LSU back to No. 5; Michigan to No. 6

After four of the top eight teams lost, The Associated Press college football poll had a new look behind No. 1 Alabama, with Ohio State reaching No. 2, LSU jumping back to No. 5 and Michigan moving into the top 10 for the first time this season.

The Crimson Tide received all but one of the 61 first-place votes from the media panel Sunday, with Ohio State receiving the other. No. 3 Clemson and No. 4 Notre Dame also moved up a spot. LSU jumped eight after handing Georgia its first loss of the season. The Bulldogs slipped from No. 2 to No. 8.

No. 6 Michigan has its best ranking of the season after blowing out Wisconsin and Texas is up two spots to No. 7.

No. 9 Oklahoma moved back into the top 10 while it was idle and Central Florida remained No. 10.

Poll points: Eight ranked teams lost Saturday, including three previously unbeaten teams. Joining Georgia: West Virginia and Colorado.

Up: Joining LSU and Michigan as teams that gained at least four spots: No. 12 Oregon jumped five after beating Washington in overtime; No. 17 Texas A&M moved up five after edging South Carolina on the road; and No. 14 Kentucky and No. 16 North Car- olina State each gained four spots in an idle week as No. 20 Cincinnati moved up five.

Down: No. 13 West Virginia lost at Iowa State and fell seven spots after reach- ing a season high last week; No. 15 Washington dropped eight spots after losing at Ore- gon; No. 18 Penn State’s second straight close home loss, this time to Michigan State, dropped the Nittany Lions 10 spots; and No. 23 Wiscon- sin, which started the season ranked fourth, dropped eight spots after its second loss.

Out: Colorado reached No. 19 with wins against a weak schedule, but USC manhandled the Buffaloes in Los Angeles and now they are unranked. Miami, which started the season at No. 8, is out altogether after losing at Virginia. Auburn, which started the season ninth, is out and no longer receiving votes after getting beat at home by Tennessee and falling to 4-3.

In: Iowa surged into the rankings for the first time this season at No. 19, No. 24 Mich- igan State is back in after a week out, and No. 25 Wash- ington State moved in just in time to host ESPN’s “College GameDay” for the first time ever with Oregon coming to town.

Conference call: A week after the Southeastern Conference placed a season-high eight teams in the poll, the SEC lost one and the Big Ten gained two. The ACC has only two ranked teams for the first time since Oct. 4, 2015.

Ranked vs. ranked this week: No. 16 North Carolina State is at No. 3 Clem- son. The ACC’s only ranked and unbeaten teams meet in a game that will likely go a long way toward settling the Atlantic Division.

No. 22 Mississippi State is at No. 5 LSU. This will be the fourth ranked team the Tigers have faced — though two (Miami and Auburn) are no longer ranked.