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Michigan moves up to No. 7 in AP Top 25 Poll

Michigan moves up to No. 7 in AP Top 25 Poll
Posted at 2:06 PM, Sep 10, 2017
and last updated 2017-09-15 10:35:35-04

(AP) -- Oklahoma moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll behind Alabama after the Sooners scored the most impressive victory of week two.

Three of the top six teams from last week defeated other ranked teams on Saturday, creating an early shake-up near the top of the AP Top 25. The Sooners jumped three spots after winning 31-16 at Ohio State. The last time the Sooners were this close to being No. 1 was 2011.

The Buckeyes slipped from No. 2 to eighth.

Clemson held its spot at No. 3 after beating Auburn and Southern California moved up two places to sixth following a victory against Stanford. Penn State is No. 5.

The Crimson Tide received 59 first-place votes. Oklahoma has two and Clemson one.

POLL POINTS

DOWN
   The Buckeyes have their lowest ranking November of the 2014 season. Ohio State hopes this season takes a similar path.
   In 2014, the Buckeyes lost at home to Virginia Tech and fell from No. 8 to No. 22 in the rankings. The Buckeyes did not lose again and won the national championship in Urban Meyer's third season as coach in Columbus.
   The Buckeyes did extend their streak of 41 polls ranked in the top 10, which dates back to the Nov. 9, 2014.

OUT
   Notre Dame's stay in the Top 25 lasted one week. The Fighting Irish lost 20-19 at home to Georgia, which moved up two spots to No. 13. The Irish were the only team to fall out of the rankings.

IN
   UCLA followed up its remarkable comeback victory in week one against Texas A&M with a more routine blowout of Hawaii and landed at No. 25 in the latest rankings. The Bruins moved into the rankings for the first time since starting 2016 at No. 16.
   The Bruins stumbled to a four-win season last year, but quarterback Josh Rosen and the offense seem to be blossoming under new offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch.

CONFERENCE CALL
   SEC -- 6
   ACC -- 5
   Pac-12 -- 5
   Big 12 -- 4
   Big Ten -- 4
   American -- 1
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RANKED VS. RANKED
   No. 3 Clemson at No. 14 Louisville. Lamar Jackson and the Cardinals nearly beat the eventual national champions in Death Valley last season. Can the Tigers' ferocious defensive front slow down the Heisman Trophy winner?
   No. 23 Tennessee at No. 24 Florida. Assuming this game is played after Hurricane Irma passes through Florida, both the Vols and Gators come in with plenty of questions to answer.

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 5, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

                                                Record        Pts    Pvs
  1.  Alabama  (58)                  2-0      1,522      1
  2.  Oklahoma  (2)                  2-0      1,447      5
  3.  Clemson  (1)                    2-0      1,380      3
  4.  Southern  Cal                  2-0      1,324      6
  5.  Penn  St.                          2-0      1,299      4
  6.  Washington                      2-0      1,124      7
  7.  Michigan                          2-0      1,107      8
  8.  Ohio  St.                          1-1      1,003      2
  9.  Oklahoma  St.                  2-0      1,002    11
10.  Wisconsin                        2-0          993      9
11.  Florida  St.                    0-1          944    10
12.  LSU                                    2-0          935    12
13.  Georgia                            2-0          882    15
14.  Louisville                      2-0          658    17
15.  Auburn                              1-1          591    13
16.  Virginia  Tech                2-0          559    18
17.  Miami                                1-0          542    16
18.  Kansas  St.                      2-0          475    19
19.  Stanford                          1-1          364    14
20.  TCU                                    2-0          352    23
21.  Washington  St.              2-0          233    20
22.  South  Florida                2-0          188    21
23.  Tennessee                        2-0          159    25
24.  Florida                            0-1          146    22
25.  UCLA                                  2-0          119      -

Others receiving votes: Utah 101, South Carolina 72, Colorado 66, West Virginia 63, Oregon 61, Maryland 42, Notre Dame 31, San Diego St. 16, Houston 10, Mississippi St. 3, Boise St. 3, Texas Tech 2, Iowa 2, California 2, Vanderbilt 2, Michigan St. 1.