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MSU up to No. 4 in AP Poll after beating Oregon

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(AP) -- 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.
   
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.
 
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
                                                  Record    Pts      Pv
  1.  Ohio  St.  (59)                  2-0      1,523      1
  2.  Alabama                              2-0      1,423      2
  3.  TCU                                      2-0      1,366      3
  4.  Michigan  St.  (2)            2-0      1,354      5
  5.  Baylor                                2-0      1,240      4
  6.  Southern  Cal                    2-0      1,146      8
  7.  Georgia                              2-0      1,031    10
  8.  Notre  Dame                        2-0      1,012      9
  9.  Florida  St.                      2-0          973    11
10.  UCLA                                    2-0          928    13
11.  Clemson                              2-0          926    12
12.  Oregon                                1-1          833      7
13.  LSU                                      1-0          787    14
14.  Georgia  Tech                    2-0          716    15
15.  Mississippi                      2-0          713    17
16.  Oklahoma                            2-0          705    19
17.  Texas  A&M                          2-0          703    16
18.  Auburn                                2-0          519      6
19.  BYU                                      2-0          349    NR
20.  Arizona                              2-0          342    22
21.  Utah                                    2-0          290    24
22.  Missouri                            2-0          264    21
23.  Northwestern                    2-0          170    NR
24.  Wisconsin                          1-1          158    NR
25.  Oklahoma  St.                    2-0            48    NR
   
Others receiving votes: Temple 38, West Virginia 37, Mississippi St. 32, Tennessee 30, Toledo 29, Kansas St. 26, Arizona St. 20, Boise St. 16, Houston 16, NC State 14, Florida 12, Minnesota 9, Arkansas 6, California 5, Iowa 5, Miami 3, Stanford 3, Virginia Tech 2, W. Kentucky 2, Duke 1.