New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Mississippi State remained the top team in the latest Associated Press college football poll and Auburn jumped Alabama for third after its thrilling victory at Ole Miss on Saturday.
The Bulldogs, as Alabama found out earlier this season, had plenty of trouble with Arkansas on Saturday and gutted out a 17-10 home victory to stay unbeaten. The Razorbacks gave the Crimson Tide all they could handle last month and came up just short in a 14-13 Alabama win.
Mississippi State received 45 first-place votes, one fewer than last week, and a total of 1,484 points from a nationwide media panel, while Florida State picked up an additional top tally for a total of 15, to remain entrenched in the second spot. The Seminoles had their own troubles this week, scoring 21 points in the fourth quarter to pull out a 42-31 triumph at Louisville.
Auburn's 35-31 win in Oxford on Saturday night sent the Tigers ahead of the idle Crimson Tide, as two SEC West powers swapped places. Oregon remained fifth after a 45-16 win over annual nemesis Stanford.
TCU vaulted four places to sixth after a 31-30 win at West Virginia on Saturday. Michigan State also moved up one spot to seventh, while Notre Dame dipped two places to eighth following a tough 49-39 win over Navy.
Kansas State and Baylor round out the top 10, giving the Big 12 three schools among the first 10. The SEC, of course, also has three -- all in the top four.
The second 10 consists of Arizona State, Ole Miss, Ohio State, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Georgia, UCLA, Clemson and Utah. Ole Miss dropped five spots from seventh after its second straight loss, while Georgia tumbled eight places from ninth following a surprising 38-20 loss to Florida at the annual Cocktail Party in Jacksonville.
Arizona, Duke, Marshall, West Virginia and Wisconsin are the last five teams ranked. Arizona dropped seven spots from 14th after a 17-7 setback to UCLA, while West Virginia slipped four places after its narrow setback to TCU on a last-second field goal.
Wisconsin is this week's lone newcomer, joining the poll after a 37-0 rout at Rutgers on Saturday. East Carolina was 21st and dropped out after a 20-10 loss at Temple.
Six matchups of ranked teams are on next Saturday's schedule, including two from the Big 12 as Kansas State visits TCU and Oklahoma hosts Baylor. Alabama will travel to Death Valley for a battle with LSU, while a Big Ten tussle pits Ohio State and Michigan State in East Lansing. Utah will host Oregon in the Pac-12 and Notre Dame has a tough test in the desert against Arizona State.
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