Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season, replacing undefeated Florida State in a vote that was about as close as it could get.
The Crimson Tide (11-1) received 25 of a possible 59 first-place votes from the media panel and 1,426 points. The Seminoles (12-0) have 29 first-place votes and 1,423 points.
The last time the No. 2 team had more first-place votes than the No. 1 team this late in the season was Nov. 25, 1968, when No. 1 Ohio State had 21 1/2 first-places votes to Southern California’s 24 1/2.
Alabama is No. 1 for the 72nd time overall and first since it lost last year’s Iron Bowl. The Tide beat Auburn 55-44 on Saturday.
It is also the seventh straight season the Crimson Tide has been No. 1 at some point, the longest such streak since Miami from 1986-92.
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 29, 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. Alabama (25) | 11-1 | 1,426 | 2 |
2. Florida St. (29) | 12-0 | 1,423 | 1 |
3. Oregon (5) | 11-1 | 1,391 | 3 |
4. TCU | 10-1 | 1,274 | 6 |
5. Baylor | 10-1 | 1,243 | 5 |
6. Ohio St. | 11-1 | 1,192 | 7 |
7. Michigan St. | 10-2 | 1,048 | 10 |
8. Arizona | 10-2 | 1,027 | 12 |
9. Kansas St. | 9-2 | 995 | 11 |
10. Mississippi St. | 10-2 | 944 | 4 |
11. Wisconsin | 10-2 | 910 | 14 |
12. Georgia Tech | 10-2 | 823 | 16 |
13. Mississippi | 9-3 | 753 | 18 |
14. Missouri | 10-2 | 740 | 17 |
15. Georgia | 9-3 | 606 | 8 |
16. UCLA | 9-3 | 512 | 9 |
17. Arizona St. | 9-3 | 495 | 13 |
18. Oklahoma | 8-3 | 485 | 20 |
19. Clemson | 9-3 | 418 | 23 |
20. Auburn | 8-4 | 358 | 15 |
21. Louisville | 9-3 | 346 | 24 |
22. Boise St. | 10-2 | 265 | 25 |
23. LSU | 8-4 | 145 | NR |
24. Utah | 8-4 | 79 | NR |
25. Nebraska | 9-3 | 64 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Southern Cal 61, Minnesota 47, Duke 22, Marshall 22, Memphis 21, Colorado St. 18, Air Force 7, Stanford 4, West Virginia 4, N. Illinois 3, UCF 3, Cincinnati 1.