Oregon No. 1 but not as solidly

Oregon (10-0) took a narrow 15-13 victory over California Saturday, a result that cost the Ducks four first-place votes. They still have 46 of the 59 first-place mentions but Auburn (11-0) got two first-place votes it didn't have before and now has six and is ranked second.

Boise State (9-0) increased its first-place vote total from three to five, enough to jump past Texas Christian and into third in the poll. TCU (11-0) got the other two first-place votes and is fourth.

Wisconsin, Louisiana State and Ohio State -- all 9-1 -- held onto the Nos. 5-7 spots, respectively, but Stanford (9-1) passed Nebraska (9-1) and is eighth, pushing the Cornhuskers to ninth.

Oklahoma State (9-1) also went up one place to 10th, dropping Michigan State (9-1) to 11th. Alabama (8-2) kept the No. 12 place while Arkansas (8-2) is 13th followed by No. 14 Oklahoma (8-2) and 15th-ranked Virginia Tech (8-2).

Missouri (8-2) climbed four places to 16th and South Carolina (7-3) is up five to 17th. Nevada (9-1) improved three spots to 18th and Texas A&M (7-3) went up six to No. 19, with Iowa (7-3), down from 13th, in 20th.

Miami (Fla.) (7-3) re-enters the Top 25 at 21st. ahead of No. 22 Mississippi State and No. 23 Arizona, both 7-3 and down four this week.
Utah (8-2) was sixth two weeks ago but dropped another nine places this week to 24th and Northwestern (7-3) joins the poll at 25th.
Central Florida and Florida dropped out of the Top 25 this week.

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