AP NCAA Football Poll 10/19/14 - And it's goodbye to A&M

[El Supremo]

RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS

1 Mississippi State (43) 6-0 1,480 1
2 Florida State (14) 7-0 1,433 2
3 Mississippi (3) 7-0 1,404 3
4 Alabama 6-1 1,235 7
5 Auburn 5-1 1,231 6
6 Oregon 6-1 1,142 9
7 Notre Dame 6-1 1,133 5
8 Michigan State 6-1 1,066 8
9 Georgia 6-1 1,055 10
10 TCU 5-1 962 12
11 Kansas State 5-1 905 14
12 Baylor 6-1 858 4
13 Ohio State 5-1 753 13
14 Arizona State 5-1 643 17
15 Arizona 5-1 639 16
16 Nebraska 6-1 537 19
17 Oklahoma 5-2 461 11
18 East Carolina 5-1 445 18
19 Utah 5-1 437 20
20 USC 5-2 356 22
21 Clemson 5-2 283 24
22 West Virginia 5-2 272 NR
23 Marshall 7-0 184 25
24 LSU 6-2 177 NR
25 UCLA 5-2 118 NR

Dropped out: No. 15 Oklahoma State, No. 21 Texas A&M, No. 23 Stanford.

Others receiving votes: Duke 108, Oklahoma State 91, Minnesota 61, Colorado State 12, Missouri 4, Louisville 4, Stanford 4, Maryland 3, North Dakota State 3, Texas A&M 1.

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fbs/associated-press

[JonLP24]

1. Utah survived tough test at Oregon State to remain 1st in South

Reser is an underrated home field advantage in Autzen's shadow. Tough place for visitors.

On edit - mad a bad assumption, USC is actually number 1 in South play by 1 1/2 games. Arizona State is #2 with 3-1 record.

[El Supremo]

2. SEC is 1st conference to put 4 in top 5 of AP poll

The Southeastern Conference has reached a new milestone in The Associated Press college football poll, becoming the first league to place four teams in the top five - all from the western division.

Mississippi State stayed No. 1 after a weekend off. The Atlantic Coast Conference's Florida State held its ground at No. 2 after beating then-No. 5 Notre Dame 31-27.

Mississippi remains No. 3. Alabama jumped three spots to No. 4 after a 59-0 victory against Texas A&M. Auburn moved up a spot to No. 5 during a bye week, taking advantage of losses by previously unbeaten Notre Dame and Baylor.

The Irish dropped two spots to seventh. Baylor fell to No. 12 after losing 41-27 at West Virginia.

Thirty times since 2001 a conference has placed three teams in the top five of the AP Top 25. The SEC had done it 16 times since 2009.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sec-1st-conference-put-4-top-5-ap-180505133--ncaaf.html

[TexasTowelie]

3. Somebody actually ranked A&M at No. 25 after that wipe-out yesterday?

They blew harder than an Ebola patient projectile vomiting on an airplane without a barf bag.

[JonLP24]

4. It was enough for Lou Holtz to declare Alabama the best team in the country

I personally feel there defense isn't as good as recent past teams due to the high turnover but it is clear they're improving but there is a benefit to playing under the spotlight.

[El Supremo]

5. It looks like it was Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free Press.

Here are 10 ways that demonstrate just how impressive the No. 7 Crimson Tide’s 59-0 victory over No. 21 Texas A&M at Bryant-Denny Stadium was on Saturday:

The 59-point win was the Crimson Tide’s largest margin of victory since a 66-3 win at Vanderbilt on Sept. 29, 1979.
It was Alabama’s biggest shutout victory since the 62-0 victory over Tulane on Oct. 12, 1991.
It was the Crimson Tide’s largest margin of victory ever against a ranked opponent. The previous best was 55 points over No. 14 Syracuse in the 1953 Orange Bowl (a 61-6).
Alabama scored its most points since the 62 at Duke on Sept. 18, 2010.
The 35 points in the second quarter set a Crimson Tide record, topping the 34 scored at Ole Miss in 1989 (although the records exist only since 1945).
The 45 points scored in the first half tied the 2010 Duke game for the second-most in program history, trailing only the 52 against Vanderbilt in 1990.
It marked A&M’s first shutout loss since a 77-0 loss at Oklahoma in 2003.
In terms of margin of defeat it was the second-biggest loss in Aggies history.
The edge in total yards of 430 just missed being on Alabama’s top-10 list for largest differential in a game. It had 475 against Florida Atlantic and 472 vs. Florida earlier this season.
It was Alabama’s biggest win ever against a Southeastern Conference Western Division opponent.

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/alabama-football/big-alabamas-win-texas-let-us-count-ways/