Florida State is No. 1 again in The Associated Press college football poll in another comeback of sorts for a team with a season full of remarkable rallies.
The Seminoles (10-0) were preseason No. 1 before being replaced by Mississippi State in October. The Bulldogs (9-1) had a run of six weeks at No. 1 stopped by a 25-20 loss at Alabama on Saturday.
The Crimson Tide moved up four spots to No. 2. The Bulldogs dropped to fourth.
The Seminoles received 43 first-place votes from the media panel. Alabama got 16 and No. 3 Oregon got one.
Florida State is the only unbeaten team remaining from the Big Five conferences after Jameis Winston and the ‘Noles erased a halftime deficit for the fifth time this season in a 30-24 victory at Miami.
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 15, 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. Florida St. (43) | 10-0 | 1,476 | 2 |
| 2. Alabama (16) | 9-1 | 1,439 | 4 |
| 3. Oregon (1) | 9-1 | 1,385 | 3 |
| 4. Mississippi St. | 9-1 | 1,289 | 1 |
| 5. TCU | 9-1 | 1,237 | 5 |
| 6. Baylor | 8-1 | 1,232 | 6 |
| 7. Ohio St. | 9-1 | 1,167 | 8 |
| 8. Mississippi | 8-2 | 1,064 | 10 |
| 9. Georgia | 8-2 | 948 | 16 |
| 10. Michigan St. | 8-2 | 941 | 12 |
| 11. UCLA | 8-2 | 876 | 14 |
| 12. Kansas St. | 7-2 | 868 | 13 |
| 13. Arizona St. | 8-2 | 720 | 7 |
| 14. Wisconsin | 8-2 | 707 | 22 |
| 15. Arizona | 8-2 | 695 | 17 |
| 16. Auburn | 7-3 | 531 | 9 |
| 17. Georgia Tech | 9-2 | 523 | 24 |
| 18. Marshall | 10-0 | 383 | 21 |
| 19. Missouri | 8-2 | 376 | NR |
| 20. Utah | 7-3 | 349 | 25 |
| 21. Nebraska | 8-2 | 291 | 11 |
| 22. Colorado St. | 9-1 | 281 | 23 |
| 23. Oklahoma | 7-3 | 206 | NR |
| 24. Southern Cal | 7-3 | 195 | NR |
| 25. Duke | 8-2 | 85 | 19 |
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 74, Clemson 52, Boise St. 29, Louisville 29, LSU 26, Minnesota 10, West Virginia 8, Miami 3, Texas A&M 3, Arkansas 2.