Baylor passes Ohio State in AP top 25 football rankings
Baylor overtook Ohio State in The Associated Press college football poll and Alabama became just the seventh team to hold the No. 1 ranking for 13 straight polls in a season.
The third-ranked Bears slipped ahead of the fourth-ranked Buckeyes after Baylor beat Texas Tech 60-34 and Ohio State won 60-35 at Illinois on Saturday. Baylor has 1,351 points and Ohio State has 1,343.
Alabama remained No. 1, with 55 first-place votes from the media poll released Sunday. No. 2 Florida State has five first-place votes.
Oregon was fifth and Auburn was sixth.
Alabama has been No. 1 since the preseason. Only six preseason No. 1 teams have had longer uninterrupted stays than the Tide, including Southern California in 2004 and Florida State in 1999, the only wire-to-wire champions.
The other four preseason No. 1 teams that have spent longer at No. 1 than Alabama all either lost in a bowl game (Nebraska, 1983; Southern California, 2005; Ohio State 2006) or lost in a conference title game (Oklahoma, 2003).
Moving into the rankings was No. 23 Southern California, No. 24 Mississippi and No. 25 Duke. The Blue Devils were last ranked in December 1994.
Below are the full top25 rankings from the Associated Press, along with each team’s record.
1. Alabama 10-0
2. Florida St. 10-0
3. Baylor 9-0
4. Ohio St. 10-0
5. Oregon 9-1
6. Auburn 10-1
7. Clemson 9-1
8. Missouri 9-1
9. Texas A&M 8-2
10. Stanford 8-2
11. Oklahoma St. 9-1
12. South Carolina 8-2
13. Michigan St. 9-1
14. UCLA 8-2
15. Fresno St. 9-0
16. Wisconsin 8-2
17. UCF 8-1
18. LSU 7-3
19. Arizona St. 8-2
20. N. Illinois 10-0
21. Louisville 9-1
22. Oklahoma 8-2
23. Southern Cal 8-3
24. Mississippi 7-3
25. Duke 8-2