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AP Top 25: Notre Dame cracks top 10; Michigan drops out; ISU at #25

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October 22nd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

UNDATED (AP) — Notre Dame has cracked the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season, coming in at No. 9, while Michigan has fallen out of the rankings for the first time in two years.

A week after a rash of upsets gave the poll a shake-up, the first eight teams in the Top 25 released Sunday were unchanged. Alabama remains a unanimous No. 1 in the media poll. Penn State is No. 2 and Georgia is No. 3. Undefeated TCU and Wisconsin round out the top five.

Notre Dame jumped four spots after beating Southern California 49-14 on Saturday night in South Bend, Indiana. Michigan played in the weekend’s other big game and lost to Penn State 42-13. The Wolverines (5-2) had been 19th.

Previously unrated Iowa State comes in 25th in the poll with a record of 5-2 and 98 points.

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (61) 8-0 1525 1
2. Penn St. 7-0 1444 2
3. Georgia 7-0 1409 3
4. TCU 7-0 1327 4
5. Wisconsin 7-0 1241 5
6. Ohio St. 6-1 1165 6
7. Clemson 6-1 1113 7
8. Miami 6-0 1101 8
9. Notre Dame 6-1 1066 13
10. Oklahoma 6-1 1040 9
11. Oklahoma St. 6-1 894 10
12. Washington 6-1 836 12
13. Virginia Tech 6-1 791 14
14. NC State 6-1 666 16
15. Washington St. 7-1 648 15
16. Michigan St. 6-1 615 18
17. South Florida 7-0 604 16
18. UCF 6-0 500 20
19. Auburn 6-2 397 21
20. Stanford 5-2 344 22
21. Southern Cal 6-2 319 11
22. West Virginia 5-2 196 23
23. LSU 6-2 182 24
24. Memphis 6-1 111 25
25. Iowa St. 5-2 98 NR

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 74, Michigan 60, Mississippi St. 43, San Diego St. 7, Georgia Tech 5, South Carolina 2, Marshall 1, Toledo 1.