Alabama rolled Texas A&M and is back in the Top 5. (Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports)
The SEC became the first conference to place four teams in the top five of the Associated Press top 25 poll, which was released Sunday.
All four are from the West division.
Mississippi State remained No. 1 after having a bye. The ACC’s Florida State held on to the No. 2 spot and is the only team in the top five not from the SEC West.
Mississippi stayed at No. 3. Alabama moved up three spots to No. 4 after routing Texas A&M 59-0. Auburn rounded out the top five by climbing a spot following a bye.
Notre Dame dropped two spots to No. 7 after losing to Florida State. Baylor fell eight places to No. 12 after losing at West Virginia.
A conference has placed three teams in the top five 30 times since 2001. The SEC did it 16 times since 2009 before this week’s unprecedented four teams.
Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Stanford fell out of the poll and were replaced by No. 22 West Virginia, No. 24 LSU and No. 25 UCLA.
