College Football Rankings: Week 9 AP Poll Released; Alabama Up To No. 4

After what was a pretty eventful Saturday in college football for Week 8, the college football rankings saw some movement in regards to the AP Poll for Week 9.

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Week 8 of the college football season is now behind us, and once again the College Football Playoff landscape has been altered after the events that took place. Which means that the college football rankings are going to look a little different, especially the AP Poll.

In the early shocker of the day, the No. 4 Baylor Bears were downed by the West Virginia Mountaineers, effectively ending their hopes for a trip to play for the national title come January.

Right after that, while not an upset, Alabama announced to the nation that the dynasty might be far from dead, as they absolutely tore apart Texas A&M at home in Tuscaloosa.

But the game that everyone is unquestionably talking about on Sunday is the night match up between Florida State and Notre Dame. These two titans played maybe the game of the year, but in the end, the No. 2 Seminoles remained unbeaten while Notre Dame will see if that outcome will affect their playoff fate or not.

With that, here is a look at the new AP Poll that was just released as we head into Week 9 and get closer to the postseason:


1	Mississippi State (43) SEC Record: 6-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,480
2	Florida State (14) ACC Record: 7-0	2 1,433
3	Mississippi (3) SEC Record: 7-0	3 1,404
4	Alabama SEC Record: 6-1	7 1,235
5	Auburn SEC Record: 5-1	6 1,231
6	Oregon Pac-12 Record: 6-1	9 1,142
7	Notre Dame Division I FBS Independents Record: 6-1	5 1,133
8	Michigan State Big Ten Record: 6-1	8 1,066
9	Georgia SEC Record: 6-1	10 1,055
10	TCU Big 12 Record: 5-1	12 962
11	Kansas State Big 12 Record: 5-1	14 905
12	Baylor Big 12 Record: 6-1	4 858
13	Ohio State Big Ten Record: 5-1	13 753
14	Arizona State Pac-12 Record: 5-1	17 643
15	Arizona Pac-12 Record: 5-1	16 639
16	Nebraska Big Ten Record: 6-1	19 537
17	Oklahoma Big 12 Record: 5-2	11 461
18	East Carolina The American Record: 5-1	18 445
19	Utah Pac-12 Record: 5-1	20 437
20	USC Pac-12 Record: 5-2	22 356
21	Clemson ACC Record: 5-2	24 283
22	West Virginia Big 12 Record: 5-2	31 272
23	Marshall Conference USA Record: 7-0	25 184
24	LSU SEC Record: 6-2	27 177
25	UCLA Pac-12 Record: 5-2	26 118

After what was a pretty eventful Saturday in college football for Week 8, the college football rankings saw some movement in regards to the AP Poll for Week 9.

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