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.