For the fifth straight week, Georgia's unanimous selection atop the AP Top 25 Poll remains as strong as ever, but No. 3 Alabama appears to be creeping up on No. 2 Cincinnati.
Despite surviving a 20–14 scare from unranked LSU at home this weekend, the Crimson Tide cut the Bearcats' lead in the poll from 42 points to four after Cincy held off Tulsa, 28–20, with a dramatic goal-line stand.
With its upset loss to Purdue, its first of the season, Michigan State dropped from fifth to eighth, one spot ahead of rival Michigan and just behind Notre Dame.