Despite the University of Alabama football team notching its first road victory of the season, 14-13 at Arkansas on Saturday, it didn’t move in either poll this week.
The Crimson Tide remained seventh in both the Amway Coaches Poll, and the Associated Press Poll released Sunday.
With college football reaching the midway point of the season, Alabama (5-1 overall, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) is the fourth-ranked team in the league behind Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Auburn, and has yet play two of them – the Bulldogs and Tigers.
After defeating three straight top-10 teams Mississippi State jumped up into No. 1 for the first time in program history, and Ole Miss is third in both poll. The coaches have Auburn sixth while the writers have it eighth.
Last week Alabama was the top ranked one-loss team in both polls.
Alabama hosts No. 21 Texas A&M, which has lost two straight games to ranked teams, on Saturday (3:30 p.m. CT, CBS).
Associated Press Poll
Rank, Team, Record, Points
1 Mississippi State (45) 6-0 1480
2 Florida State (12) 6-0 1415
3 Ole Miss (3) 6-0 1413
4 Baylor 6-0 1317
5 Notre Dame 6-0 1228
6 Auburn 5-1 1144
7 Alabama 5-1 1068
8 Michigan State 5-1 1015
9 Oregon 5-1 1014
10 Georgia 5-1 981
11 Oklahoma 5-1 935
12 TCU 4-1 917
13 Ohio State 4-1 0
14 Kansas State 4-1 0
15 Oklahoma State 5-1 0
16 Arizona 5-1 0
17 Arizona State 4-1 0
18 East Carolina 5-1 449
19 Nebraska 5-1 0
20 Utah 4-1 0
21 Texas A&M 5-2 264
22 USC 4-2 258
23 Stanford 4-2 223
24 Clemson 4-2 188
25 Marshall 6-0 148
Dropped from rankings: UCLA 18, Georgia Tech 22
Others receiving votes: UCLA 110, LSU 67, Duke 45, Minnesota 36, Kentucky 36, West Virginia 27, Washington 22, Georgia Tech 11, Arkansas 10, Louisville 7, Rutgers 7, Iowa 6, North Dakota State 3, Colorado State 3, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1, Wisconsin 1
USA Today Poll
1 Mississippi State (26) 6-0 0
2 Florida State (31) 6-0 0
3 Ole Miss (5) 6-0 0
4 Baylor 6-0 0
5 Notre Dame 6-0 0
6 Michigan State 5-1 1129
7 Alabama 5-1 1121
8 Auburn 5-1 1111
9 Oregon 5-1 1017
10 Georgia 5-1 1013
11 Oklahoma 5-1 1005
12 TCU 4-1 0
13 Ohio State 4-1 737
14 Kansas State 4-1 710
15 Oklahoma State 5-1 610
16 East Carolina 5-1 0
17 Arizona 5-1 502
18 Arizona State 4-1 471
19 Nebraska 5-1 433
20 Stanford 4-2 344
21 Texas A&M 5-2 269
22 Clemson 4-2 244
23 Utah 4-1 161
24 Marshall 6-0 153
25 USC 4-2 125
Dropped from rankings: UCLA 17, Georgia Tech 23, Missouri 24
Others receiving votes: UCLA 116, LSU 80, Minnesota 78, Duke 70, Washington 70, Kentucky 37, Wisconsin 34, West Virginia 17, Iowa 15, Georgia Tech 14, Oregon State 10, Colorado State 5, Missouri 5, BYU 2, Rutgers 1
Christopher Walsh has covered Alabama football since 2004 and is the author of 19 books. In his free time, he writes about college football.
