AP top 25 poll: Alabama rises, USC falls in college football rankings for Week 9

The biggest movers up and down in the latest AP top 25 college football rankings looking ahead to the Week 9 games

• Almost a quarter of the teams in the AP top 25 college football rankings lost over the weekend, causing some big changes in how this week's poll looks
• Penn State dropped in the rankings after an ugly loss at Ohio State in a battle of top-10 Big Ten rivals
• OSU, Michigan still undefeated
• Seminoles hold off Duke in 2nd half comeback
• Alabama rallies in the 2nd half to take down rival Tennessee
• USC dropped another one to Utah and is out of the playoff
• Oklahoma pulled out a close one over UCF to stay undefeated
• North Carolina fell to unranked Virginia as the No. 10 team, the 4th straight loss by an AP 10th ranked team this season

Where does that leave everyone in the polls? Here's your look at this week's updated top 25 college football rankings, according to the AP voters.

AP top 25 rankings

First-place votes in parentheses

1. Georgia (38)
2. Michigan (19)
3. Ohio State (3)
4. Florida State (3)
5. Washington
6. Oklahoma
7. Texas
8. Oregon
9. Alabama
10. Penn State
11. Oregon State
12. Ole Miss
13. Utah
14. Notre Dame
15. LSU
16. Missouri
17. North Carolina
18. Louisville
19. Air Force
20. Duke
21. Tennessee
22. Tulane
23. UCLA
24. USC
25. James Madison

How did we do? Our predictions for the AP top 25

Where we left off: Last week's AP top 25

AP top 25 biggest movers

USC (Down 6). The Trojans are sinking in the polls after a second-straight loss, this time to their nemesis Utah, which has won the last 3 in the series.

LSU (Up 4). The defending SEC West champs thrashed Army heading into the open week before a showdown at Alabama.

Tennessee (Down 4). Despite building a lead at Alabama in the first half, the Vols couldn't stem the Tide's comeback.

Missouri (Up 4). Still at No. 2 in the SEC East after taking down the Gamecocks.

North Carolina (Down 7). An expected drop for the Tar Heels after a shocking loss at home to Virginia, which had won just 1 game.

James Madison (Unranked). The Dukes are still perfect at 7-0 but are ineligible for a bowl game since making the move from FCS to FBS.

Penn State (Down 3). The Lions have a game at Michigan coming up in 2 weeks to gain some headway in the Big Ten East pecking order.

Close, but no cigar

These teams earned votes, but not enough to make the top 25 rankings

Florida 34, Liberty 17, Kansas St. 16, Miami 12, Fresno State 8, Oklahoma State 5, Toledo 3, Kentucky 2, Rutgers 2, UNLV 1, Wisconsin 1.

College football's undefeated teams

SEC: Georgia (7-0)

Big Ten: Michigan (8-0), Ohio State (7-0)

Pac-12: Washington (6-0)

ACC: Florida State (7-0)

Big 12: Oklahoma (7-0)

Conference USA: Liberty (7-0)

Mountain West: Air Force (7-0)

Sun Belt: James Madison (7-0)

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