NOTES:

Alabama was  No. 1 for a third straight week and collected 28 first-place votes. But LSU, after beating previously unbeaten Florida, moved into the second slot replacing idle Ohio State.

LSU picked up seven first-place votes to the Buckeyes’ six. Ohio State followed at No. 3 and Clemson, with five first-place votes, dropped to No. 4 despite an easy victory over Florida State. Unbeaten Oklahoma rounded out the Top 5 after knocking off Texas.

Georgia took the biggest fall from No. 5 to No. 10 after its surprising home loss to unranked South Carolina. Otherwise, there was little movement in the poll that had the same 16 teams as a week ago.

The SEC led all leagues with five teams, followed by the Big Ten with four, the Big 12 and Pac-12 with two each.  The ACC, Independents and MWC had one each.

GAMES THIS WEEK:

Tennessee at No. 1  Alabama
No. 2 LSU at Mississippi State
No. 3 Ohio State at Northwestern (Friday)
No.4 Clemson at Louisville
West Virginia at No. 5 Oklahoma
No. 6 Wisconsin at Illinois
No. 16 Michigan at No. 7 Penn State
No. 8 Florida at South Carolina
No.9 Notre Dame is idle
Kentucky at No. 10 Georgia
No. 11 Auburn at Arkansas
No. 12 Oregon at Washington
No. 13 Boise State at BYU
Kansas at No. 14 Texas
Arizona State at No. 15 Utah