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Mississippi State zooms from unranked to No. 1 in five short weeks
Mississippi State is the new No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll, replacing Florida State and making the fastest rise to the top spot in the history of the poll.
The Bulldogs are the first team in the poll's 78-year history to go from unranked to No. 1 in five weeks. The previous mark was six weeks by Ohio State in 1954.
The defending champion Seminoles had been No. 1 since the preseason. Florida State received 12 first-place votes and Ole Miss three.
Baylor and Notre Dame round out the top five. The Fighting Irish play at Florida State on Saturday. Auburn fell four spots to No. 6.
Introducing the AP Top 25 poll heading into Week 8.
Associated Press Top 25 poll (through Oct. 11 games)
(first-place votes in parentheses)
1. Mississippi State 6-0 (45), 1,480 Last week: 3
2. Florida State 6-0 (12), 1,415 Last week: 1
3. Mississippi 6-0 (3), 1,413 Last week: 3
4. Baylor 6-0, 1,317 Last week: 5
5. Notre Dame 6-0, 1,228 Last week: 6
6. Auburn 5-1, 1,144 Last week: 2
7. Alabama 5-1, 1,068 Last week: 7
8. Michigan State 5-1, 1,015 Last week: 8
9. Oregon 5-1, 1,014 Last week: 12
10. Georgia 5-1, 981 Last week: 13
11. Oklahoma 5-1, 935 Last week: 11
12. TCU 4-1, 917 Last week: 9
13. Ohio State 4-1, 648 Last week: 15
14. Kansas State 4-1, 626 Last week: 17
15. Oklahoma State 5-1, 620 Last week: 216
16. Arizona 5-1, 590 Last week: 10
17. Arizona State 4-1, 459 Last week: 20
18. East Carolina 5-1, 449 Last week: 19
19. Nebraska 5-1, 402 Last week: 21
20. Utah 4-1, 305 Last week: 24
21. Texas A&M 5-2, 264 Last week: 14
22. USC 4-2, 258 Last week: NR
23. Stanford 4-2, 223 Last week: 25
24. Clemson 4-2, 188 Last week: 26
25. Marshall 6-0, 148 Last week: 27
Others Receiving Votes
UCLA 110, LSU 67, Duke 45, Kentucky 36, Minnesota 36, West Virginia 27, Washington 22, Georgia Tech 11, Arkansas 10, Louisville 7, Rutgers 7, Iowa 6, Colorado St. 3, N. Dakota St. 3, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1, Wisconsin 1
