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Alabama remains No. 1, Georgia up to as high as No. 4, Auburn as high as 10th in new polls

Three teams make the cut this week. That’s the entirety of it.

NCAA Football: Mississippi at Auburn John Reed-USA TODAY Sports

The Alabama Crimson Tide are the No. 1 team in the country once again.

Alabama’s reign at the top continues on after the Tide took down Texas A&M in College Station. As a result, the Tide are No. 1 in both the AP Top 25 and the USA TODAY Coaches Poll. ‘Bama received the most first-place in both polls. The Clemson Tigers were the only other to receive No. 1 votes in the polls, this after defeating Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

The Georgia Bulldogs are as high as 4th in the AP poll and 5th in the USA TODAY polls this week. Georgia’s increase comes after defeating the Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville this past weekend. The Dawgs haven’t been higher than 5th in the AP Top 25 since the week of November 18, 2012. Georgia was ranked 3rd at that point in time.

Making their way into the Top 10 in the AP poll is the Auburn Tigers. The Tigers stormed their way to the 10 spot after bullrushing the Ole Miss Rebels this weekend. It’s the first time this season that Auburn has made it into the Top 10. It’s the highest ranking they’ve received since being 8th in the country the week of November 6, 2016. Auburn was also ranked 11th in the USA TODAY poll.

No other SEC teams made the cut this week. Teams from the conference who received votes include LSU, Florida, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Mississippi State and South Carolina.

Both full polls are featured below.

Week 9 AP Top 25

Team Rank Points Prev
Team Rank Points Prev
Alabama (61) 1 1,525 1
Penn State 2 1,432 3
Georgia 3 1,417 4
TCU 4 1,322 6
Wisconsin 5 1,241 7
Ohio State 6 1,184 9
Clemson 7 1,117 2
Miami 8 1,109 11
Oklahoma 9 1,066 12
Oklahoma State 10 900 14
USC 11 886 13
Washington 12 811 5
Notre Dame 13 798 16
Virginia Tech 14 727 15
Washington State 15 578 8
South Florida 16 573 18
NC State 17 573 20
Michigan State 18 563 21
Michigan 19 558 17
UCF 20 387 22
Auburn 21 303 10
Stanford 22 274 23
West Virginia 23 157 -
LSU 24 108 -
Memphis 25 62 -
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

Week 9 USA TODAY poll

Team Rank Points Prev
Team Rank Points Prev
Alabama (64) 1 1,600 1
Penn State 2 1,520 2
Georgia 3 1,463 3
TCU 4 1,385 4
Wisconsin 5 1,343 5
Ohio State 6 1,244 6
Clemson 7 1,173 8
Miami 8 1,172 7
Oklahoma 9 1,084 9
Notre Dame 10 951 16
Washington 11 931 12
Oklahoma State 12 926 11
Virginia Tech 13 818 14
South Florida 14 730 13
NC State 15 683 17
Washington State 16 636 18
UCF 17 561 20
Michigan State 18 560 19
Auburn 19 455 21
Stanford 20 367 22
USC 21 321 10
West Virginia 22 211 23
LSU 23 178 25
Texas A&M 24 151 24
Michigan 25 121 15
Others Receiving Votes: Memphis 119; Iowa State 32; Mississippi State 19; South Carolina 9; Georgia Tech 8; Arizona 6; Colorado State 4; Kentucky 4; Marshall 3; Boise State 3; Navy 3; Arizona State 2; Appalachian State 1; Florida 1; Syracuse 1; Troy 1