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SPORTS Monday 6 noveMber 2017
AP Top 25: Notre Dame, Clemson rise; Ohio St, Penn St tumble

By RALPH D. RUSSO made six poll appearances
AP College Football Writer this season but never for
Notre Dame and Clemson more than two consecu-
climbed while Ohio State tive weeks.
and Penn State tumbled
out of the top 10, leaving OUT
the latest Associated Press — LSU dropped out after
college football poll look- losing to Alabama .
ing a lot like the College — North Carolina State is
Football Playoff rankings — out after a second straight
with one big difference. loss , this time to Clemson.
Alabama remained No. 1 — Stanford fell out of the
in the AP Top 25 on Sunday rankings again after losing
, as it has been since the for the third time this sea-
preseason . No. 2 Georgia son.
picked up three more first- — Arizona is out after one
place votes for a total of week following a loss to
five. In the playoff rankings, USC .
Georgia is No. 1 and Ala-
bama is No. 2. Notre Dame CONFERENCE CALL
moved up two spots to Big Ten — 6
No. 3 and Clemson did the Big 12 — 5
same to No. 4. Oklahoma SEC — 4
jumped three spots to No. Notre Dame quarterback Brandon Wimbush , left, carries the ball against Wake Forest linebacker Pac-12 — 3
5, leaving those three in the Grant Dawson during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, in ACC — 3
same order as the selec- South Bend, Ind. American — 3
tion committee had them (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Independent — 1q
on Tuesday. Unbeaten Wis- in the rankings, jumping 12
consin slipped two spots to spots after beating Penn
No. 6 but is now the high- State on a last-second field
est ranked team in the Big goal.
Ten. Ohio State fell eight — No. 10 Auburn jumped
spots to No. 11 after get- up six spots after winning at
ting blown out at Iowa and Texas A&M .
Penn State dropped nine — No. 19 Washington State
to No. 16 after spending all also moved up six places in
season in the top 10. the rankings after beating
POLL POINTS Stanford .
For the first time this season, — No. 9 Washington moved
the Big Ten has only one back into the top 10, jump-
team ranked in the top 10. ing three spots after blow-
The conference has had as ing out Oregon .
many as four teams in the
first 10 at times this season, DOWN
but with Michigan State, — No. 17 Virginia Tech slid
Penn State, Ohio State and three spots after losing at
Michigan beating up each Miami .
other, plus surprising losses
by those East Division pow- IN
ers to Iowa and Northwest- Iowa’s surprising romp of
ern the past two weeks, the Ohio State pushed the
Big Ten has devoured itself. Hawkeyes into the rankings
— Notre Dame has its high- for the first time this season
est AP ranking since the at No. 25. It’s the first time
2012 season, when the Irish since September 2005 that
had an unbeaten regular both Iowa and Iowa State
season and reached No. 1 are ranked at the same
before losing the BCS title time. The Cyclones are
game to Alabama. 24th. The last time Iowa
— No. 7 Miami has its best and Iowa State were both
ranking since 2013, when ranked in November was
the Hurricanes reached 2002.
No. 7 for two weeks in late — No. 21 Michigan is back
October. That team lost in the Top 25 after being
four of six to finish the sea- out for two weeks.
son unranked. The last time — No. 22 South Florida
Miami was ranked in the moved back in after being
top 10 in November was out for a week.
2005. — No. 23 West Virginia is
UP back in again. The Moun-
— No. 12 Michigan State taineers, who started the
made the biggest move season ranked, have