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AP Top 25: Florida State Seminoles Ranked No. 6

The Florida St. Seminoles are ranked No. 6 in the first regular season AP top 25 poll. After defeating the Murray State Racers, 69-3, the Seminoles improved by one spot in the rankings. The Alabama Crimson Tide are ranked No. 1 with 45 first-place votes, the USC Trojans are No. 2, the LSU Tigers No. 3, the Oregon Ducks No. 4 and the Oklahoma Sooners are No. 5.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish broke into the top 25 at No. 22 after their victory over the Navy Midshipmen, and the Boise State Broncos fell out of the top 25 for the first time since Sept. 2008. The Broncos had been ranked for 63 consecutive weeks, which was the second longest active streak behind Alabama.

The team that dropped the furthest in the AP rankings were the Michigan Wolverines, dropping from No. 8 to No. 19 after their loss to Michigan.

Here is the complete rankings list.

1 Alabama (45) 1-0 1481
2 USC (11) 1-0 1435
3 LSU (4) 1-0 1382
4 Oregon 1-0 1295
5 Oklahoma 1-0 1170
6 Florida State 1-0 1135
7 Georgia 1-0 1083
8 Arkansas 1-0 992
9 South Carolina 1-0 980
9 West Virginia 1-0 980
11 Michigan State 1-0 915
12 Clemson 1-0 788
13 Wisconsin 1-0 664
14 Ohio State 1-0 634
15 Virginia Tech 1-0 604
16 Nebraska 1-0 603
17 Texas 1-0 584
18 Oklahoma State 1-0 558
19 Michigan 0-1 446
20 TCU 0-0 355
21 Kansas State 1-0 339
22 Notre Dame 1-0 198
23 Louisville 1-0 190
24 Florida 1-0 145
25 Stanford 1-0 131

Dropped from rankings: Boise State 24

Others receiving votes: Boise State 79, Tennessee 73, BYU 63, North Carolina 48, Baylor 38, Utah 34, Washington 15, Georgia Tech 14, Ohio 10, Texas State 10, Missouri 7, Texas A&M 5, South Florida 5, UCF 4, Mississippi State 3, Auburn 3, Cincinnati 2

The Seminoles play the Savannah State Tigers on Saturday with kickoff scheduled for 6 p.m ET.

For more on FSU football, visit Florida State blog Tomahawk Nation and SB Nation Tampa Bay.

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