It was moving day around college football and the University of Florida was one of the teams moving up.
Alabama
and Oregon remained in the first and second positions, respectively.
The Crimson Tide, who had the weekend off, received all but one of the
59 first-place votes. The Ducks claimed the other No.1 nod as well as 55
second-place votes after rolling past Washington.
The real
movement begins at the No.3 spot, now held by South Carolina. The
Gamecocks have their highest ranking since USA TODAY began administering
the poll following their 35-7 thumping of SEC East rival Georgia. The
Bulldogs tumbled seven places to No.12.
A
couple of undefeated Big 12 squads round out the top five, each climbing
three positions. West Virginia moved up to No.4 after winning another
shootout, this time a 48-45 thriller on the road at then-No.9 Texas. The
Longhorns slid to No.15. No.5 Kansas State thumped in-state foe Kansas
to earn its first top-five ranking since 2003.
Florida is No. 6, Notre Dame lands at No. 7 after defeating the University of Miami on Saturday night.
LSU
slipped to No.8, followed by once-beaten Southern California and
Oklahoma. Florida State, which lost the stunner of the night at unranked
North Carolina State, fell seven places to No.11.
Three
new teams enter the top 25 this week, and two of them are scheduled to
square off. Texas A&M moves in at No.21 on the eve of its
rescheduled contest with Louisiana Tech. The Bulldogs make their first
ever appearance in the poll at No.24 as they prepare to meet the Aggies
in Shreveport, a game postponed from the opening week of the season by
Hurricane Isaac. No.25 Iowa State is ranked for the first time since
November, 2005, following its win at TCU. The Horned Frogs fell 10 spots
to No.23 following that result.
