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Auburn is the new No. 3 in the AP Top 25 poll behind Mississippi State and Florida State ahead of a weekend featuring six games matching teams in the top 20.
Those games include No. 4 Alabama at No. 14 LSU, No. 5 Oregon at No. 20 Utah, No. 6 TCU at home vs. No. 9 Kansas State, No. 7 Michigan State at home vs. No. 13 Michigan State, No. 8 Notre Dame at No. 11 Arizona State and No. 10 Baylor at No. 19 Oklahoma.
Auburn beat Ole Miss 35-31 to leap over Alabama for the third position. The Crimson Tide did not play on Saturday.
Among the other big movers was the Horned Frogs, which moved up four spots from 10th after beating West Virginia in Morgantown.
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Associated Press Top 25 poll (through Nov. 1 games)
(first-place votes in parentheses)
1. Mississippi State 8-0 (45), 1,484 Last week: 1
2. Florida State 8-0 (15), 1,452 Last week: 2
3. Auburn 7-1, 1,345 Last week: 4
4. Alabama 7-1, 1,281 Last week: 3
5. Oregon 8-1, 1,275 Last week: 5
6. TCU 7-1, 1,148 Last week: 10
7. Michigan State 7-1, 1,120 Last week: 8
8. Notre Dame 7-1, 1,096 Last week: 6
9. Kansas State 7-1, 1,049 Last week: 11
10. Baylor 7-1, 961 Last week: 12
11. Arizona State 7-1, 831 Last week: 15
12. Mississippi 7-2, 828 Last week: 7
13. Ohio State 7-1, 780 Last week: 13
14. LSU 7-2, 717 Last week: 16
15. Nebraska 8-1, 680 Last week: 17
16. Oklahoma 6-2, 574 Last week: 19
17. Georgia 6-2, 465 Last week: 9
18. UCLA 7-2, 464 Last week: 25
19. Clemson 6-2, 341 Last week: 22
20. Utah 6-2, 327 Last week: 18
21. Arizona 6-2, 325 Last week: 14
22. Duke 7-1, 288 Last week: 24
23. Marshall 8-0, 238 Last week: 23
24. West Virgina 6-3, 159 Last week: 20
25. Wisconsin 6-2, 83 Last week: NR
Others Receiving Votes
Colorado St. 67, Southern Cal 48, Missouri 42, Georgia Tech 15, Louisville 7, N. Dakota St. 4, Stanford 4, Florida 1, Texas A&M 1.
