Week seven college football polls: Florida State jumps two spots, Northwestern slides to No. 19

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Week six of the college football season featured several close conference matchups and the aftermath was presented in this morning’s AP poll.

The top five remained unchanged, with Alabama receiving 55 of 60 first-place votes for the second consecutive week. The other five votes were awarded to No. 2 Oregon. Clemson, Ohio State and Stanford make up the remainder of the top five (in that order), with the Buckeyes and Cardinal prevailing in tough conference matchups against Northwestern and Washington, respectively. Northwestern dropped three spots to No. 19 and Washington dropped one spot to No. 16.

Florida State leapfrogged Louisville and Georgia to the No. 6 spot in the poll after its 63-0 thrashing of Maryland, who predictably fell out of the top 25. Georgia fell to No. 7 after needing overtime to knock off Tennessee.

UCLA and Oklahoma flip-flopped, with UCLA seizing the No. 11 spot in the polls and Oklahoma falling to No. 12. The Bruins held off Utah by a score of 34-27 in the Thursday night game, while the Sooners escaped with a 20-17 win over TCU.

Minus Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina topped Kentucky 35-28 and subsequently dropped one spot to No. 14. Miami moved up one spot to No. 13 after beating Georgia Tech 45-30.

Baylor jumped two spots to No. 15 after its 73-42 shootout with West Virginia, while Florida and Michigan each moved up one spot to No. 17 and No. 18. Fresno State moved up two spots to No. 21 after a 61-14 shellacking of Idaho.

Cracking the top 25 was Northern Illinois, Virginia Tech and Missouri, who are ranked 23rd, 24th and 25th in that order. Joining Maryland on its way out of the top 25 were Arizona State and Ole Miss.

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