AP Top 25: No. 1 Alabama leads locked-in top 8 for 4th week

Updated Nov. 29, 2020 8:59 p.m. ET

Associated Press

Alabama is the unanimous No. 1 again in

The Crimson Tide got 62 first-place votes for the second consecutive week and are followed by No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Clemson.

Southeastern Conference teams Texas A&M and Florida are fifth and sixth, respectively. Unbeaten Cincinnati is seventh and undefeated BYU is eighth.

The changes in the poll came after that, with Miami inching up to No. 9 and Indiana returning to the top 10.

Oregon's first loss of the season knocked the Ducks out of the top 10, dropping them 12 spots to No. 21.

POLL POINTS

The Crimson Tide have now been ranked for 209 consecutive AP polls, matching Florida's run from 1990-2002 under Steve Spurrier for the third-longest streak in the history of the rankings.

Florida State is second at 211 straight poll appearances from 1989-2001. With two games against losing teams left on Alabama's schedule, the Tide are likely to catch Bobby Bowden's Seminoles before the SEC championship game on Dec. 19.

The record for longest streak of poll appearances is still way in the distance for Alabama. Nebraska appeared in 348 straight AP rankings from 1981-2002.

IN-N-OUT

The replacements were two teams returning to the poll and one making its season debut:

— No. 23 Washington is ranked for the first time this season after it improved to 3-0 with a

— No. 24 Iowa was also 24th in the preseason. The Hawkeyes disappeared from the rankings along with the rest of the Big Ten when it did not look as if the conference would play in the fall. When the Big Ten returned, Iowa didn't quite make the cut among voters, but four victories in a row have the Hawkeyes back where they started.

— No. 25 Liberty is back after a week out.

CONFERENCE CALL

Big Ten — 5 (Nos. 3, 10, 16, 18, 24).

SEC — 4 (Nos. 1, 5, 6, 11).

ACC — 3 (Nos. 2, 4, 9).

Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 12, 13, 19).

Pac-12 — 3 (Nos. 17, 21, 23).

American — 2 (Nos. 7, 22).

Sun Belt — 2 (Nos. 14, 20).

C-USA — 1 (No. 15).

Independents — 2 (No. 8, 25).

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