Written by Michael Casagrande at AL.com
The new Associated Press and coaches poll is out and No. 1 remains the same. Alabama, No. 2 in the CFP poll last week, is still the top-ranked team with the coaches.
Georgia is No. 2 again while last week’s No. 3 Ohio State dropped after taking a beating at Iowa. The Buckeyes are all the way down to No. 11 in both of the polls. Penn State, No. 2 just two weeks ago, is 13th in the coaches and 16th in AP after a second straight loss.
A 24-10 win over LSU pushed Alabama to 9-0. The Tide was unanimous No. 1 (coaches poll) the last few weeks but Georgia got one vote this week.
The Crimson Tide heads to No. 18 Mississippi State at 6 p.m. CT Saturday. LSU dropped to No. 25 with the loss that snapped a three-game winning streak.
Auburn moved back into the top-10 win a win at Texas A&M on Saturday.
The second edition of the playoff poll will be released Tuesday evening.
AP poll
1. Alabama (56) 1,520
2. Georgia (5) 1,468
3. Notre Dame 1,357
4. Clemson 1,289
5. Oklahoma 1,258
6. Wisconsin 1,256
7. Miami 1,220
8. TCU 1,087
9. Washington 1,061
10. Auburn 875
11. Ohio State 781
12. Oklahoma State 766
13. Michigan State 760
14. UCF 736
15. USC 718
16. Penn State 717
17. Virginia Tech 537
18. Mississippi State 464
19. Washington State 420
20. Memphis 376
21. Michigan 184
22. South Florida 177
23. West Virginia 163
24. Iowa State 155
25. Iowa 147
Coaches poll
1. Alabama (64) 1,624
2. Georgia (1) 1,560
3. Wisconsin 1,392
4. Clemson 1,379
5. Notre Dame 1,367
6. Miami 1,326
7. Oklahoma 1,154
8. Washington 1,154
9. TCU 1,143
10. Auburn 900
11. Ohio State 881
12. UCF 854
13. Penn State 817
14. USC 778
15. Oklahoma State 764
16. Michigan State 609
17. Virginia Tech 555
18. Mississippi State 462
19. Memphis 457
20. Washington State 376
21. South Florida 306
22. Michigan 261
23. Iowa State 150
24. NC State 149
25. LSU 136
