Big shake up at top of AP poll; OU moves to 13
By Staff Reports
Sunday, October 07, 2012
NEW YORK — South Carolina, Florida and West Virginia moved into the top five of The Associated Press college football poll after a Saturday during which nine Top 25 teams lost.
No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Oregon held their spots at the top of the rankings. Alabama is a unanimous No. 1 again. The rest of Top 25 got a makeover.
No. 3 South Carolina, off a 35-7 victory against Georgia, moved up three spots. No. 4 Florida jumped six after beating LSU 14-6. No. 5 West Virginia moved up three with a 48-45 victory at Texas.
No. 6 Kansas State, No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 8 Ohio State also moved up. LSU dropped to No. 9 and unbeaten Oregon State is No. 10.
The last time nine ranked teams lost in the same week was the weekend of Oct. 18, 2008.
Oklahoma moved up from 17th to No. 13 after its impressive win Saturday in Lubbock. OU and No. 15 Texas meet at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Cotton Bowl.
Tulsa, now 5-1 on the season after its win Saturday at Marshall, received two points in the latest top 25 poll. The Golden Hurricane play host to Texas-El Paso this Thursday.
AP TOP 25
Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (60) 5-0 1,500 1
2. Oregon 6-0 1,435 2
3. South Carolina 6-0 1,359 6
4. Florida 5-0 1,265 10
5. West Virginia 5-0 1,260 8
6. Kansas St. 5-0 1,217 7
7. Notre Dame 5-0 1,176 9
8. Ohio St. 6-0 1,053 12
9. LSU 5-1 938 4
10. Oregon St. 4-0 873 14
11. Southern Cal 4-1 812 13
12. Florida St. 5-1 800 3
13. Oklahoma 3-1 756 17
14. Georgia 5-1 733 5
15. Texas 4-1 711 11
16. Clemson 5-1 657 15
17. Stanford 4-1 587 18
18. Louisville 5-0 494 19
19. Mississippi St. 5-0 450 20
20. Rutgers 5-0 331 22
21. Cincinnati 4-0 205 NR
22. Texas A&M 4-1 153 NR
23. Louisiana Tech 5-0 129 NR
24. Boise St. 4-1 114 NR
25. Michigan 3-2 82 NR
Others receiving votes: Ohio 79, Baylor 62, Iowa St. 54, TCU 50, Michigan St. 49, Arizona St. 39, Washington 39, NC State 17, Nebraska 5, Arizona 4, Duke 3, Tennessee 3, Texas Tech 2, Tulsa 2, Northwestern 1, Penn St. 1.
