Alabama Drops Again in Newest AP Top 25 Poll

The Crimson Tide continues it's slide in the polls despite winning over the weekend.

The Alabama Crimson Tide entered the week ranked No. 10 in both the AP Top 25 Poll and the Coaches Poll. After heading to Tampa and winning a lackluster game against the South Florida Bulls 17-3 the Crimson Tide fell in both the polls.

In Sunday's AP Top 25 Poll Alabama was ranked No. 13, falling three spots, while in the Coaches Poll the Crimson Tide fell to No. 12, down two spots.

Beneficial news for the Tide comes in the form of Texas moving up to No. 3 in the AP poll. 

Alabama is set to host Ole Miss this weekend in Tuscaloosa for the opening game of its SEC schedule. The Rebels are moving up the polls, ranked No. 15 in the AP poll and No. 16 in the Coaches Poll.

Week 4 AP Top 25 Poll

1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Texas 
4. Florida State
5. USC
6. Ohio State
7. Penn State
8. Washington
9. Notre Dame
10. Oregon
11. Utah
12. LSU
13. Alabama
14. Oregon State
15. Ole Miss
16. Oklahoma
17. North Carolina
18. Duke
19. Colorado
20. Miami
21. Washington State
22. UCLA
23. Tennessee
24. Iowa
25. Florida

Week 4 Coaches Poll

1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Florida State
4. Ohio State
5. USC
6. Texas
7. Penn State
8. Washington
9. Notre Dame
10. Utah
11. Oregon
12. Alabama
13. LSU
14. Oklahoma
15. Oregon State
16. Ole Miss
17. North Carolina
18. Duke
19. Colorado
20. Tennessee
21. Miami
22. Iowa
23. Clemson 
24. Washington State
25. UCLA

"I know we got the SEC coming up next week and obviously we have a lot of things to fix and we'll work on it," said Nick Saban on Saturday after the game "We've actually had four touchdowns negated this year because of penalties. Kickoff return today, touchdown run today, two last week. So all these things add up to how much consistency and how well do you play? How many points do you score? So we need to fix all those things. We're certainly going to work on it.

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