In this week’s AP Poll, the SEC West has four teams ranked in the Top-5. They became the first conference in AP Poll history to have four teams appear in the Top-5. The four teams just so happen to be bitter rivals, which makes the last week of the season between the Egg Bowl and Iron Bowl especially exciting.
No. 1 Mississippi State and No. 3 Ole Miss stayed in their respective places.
Alabama moved up to No. 4 after their 59-0 victory over Texas A&M.
Baylor fell from No. 4 to No. 12 after being upset by West Virginia.
After losing a close game to No. 2 Florida State, Notre Dame only fell two spots from No. 5 to No. 7.
UCLA, LSU, and West Virginia have jumped back in the Top-25.
Oklahoma State, Stanford, and Texas A&M have dropped out of the Top-25.
Here are the complete rankings (No. 1 votes in parenthesis).
| 1 | Mississippi State (43) |
| 2 | Florida State (14) |
| 3 | Ole Miss (3) |
| 4 | Alabama |
| 5 | Auburn |
| 6 | Oregon |
| 7 | Notre Dame |
| 8 | Michigan State |
| 9 | Georgia |
| 10 | TCU |
| 11 | Kansas State |
| 12 | Baylor |
| 13 | Ohio State |
| 14 | Arizona State |
| 15 | Arizona |
| 16 | Nebraska |
| 17 | Oklahoma |
| 18 | East Carolina |
| 19 | Utah |
| 20 | USC |
| 21 | Clemson |
| 22 | West Virginia |
| 23 | Marshall |
| 24 | LSU |
| 25 | UCLA |
*Section Photo and Featured Photo (above) credit to Streeter Lecka, Getty Images.
