Record 10 SEC teams crack the AP Top 25

The Southeastern Conference has a record 10 teams ranked in the first Associated Press college football poll of the regular season.

Ohio State remained a unanimous No. 1 after pulling away to win 42-24 at Virginia Tech on Monday night.

The SEC already held the record for most teams from one conference in the Top 25 with eight, a mark it matched in the preseason. After the conference went 12-1 to open the season, No. 16 Texas A&M and No. 25 Mississippi State moved into the poll to go with the eight teams already there.

Alabama moved up a spot to No. 2. The rest of the SEC roll call is: No. 6 Auburn, No. 10 Georgia, No. 14 LSU, No. 17 Mississippi, No. 18 Arkansas, No. 20 Missouri and No. 23 Tennessee.

Teams dropping out of the rankings were Arizona State and Stanford, part of a lackluster 7-5 start to the season for the Pac-12. Wisconsin also dropped out of the rankings after losing to Alabama.

Here is the poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

1. Ohio St. (61) 1-0 1,525 1

2. Alabama 1-0 1,420 3

3. TCU 1-0 1,365 2

4. Baylor 1-0 1,252 4

5. Michigan St. 1-0 1,198 5

6. Auburn 1-0 1,166 6

7. Oregon 1-0 1,081 7

8. Southern Cal 1-0 1,074 8

9. Notre Dame 1-0 1,061 11

10. Georgia 1-0 981 9

11. Florida St. 1-0 942 10

12. Clemson 1-0 862 12

13. UCLA 1-0 833 13

14. LSU 0-0 653 14

15. Georgia Tech 1-0 636 16

16. Texas A&M 1-0 629 NR

17. Mississippi 1-0 600 17

18. Arkansas 1-0 480 18

19. Oklahoma 1-0 469 19

20. Boise St. 1-0 279 23

21. Missouri 1-0 274 24

22. Arizona 1-0 259 22

23. Tennessee 1-0 169 25

24. Utah 1-0 137 NR

25. Mississippi St. 1-0 104 NR

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 79, BYU 74, Northwestern 72, Arizona St. 49, Oklahoma St. 30, West Virginia 23, Florida 8, Temple 8, Cincinnati 7, Kansas St. 7, Minnesota 5, Louisville 4, NC State 4, W. Kentucky 3, California 2, Stanford 1.