AP Top 25 shakeup: Penn State to 3; Wazzu, Auburn in top 10

Penn State moved up to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll, and Washington State and Auburn jumped into the top 10 for the first time this season after six ranked teams lost this past weekend.

Alabama and Clemson still hold the top spots. The top-ranked Crimson Tide received 43 first-place votes in the poll released Sunday and the second-ranked Tigers had 18. The Nittany Lions have their best ranking since 2008, moving up one spot and taking advantage of the biggest upset of the season so far.

Oklahoma lost at home to Iowa State on Saturday, dropping the Sooners from No. 3 to 12. Michigan also lost for the first time and fell to No. 17.

Washington State is No. 8 and Auburn moved up to 10.

Behind Penn State, Georgia at No. 4 and Washington at No. 5 also moved up one spot after convincing victories. TCU moved up two spots to No. 6, and No. 7 Wisconsin and No. 9 Ohio State round out the top 10.

AP TOP 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (43) 6-0 1507 1 2. Clemson (18) 6-0 1481 2 3. Penn St. 6-0 1370 4 4. Georgia 6-0 1327 5 5. Washington 6-0 1284 6 6. TCU 5-0 1192 8 7. Wisconsin 5-0 1127 9 8. Washington St. 6-0 1094 11 9. Ohio St. 5-1 1051 10 10. Auburn 5-1 914 12 11. Miami 4-0 908 13 12. Oklahoma 4-1 851 3 13. Southern Cal 5-1 795 14 14. Oklahoma St. 4-1 712 15 15. Virginia Tech 5-1 617 16 16. Notre Dame 5-1 583 21 17. Michigan 4-1 524 7 18. South Florida 5-0 482 18 19. San Diego St. 6-0 465 19 20. NC State 5-1 421 24 21. Michigan St. 4-1 416 NR 22. UCF 4-0 274 25 23. Stanford 4-2 109 NR 24. Texas Tech 4-1 105 NR 25. Navy 5-0 74 NR

Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 39, West Virginia 26, Louisville 25, Utah 17, LSU 9, Florida 9, Kentucky 6, Iowa St. 5, Texas A&M 4, Memphis 2.

This year, the Huskies, coming off a College Football Playoff appearance under coach Chris Petersen, have been ranked in the top 10 since preseason. Coach Mike Leach’s Cougars started this season ranked 24th and have steadily climbed since. They followed up a home victory against Southern California last week with a blowout victory at Oregon on Saturday night.