Football Poll Watching Week 4: Alabama Drops Out of Top Ten

Week Three is behind us. Many teams move into conference play in Week Four, which should give us some more exciting games. Tennessee and Kansas State were the only ranked teams to lose in Week Three. K-State dropped out of both polls. Tennessee is still ranked, but they did drop a number of spots.

In this week's polls, the top nine teams remain virtually the same as last week. The only change was in the AP Top 25, Texas and Florida State flipped spots at No. 3 and No. 4. Georgia remains the top team, followed by Michigan. Alabama, which struggled against USF, did drop out of the top ten to sit at Nos. 13/12.

Texas Longhorns wide receiver Xavier Worthy (1) celebrates during the Texas Longhorns' game against the Wyoming Cowboys, Saturday, Sept. 16 at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin. — Texas is ranked No. 3 in the AP Top 25 and No. 6 in the Coaches Poll. Oklahoma is the only other ranked team from the Big 12 this week. :: © Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK

Texas (Nos. 3/6) and Oklahoma (Nos. 16/14) are the only Big 12 teams ranked in this week's polls. Kansas State dropped out of both polls but is receiving votes. BYU, Kansas, Kansas State, TCU, and UCF are all receiving votes in at least one poll.

Here are the highlights from both the AP Top 25 poll and the AFCA Coaches Poll:

AP Top 25

1 - Georgia (3-0), no change

2 - Michigan (3-0), no change

3 - Texas (3-0), up 1

4 - Florida State (3-0), down 1

5 - USC (3-0), no change

6 - Ohio State (3-0), no change

7 - Penn State (3-0), no change

8 - Washington (3-0), no change

9 - Notre Dame (4-0), no change

10 - Oregon (3-0), up 3

11 - Utah (3-0), up 1

13 - Alabama (2-1), down 3

16 - Oklahoma (3-0), up 3

19 - Colorado (3-0), down 1

Dropped from the rankings - Kansas State (#15)

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Other Big 12 schools receiving votes - Kansas State (#28), TCU (#29), Kansas (#31), BYU (#35)

AFCA Coaches Poll

1 - Georgia (3-0), no change

2 - Michigan (3-0), no change

3 - Florida State (3-0), no change

4 - USC (3-0), no change

5 - Ohio State (3-0), no change

6 - Texas (3-0), no change

7 - Penn State (3-0), no change

8 - Washington (3-0), no change

9 - Notre Dame (4-0), up 2

10 - Utah (3-0), up 2

12 - Alabama (2-1), down 2

14 - Oklahoma (3-0), up 2

19 - Colorado (3-0), up 2

Dropped from the rankings - Kansas State (#15)

Other Big 12 schools receiving votes - Kansas State (#26), TCU (#31), Kansas (#33), UCF (#39), BYU (#45)

Bold teams = Big 12 Conference teams

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