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Michigan stays at No. 4, Michigan State falls to nine spots to No. 17 in latest AP Top 25

Posted at 2:09 PM, Sep 25, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-25 15:06:43-04
(AP) -- Wisconsin moved up to No. 8 in The Associated Press college football poll and LSU became the second preseason top-10 team to drop out of the rankings in the first month of the season.
   
There were few changes in the Top 25 as the only four ranked teams that lost did so to other ranked teams.
   
The top teams held their spots, led by No.  1 Alabama. The Crimson Tide received 50 first-place votes. No. 2 Ohio State was followed by Louisville, Michigan, Clemson, Houston and Stanford.
   
Wisconsin moved up three spot after dominating Michigan State 30-6. Texas A&M moved up a spot to No. 9.
   
LSU (2-2), which started the season No. 5, joined Notre Dame as preseason top-10 teams to fall out of the poll.
   
POLL POINTS
   
UP
   -- Wisconsin has its best ranking since October 2011 when the Badgers reached No. 4.
   -- No. 16 Mississippi made the biggest jump of the week, seven spots after a 45-14 victory against Georgia.
   -- No. 11 Tennessee and No. 13 Baylor each moved up three spots.
   -- No. 15 Nebraska moved up five spots.
   -- No. 18 Utah jumped six spots.
   
DOWN
   -- No. 17 Michigan State dropped nine spots from No. 8.
   -- No. 25 Georgia dropped 13 spots from No. 12.
   IN
   -- No. 24 Boise State is ranked for the first time since Oct. 11, 2015, giving the Mountain West two teams in the Top 25.
   -- No. 20 TCU is back in the rankings after falling out two weeks ago.
   OUT
   -- Oklahoma (1-2), which was No. 25 last week, fell out of the rankings during an off week. The Sooners are unranked for the first time since the end of the 2014 season.
   
CONFERENCE CALL
   SEC -- 7
   Big Ten -- 5
   ACC -- 4
   Big 12 -- 3
   Pac-12 -- 3
   Mountain West 2
   American -- 1
   
RANKED vs. RANKED
   No. 3 Louisville at No. 5 Clemson. The Heisman front-runner (Lamar Jackson) vs. the preseason favorite (Deshaun Watson).
   No. 8 Wisconsin at No. 4 Michigan. Teams have not met since 2010.
   No. 7 Stanford at No. 10 Washington, Friday. First top-10 matchup in the Pac-12 this season.
   No. 11 Tennessee at No. 25 Georgia. Volunteers can put vice grip on the SEC East.
 
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sep. 25, 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  (50)                  4-0      1,511      1
  2.  Ohio  St.  (4)                  3-0      1,440      2
  3.  Louisville  (6)              4-0      1,409      3
  4.  Michigan  (1)                  4-0      1,292      4
  5.  Clemson                            4-0      1,267      5
  6.  Houston                            4-0      1,239      6
  7.  Stanford                          3-0      1,166      7
  8.  Wisconsin                        4-0      1,084    11
  9.  Texas  A&M                4-0      1,036    10
10.  Washington                      4-0          986      9
11.  Tennessee                        4-0          909    14
12.  Florida  St.                    3-1          804    13
13.  Baylor                              4-0          729    16
14.  Miami                                3-0          696    15
15.  Nebraska                          4-0          640    20
16.  Mississippi                    2-2          540    23
17.  Michigan  St.                  2-1          527      8
18.  Utah                                  4-0          493    24
19.  San  Diego  St.                3-0          304    22
20.  Arkansas                          3-1          241    17
21.  TCU                                    3-1          239      -
22.  Texas                                2-1          217    21
23.  Florida                            3-1          176    19
24.  Boise  St.                        3-0          163      -
25.  Georgia                            3-1          142    12
   
Others receiving votes: Arizona St. 135, Oklahoma 120, North Dakota St. 58, West Virginia 51, Virginia Tech 38, Colorado 33, North Carolina 26, Iowa 25, UCLA 22, Auburn 18, LSU 17, W. Michigan 14, Wake Forest 9, Memphis 6, Maryland 2, Toledo 1.