The Ohio State Buckeyes fell four spots in the new AP Top 25 rankings from No. 12 to No. 16 despite defeating the California Golden Bears Saturday.
Ohio State won by only one score and were subsequently jumped in the rankings by Saturday's big winners, most notably Stanford and Notre Dame.
Alabama still holds the top spot after crushing the Arkansas Razorbacks, 52-0, Saturday. They received 58 of 60 first-place votes with the other two votes going to the LSU Tigers.
USC fell from No. 2 to No. 13 after losing to Stanford. Stanford represents the biggest rankings mover, jumping 12 spots from No. 21 to No. 9.
The complete AP Top 25 college football rankings are as follows.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PV RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama (58) | 3-0 | 1,498 | 1 |
| 2 | LSU (2) | 3-0 | 1,433 | 3 |
| 3 | Oregon | 3-0 | 1,356 | 4 |
| 4 | Florida State | 3-0 | 1,275 | 5 |
| 5 | Georgia | 3-0 | 1,203 | 7 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 2-0 | 1,181 | 5 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 3-0 | 1,081 | 8 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 2-0 | 1,051 | 9 |
| 9 | Stanford | 3-0 | 1,009 | 21 |
| 10 | Clemson | 3-0 | 899 | 11 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 3-0 | 854 | 20 |
| 12 | Texas | 3-0 | 816 | 14 |
| 13 | USC | 2-1 | 776 | 2 |
| 14 | Florida | 3-0 | 743 | 18 |
| 15 | Kansas State | 3-0 | 683 | 15 |
| 16 | Ohio State | 3-0 | 680 | 12 |
| 17 | TCU | 2-0 | 535 | 16 |
| 18 | Michigan | 2-1 | 448 | 17 |
| 19 | UCLA | 3-0 | 429 | 22 |
| 20 | Louisville | 3-0 | 366 | 19 |
| 21 | Michigan State | 2-1 | 318 | 10 |
| 22 | Arizona | 3-0 | 296 | 24 |
| 23 | Mississippi State | 3-0 | 106 | - |
| 24 | Boise State | 1-1 | 95 | - |
| 25 | Nebraska | 2-1 | 80 | - |
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