The new AP Top 25 college football rankings have been released with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish skyrocketing up the list.
After a convincing win on the road against Michigan State, Notre Dame has moved to No. 11 in the AP rankings, up nine spots from last week. The No. 11 ranking is the highest ranking Notre Dame has received in the Brian Kelly era. Michigan State dropped from No. 10 to No. 21.
Alabama still holds the top spot after crushing the Arkansas Razorbacks, 52-0, Saturday. They received 58 of 60 first place votes with the other two votes going to the LSU Tigers.
USC fell from No. 2 to No. 13 after losing to Stanford. Stanford represents the biggest rankings mover, jumping 12 spots from No. 21 to No. 9.
The complete AP Top 25 college football rankings are as follows.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PV RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama (58) | 3-0 | 1,498 | 1 |
| 2 | LSU (2) | 3-0 | 1,433 | 3 |
| 3 | Oregon | 3-0 | 1,356 | 4 |
| 4 | Florida State | 3-0 | 1,275 | 5 |
| 5 | Georgia | 3-0 | 1,203 | 7 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 2-0 | 1,181 | 5 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 3-0 | 1,081 | 8 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 2-0 | 1,051 | 9 |
| 9 | Stanford | 3-0 | 1,009 | 21 |
| 10 | Clemson | 3-0 | 899 | 11 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 3-0 | 854 | 20 |
| 12 | Texas | 3-0 | 816 | 14 |
| 13 | USC | 2-1 | 776 | 2 |
| 14 | Florida | 3-0 | 743 | 18 |
| 15 | Kansas State | 3-0 | 683 | 15 |
| 16 | Ohio State | 3-0 | 680 | 12 |
| 17 | TCU | 2-0 | 535 | 16 |
| 18 | Michigan | 2-1 | 448 | 17 |
| 19 | UCLA | 3-0 | 429 | 22 |
| 20 | Louisville | 3-0 | 366 | 19 |
| 21 | Michigan State | 2-1 | 318 | 10 |
| 22 | Arizona | 3-0 | 296 | 24 |
| 23 | Mississippi State | 3-0 | 106 | - |
| 24 | Boise State | 1-1 | 95 | - |
| 25 | Nebraska | 2-1 | 80 | - |
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