Gators drop out of AP and Coaches Polls

For the second straight week, there's a new No. 1 team in college football. The Oregon Ducks, who were idle Saturday, have moved into the top spot on both the Associated Press Top 25 (media) and USA Today/ESPN Coaches Top 25 polls. For the first time since Urban Meyer took over as head coach in 2005, the Florida Gators are unranked in both polls and they didn't receive any votes.

Florida’s shocking 10-7 loss to Mississippi State dropped the Gators to 4-3 for the season and completely out of the poll after they were ranked No. 22 in both the previous week. Mississippi State, meanwhile, went to 5-2 and improved to No. 24 in both the AP and USA Today/ESPN coaches’ polls. The SEC has six teams in both polls: Auburn (No. 5 AP, No. 5 USA Today/ESPN), Louisiana State (No. 6, No. 6), Alabama (No. 7, No. 7), South Carolina (No. 19, No. 20), Arkansas (No. 21, No. 21) and Mississippi State (No. 24, No. 24)

In the coaches’ poll, which will help determine the Bowl Championship Series standings that will be released later today, Oregon received 42 of the 59 first-place votes for 1,452 points, 67 more than second-place Boise State, which was first on 11 voters’ ballots. Oklahoma was third with 1,334 points, followed by Texas Christian and Auburn in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Oregon received 39 of the 60 first-place votes cast in the Associated Press media poll and had 1,471 points, 38 points ahead of Boise State, which had 15 first-place votes. Oklahoma was third and Texas Christian fourth—both schools splitting the last six first-place votes—and Auburn was fifth.

In addition to the BCS standings, the Harris Interactive poll, which determines one third of the BCS standings (the USA Today/ESPN poll and the computers determine the other two thirds), and the Legends Coaches Associaition poll are still to be released.