NEW YORK (AP) — Texas A&M makes a big jump in the AP Top 25 after the most impressive performance of the opening weekend of college football. Florida State and Alabama lost some support in the first poll of the regular season after close victories against heavy underdogs.
The Aggies moved up 12 spots to No. 9 in the poll released Monday. Texas A&M began the post-Johnny Manziel era with a 52-28 victory at South Carolina. The loss dropped the Gamecocks from ninth to No. 21.
The top four in the rankings are unchanged: Florida State, Alabama, Oregon and Oklahoma.
Florida State went from 57 first-place votes to 46 after pulling out a 37-31 victory against Oklahoma State.
Alabama dropped 44 points in the media-panel voting after beating West Virginia. The Tide has one first-place vote. Oregon has five and Oklahoma two. No. 6 Georgia has two and No. 12 LSU one.
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 1, 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. (46) | 1-0 | 1,456 | 1 |
| 2. Alabama (1) | 1-0 | 1,317 | 2 |
| 3. Oregon (5) | 1-0 | 1,314 | 3 |
| 4. Oklahoma (2) | 1-0 | 1,283 | 4 |
| 5. Auburn | 1-0 | 1,186 | 6 |
| 6. Georgia (2) | 1-0 | 1,114 | 12 |
| 7. Michigan St. | 1-0 | 1,093 | 8 |
| 8. Ohio St. | 1-0 | 982 | 5 |
| 9. Texas A&M (2) | 1-0 | 978 | 21 |
| 10. Baylor | 1-0 | 962 | 10 |
| 11. UCLA | 1-0 | 944 | 7 |
| 12. LSU (1) | 1-0 | 926 | 13 |
| 13. Stanford | 1-0 | 886 | 11 |
| 14. Southern Cal | 1-0 | 729 | 15 |
| 15. Mississippi | 1-0 | 525 | 18 |
| 16. Notre Dame | 1-0 | 519 | 17 |
| 17. Arizona St. | 1-0 | 431 | 19 |
| 18. Wisconsin | 0-1 | 364 | 14 |
| 19. Nebraska | 1-0 | 352 | 22 |
| 20. Kansas St. | 1-0 | 325 | 20 |
| 21. North Carolina | 1-0 | 196 | 23 |
| 21. South Carolina | 0-1 | 196 | 9 |
| 23. Clemson | 0-1 | 164 | 16 |
| 24. Missouri | 1-0 | 147 | 24 |
| 25. Louisville | 1-0 | 141 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Texas 126, Oklahoma St. 94, Duke 60, Florida 49, Mississippi St. 49, Penn St. 49, Michigan 38, TCU 29, Washington 27, BYU 21, Iowa 18, Marshall 18, Virginia Tech 17, Tennessee 14, Cincinnati 8, Texas Tech 7, West Virginia 7, Rutgers 6, Arizona 4, N. Dakota St. 2, Louisiana 1, Pittsburgh 1.