LSU jumps to No. 6 with win at Auburn; Bama holds at No. 1

LSU surged to No. 6 in The Associated Press college football poll after its second victory of September against a highly ranked team, and Wisconsin tumbled to No. 18 after becoming the first top-10 team to be upset by an unranked team.

Top-ranked Alabama strengthened its hold on No. 1 on Sunday, receiving a season-high 58 first-place votes from the media panel after routing Ole Miss 62-7.

Tua Tagovailoa threw for 191 yards and two touchdowns and Jerry Jeudy caught two scoring passes for the Crimson Tide (3-0). The offense had 516 total yards and was so effective that Tagovailoa’s evening was over by midway through the second quarter.

Clemson slipped out of the No. 2 spot for the first time this season. Georgia moved up a spot to second behind the Crimson Tide, giving the Southeastern Conference the top two teams in the ranking. Clemson is third with three first-place votes, followed by No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Oklahoma.

The Buckeyes moved to 3-0 with a 40-28 victory over previous No. 15 TCU in Arlington, Texas. Defensive tackle Dre’Mont Jones returned an interception thrown right at him 28 yards for one of Ohio State’s three touchdowns in a four-minute span of the third quarter.

LSU has now gone from No. 25 to start the season to No. 6 in three weeks.

The Tigers beat Miami, the preseason No. 8, in Week 1 in Arlington, Texas, and then knocked off Auburn on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn slipped from No. 7 to No. 9.

Wisconsin’s loss to BYU was Saturday’s most surprising result. The Badgers were three-touchdown favorites but missed a last-second field goal to tie and lost 24-21 in Madison. The Big Ten had five teams in the top 14 to begin the seasons and three (Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin) have already lost.

BYU’s reward was being ranked No. 25.

Southern California fell out of the ranking after its second straight loss, a thumping at Texas. The Trojans have now been outscored 54-17 the last two weeks. Arizona State also fell from the ranking when it could not back up its nice home win against Michigan State, losing at San Diego State.

Within the Pac-12, Utah was beaten at home by North power No. 10 Washington, thwarting the Utes’ chances of being ranked. UCLA dropped to 0-3 under Chip Kelly and Arizona finally managed to get coach Kevin Sumlin a victory — by beating Southern Utah of the FCS.

A big mover in the right direction this week was Oklahoma State. The Cowboys jumped nine spots to No. 15 after an impressive 44-21 victory against Boise State, which tumbled out of the rankings after being No. 17.

Oklahoma State began the season unranked after being ranked at the end of the last three seasons.

Three teams moved into the ranking for the first time this season, with Boston College making its return to the Top 25 for the first time since 2008; No. 22 Texas A&M being ranked for the first time since November 2016; and No. 25 BYU becoming ranked for the first time since September 2015.