(Sports Network) - Florida, Alabama and Texas remained the top
three teams in the latest Associated Press college football poll, with little
change in the rankings until the bottom.

The Gators (11-0) received 36 first-place votes and a total of 1,463 points
from a nationwide media panel for the second consecutive week to retain the
top spot. Florida extended its winning streak to 21 straight games with a 62-3
rout of overmatched Florida International on Saturday and hosts Florida State
next week before heading to Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game against
Alabama on December 5.

Alabama (11-0) also had an easy Saturday with a 45-0 thrashing of FCS foe
Chattanooga and garnered 13 first-place votes -- one fewer than last week --
and a total of 1,428 points to hold at No. 2. The Crimson Tide will head to
Auburn on Friday for the Iron Bowl before going to Atlanta.

Texas (11-0) picked up the extra top tally for 11 and has 1,425 points to keep
the third spot. The Longhorns wrapped up the Big 12 South on Saturday with a
51-20 rout of Kansas and will next visit Texas A&M on Thanksgiving before
taking on Nebraska in the Big 12 title game.

The next six spots in the poll remain unchanged, as TCU stayed fourth and was
again followed by Cincinnati, Boise State, Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh and Ohio
State.

Oregon, after its double-overtime victory at Arizona on Saturday night, moved
up one spot to complete the top 10. LSU, which had been 10th, dropped seven
places after losing at Ole Miss.

The second 10 consists of Oklahoma State, Penn State, Iowa, Virginia Tech,
Clemson, Oregon State, LSU, BYU, Miami-Florida and Ole Miss. The Rebels are
back in the rankings after their win Saturday in Oxford.

California, Utah, North Carolina, Southern California and Houston are the last
five teams ranked this week. The Bears and Tar Heels each rejoined the poll
after victories on Saturday. Cal won "The Big Game" at Stanford, 34-28,
knocking the Cardinal out of the poll, while North Carolina thumped Boston
College, 31-13.

In addition to Stanford, which had been No. 14, Wisconsin and Rutgers also
tumbled out. The Badgers were ranked 17th but lost to Northwestern, while the
Scarlet Knights squeezed into the poll last week at No. 25 and had a short
stay after taking a 31-13 beating at Syracuse.

Just one game next week pits a pair of ranked teams, as Utah visits BYU in the
annual Holy War.



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