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AP Top 25: Clemson is No. 1, Oklahoma 2nd after ‘Bama falls

UP fore bowl season. On Nov.
— No. 14 Stanford moved 24, 1973, these four games
up six spot after beating were played: No. 1 Ohio
Notre Dame . State tied No. 4 Michigan,
DOWN 10-10; No. 2 Alabama de-
— Notre Dame dropped six feated No. 7 LSU, 21-7; No.
spots to No. 15. 3 Oklahoma defeated No.
— No. 21 Washington State 10 Nebraska, 27-0; No. 8
fell seven spots after be- UCLA lost to No. 9 Southern
ing routed by Washington , California, 23-13.
which moved up two spots This week’s lineup of game
to No. 13. matching ranked teams:
— No. 24 Mississippi State No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 7 Mi-
dropped eight spots after ami, ACC championship in
losing to rival Mississippi on Charlotte, North Carolina.
Thanksgiving night. The winner likely goes to
IN the College Football Play-
— No. 25 Fresno State was off.
the only team to move into No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No.
the rankings this week. The 10 TCU. Big 12 champion-
Bulldogs replaced Boise ship in Arlington, Texas. The
Clemson running back Travis Etienne (9) runs with the ball against South Carolina during the first State after beating the Sooners beat the Horned
half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. Broncos on Saturday. Fres- Frogs in Norman and now
(AP Photo/Sean Rayford) no State is ranked for the have to do it again in the
By RALPH D. RUSSO preseason . The Crimson 1 for the first time since first time since spending return of the Big 12 title
AP College Football Writer Tide slipped to fifth. Geor- finishing atop the AP poll most of the 2013 season in game.
Clemson is the new No. 1 gia moved up a spot to No. last season and ninth time the Top 25. No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 8
in The Associated Press col- 6 and Miami fell five spots overall. Ohio State, Big Ten cham-
lege football poll , taking a to No. 7. The Hurricanes lost The Tigers were No. 1 for CONFERENCE CALL pionship in Indianapolis.
close vote with Oklahoma for the first time this season five weeks in 2015, enter- SEC — 5 The last time the Buckeyes
after the top two teams on Friday at Pittsburgh. ing the College Football Big Ten — 5 and Badgers played in the
in the rankings lost in the The last time the top two Playoff title game against Pac-12 — 4 conference title was 2014
same weekend for the first teams in the AP poll lost on Alabama that way before ACC — 3 and Ohio State won 59-0 to
time since 2012. the same regular-season losing. American — 3 lock up a playoff spot.
The Tigers jumped from weekend was Nov. 17, — Alabama’s loss means Big 12 — 3 No. 4 Auburn vs. No. 6
fourth to No. 1 after blow- 2012. Then, No. 1 Oregon there still will be only two Mountain West — 1 Georgia, SEC champion-
ing out South Carolina on lost to No. 14 Stanford and teams in the history of the Independent — 1 ship in Atlanta. The Tigers
Saturday night. Clemson No. 2 Kansas State went AP poll to go from pre- handed the Bulldogs their
received 27 first-place down to Baylor. season to final poll as No. RANKED vs. RANKED only loss earlier this month
votes and No. 2 Oklahoma Ohio State, Penn State and 1: Florida State was first to Championship weekend in Auburn.No. 11 Southern
had 24. No. 3 Wisconsin re- TCU round out the top 10. do it in 1999 and Southern will feature four games on California vs. No. 14 Stan-
ceived 10 first-place votes. California did it in 2004. Saturday matching teams ford, Pac-12 championship
Auburn rose to No. 4 after POLL POINTS — Wisconsin has its best ranked in the top 10 of the in Santa Clara, California.
beating Alabama, which — Defending national ranking since the Badgers AP poll. That’s happened USC beat the Cardinal in
had been No. 1 since the champion Clemson is No. were No. 2 on Oct. 21, 1963. only one other time be- September. q
Resurrected UAB program to face Ohio in Bahamas Bowl

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — in the Bahamas Bowl,” UAB program’s FBS record with This is the ninth straight sea- terback A.J. Erdely and
The UAB Blazers will cap coach Bill Clark said Sun- eight victories, going 6-2 son Ohio has been bowl freshman running back
their first season back on day.UAB shut down the down the stretch. The Blaz- eligible under coach Frank Spencer Brown.Erdely has
the field in the Bahamas. football, bowling and rifle ers beat UTEP 28-7 on Sat- Solich, but the Boblcats passed for 2,077 yards and
The Blazers will face Ohio in programs after the 2014 urday to close the regular are 2-8 in bowl games.“It 16 touchdowns while run-
the Bahamas Bowl on Dec. season in a cost-cutting season.They also went 6-0 is a fantastic location and ning for 13 scores. Brown
22 after the program’s best move. The Birmingham at Legion Field and finished event for our team and broke Jordan Howard’s
year as an FBS team. school brought all three second in the Conference fans,” Ohio athletic direc- freshman records with 1,292
“The amount of work our programs back after an USA West Division. UAB’s tor Jim Schaus said. “All of rushing yards and 10 touch-
coaches and players have outpouring of financial only other bowl appear- the past MAC schools who downs.Ohio quarterback
put in over the past two support from fans and the ance came in the 2004 have attended rave about Nathan Rourke has passed
years has been incredible community.Clark’s team Hawaii Bowl, a 59-40 loss to their experience.” for 2,018 yards and rushed
and we are thrilled to play responded by setting the Hawaii.Both teams are 8-4. UAB has been led by quar- for 882.q