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.

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pv
1. Mississippi St. (43)	6-0	1,480	1
2. Florida St. (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 St.	6-1	1,066	8
9. Georgia	6-1	1,055	10
10. TCU	5-1	962	12
11. Kansas St.	5-1	905	14
12. Baylor	6-1	858	4
13. Ohio St.	5-1	753	13
14. Arizona St.	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. Southern Cal	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

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