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Alabama holds No. 1 spot but there are major changes in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll

A Week 2 slate in college football featuring upsets aplenty caused considerable shakeup in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll. The chaos didn’t quite reach the upper echelons, but things did get a bit tighter at the top.

Alabama is still No. 1, though the Crimson Tide’s narrow escape from Texas and No. 2 Georgia’s impressive showing through the first two weeks has caused the gap to shrink. Alabama received 39 of 65 first-place votes this week, while the Bulldogs claimed 25. Ohio State holds on to the No. 3 position, picking up the remaining No.