Three SEC teams out, Auburn tumbles in AP college football poll

Three Southeastern Conference teams fall out of the AP Top 25 and Auburn drops 12 spots after the league that set a record for most teams in the college football rankings last week had a rough weekend.

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Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi State all drop out after losses Saturday. The Tigers needed overtime to beat Jacksonville State of the FCS and slip from No. 6 to No. 18.

The SEC was down to seven ranked teams, still the most of any conference.

Ohio State remains No. 1, but the Buckeyes are no longer unanimous. No. 4 Michigan State receives two first-place votes after beating Oregon 31-28. Alabama remains No. 2. TCU is 3.

No. 19 BYU jumps into the rankings after beating Boise State and knocking out the Broncos.

This article was written by Ralph D. Russo from The Associated Press and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.