Alabama, Clemson lead AP Poll after top-10 favorites hold

by TigerNet Staff - Nov 11, 2018, 2:09 PM

A weekend without a single top-10 team going down meant minimal movement in the latest Associated Press Top 25.

No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson each controlled meetings with top-25 foes this week, No. 3 Notre Dame blew out Florida State (42-13) and No. 4 Michigan throttled Rutgers (42-7).

Playoff hopefuls in No. 5 Georgia (27-10 over Auburn) and No. 6 Oklahoma (48-47 over Oklahoma State) had closer affairs.

Like the Coaches Poll, the other ACC reps check in at No. 12 (Syracuse) and No. 22 (Boston College).

Three of the four teams in the AP top-four in this poll last year finished in the final CFP top-four, with Alabama (1), Clemson (2) and Oklahoma (4). Clemson (5) and Washington (7) made charges from outside the top-4 in 2016 and Oklahoma (7) and Michigan State (9) moved into the CFP in 2015.

AP Poll - 11/11

1. Alabama (61 first-place votes)

2. Clemson

3. Notre Dame

4. Michigan

5. Georgia

6. Oklahoma

7. West Virginia

8. Washington St.

9. Ohio St.

10. LSU

11. UCF

12. Syracuse

13. Texas

14. Utah St.

15. Florida

16. Penn St.

17. Washington

18. Iowa St.

19. Cincinnati

20. Kentucky

21. Utah

22. Boton College

23. Boise St.

24. Northwestern

25. Miss. St.

Others receiving votes: Army 128, UAB 78, Fresno St. 61, Michigan St. 31, NC State 30, Buffalo 29, Pittsburgh 28, Duke 20, Texas A&M 16, Iowa 8, Arizona St. 6, Stanford 3, Auburn 3, Troy 1.