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Alabama jumps Texas into No. 2 spot in Associated Press poll

By Chris Dufresne
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The top of the Associated Press poll is an all Southeastern Conference affair, with Florida and Alabama checking in at No. 1 and No. 2 in today’s release.

Alabama used five field goals and defense to beat Mississippi, 22-3, and Texas had to rally from a halftime deficit at home to defeat Colorado, 38-14.

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Texas, so long as it keeps winning, doesn’t need to worry too much about the poll change. Florida and Alabama play in opposite divisions and may ultimately play each other for the SEC title.

USC, which had a bye week, took advantage of No. 4 Louisiana State’s loss to Florida and moved up one spot to No. 6. The Trojans play at Notre Dame next week.

The AP top 10: Florida, Alabama, Texas, Virginia Tech, Boise State, USC, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Miami, LSU.

-- Chris Dufresne

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

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