 | 13 |
15 | Fresno State | 9-0 | 572 | 16 |
16 | Wisconsin | 8-2 | 559 | 17 |
17 | UCF | 8-1 | 535 | 15 |
18 | LSU | 7-3 | 439 | 18 |
19 | Arizona State | 8-2 | 430 | 21 |
20 | Northern Illinois | 10-0 | 426 | 20 |
21 | Louisville | 9-1 | 412 | 19 |
22 | Oklahoma | 8-2 | 318 | 22 |
23 | USC | 8-3 | 187 | NR |
24 | Mississippi | 7-3 | 119 | NR |
25 | Duke | 8-2 | 94 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota 77, Notre Dame 11, Texas 10, Georgia 5, Nebraska 1, Cincinnati 1 |