USC moves up one spot to No. 3 in Associated Press poll
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USC took advantage of San Jose State and Oklahoma’s loss to move up to No. 3 in Tuesday’s Associated Press college football Top 25 poll.
Florida and Texas remained in the top two spots, although No. 4 Alabama took two first-place votes from the Gators as a reward for the Crimson Tide’s win over No.7 Virginia Tech in Atlanta.
The AP top 10: Florida, Texas, USC, Alabama, Oklahoma State, Mississippi, Penn State, Ohio State, Brigham Young and California.
BYU, which upset Oklahoma, 14-13, in Arlington, Texas, gained 11 poll spots from its No. 20 preseason ranking. Oklahoma dropped 10 positions, to No. 13.
Oregon, which started the year No. 16, dropped out of the top 25 after an ugly 19-8 opening-night loss at Boise State.
Three schools that began the season unranked -- Miami, Cincinnati and Missouri -- moved into the rankings after posting impressive wins. Miami is No. 20, Cincinnati is No. 23 and Missouri is No. 25.
Notre Dame, a 35-0 winner against Nevada, moved up five positions to No. 18.
-- Chris Dufresne
