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The Alabama Crimson Tide are back on top of the AP Top 25 poll, which was released Sunday.
Alabama is 7-0. The Crimson Tide are coming off a 44-13 win on the road against Tennessee on Saturday. Alabama will have a nice test this week when it hosts No. 15 Mississippi State on Saturday.
Penn State received 18 votes, behind Toledo (49), Texas (33), Wisconsin (31), TCU (29) and Nebraska (24).
Oregon, Florida, Kansas State and Notre Dame round out the top five.
Here's this week's entire AP Top 25 poll:
| Rank | Team | Votes |
| 1 | Alabama | 1,499 |
| 2 | Oregon | 1,424 |
| 3 | Florida | 1,380 |
| 4 | Kansas State | 1,333 |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 1,241 |
| 6 | LSU | 1,172 |
| 7 | Oregon State | 1,106 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 1,065 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 1,028 |
| 10 | USC | 944 |
| 11 | Florida State | 872 |
| 12 | Georgia | 745 |
| 13 | Mississippi State | 739 |
| 14 | Clemson | 713 |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 653 |
| 16 | Louisville | 620 |
| 17 | South Carolina | 591 |
| 18 | Rutgers | 539 |
| 19 | Stanford | 421 |
| 20 | Michigan | 300 |
| 21 | Boise State | 258 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 252 |
| 23 | Ohio | 181 |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech | 106 |
| 25 | West Virginia | 76 |