FOOTBALL

Hurricanes fall to 22, Seminoles drop out, Gators sneak into Top 25

Associated Press
Miami wide receiver Evidence Njoku (83) and LSU cornerback Kristian Fulton (22) compete for a pass during the second half of Sunday's 33-17 LSU win. [AP Photo/Ron Jenkins]

UCF moved up two spots, Florida snuck in at No. 25, Miami dropped from No. 8 to No. 22, and Florida State fell out of the rankings after being 19th in the first Associated Press college football poll of the regular season.

No. 11 LSU and No. 12 Virginia Tech made the biggest jumps while No. 4 Ohio State leapfrogged No. 5 Wisconsin after a week in which most off the top teams were unchallenged.

LSU, which was ranked No. 25 in the preseason, moved up 14 spots after beating the Hurricanes, 33-17, in one of four games that matched ranked teams. Virginia Tech won 24-3 at Florida State and moved up eight spots.

Alabama remained No. 1 with a blowout of Louisville, and No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Georgia held their spots. The Crimson Tide received 48 first-place votes in the media poll released Tuesday. Clemson had 12 and Wisconsin had one. The Buckeyes are just four points ahead of the Badgers and only nine points ahead of No. 6 Oklahoma.

Texas, which was No. 23 in the preseason poll, didn't receive any votes in the latest poll.

The Top 25 teams in the poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 3, 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 (48) 1-0 1511 1 2. Clemson (12) 1-0 1467 2 3. Georgia 1-0 1350 3 4. Ohio St. 1-0 1262 5 5. Wisconsin (1) 1-0 1258 4 6. Oklahoma 1-0 1251 7 7. Auburn 1-0 1236 9 8. Notre Dame 1-0 1080 12 9. Washington 0-1 870 6 10. Stanford 1-0 865 13 11. LSU 1-0 801 25 12. Virginia Tech 1-0 777 20 13. Penn St. 1-0 768 10 14. West Virginia 1-0 762 17 15. Michigan St. 1-0 684 11 16. TCU 1-0 632 16 17. Southern Cal 1-0 628 15 18. Mississippi St. 1-0 538 18 19. UCF 1-0 407 21 20. Boise St. 1-0 391 22 21. Michigan 0-1 318 14 22. Miami 0-1 241 8 23. Oregon 1-0 217 24 24. South Carolina 1-0 125 NR 25. Florida 1-0 89 NR

Others receiving votes: Utah 71, Oklahoma St. 62, Boston College 31, Texas A&M 29, Northwestern 28, Maryland 12, Mississippi 11, NC State 9, Florida St. 8, Memphis 6, Houston 6, Washington St. 6, Iowa St. 4, Kansas St. 3, Iowa 3, Hawaii 3, BYU 3, Fresno St. 1, Arkansas St. 1.