Athlon Sports College Football Top 25 Poll: Week 7
Ranking the best college football teams in the nation
By: Rich McVey | 10/8/12, 4:34 PM EDT
Each week Athlon Sports ranks the Top 25 college football teams in the nation. Alabama and Oregon remain No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, with the South Carolina Gamecocks shooting up four spots to the No. 3 slot. West Virginia, who toppled Texas on Saturday, moves into the No. 6 spot. The week's biggest sliders include Georgia (down 7 spots to No. 10) and Florida State (down 9 spots to No. 13.)
Teams falling out of the Top 25 include Washington, Nebraska and UCLA.
ATHLON SPORTS TOP 25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank | Team | Last Week | |
| #1 |
 |
Alabama Crimson Tide | #1 (-) |
| #2 |
 |
Oregon Ducks | #2 (-) |
| #3 |
 |
South Carolina Gamecocks | #7 (+4) |
| #4 |
 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish | #6 (+2) |
| #5 |
 |
Florida Gators | #9 (+4) |
| #6 |
 |
West Virginia Mountaineers | #12 (+6) |
| #7 |
 |
Kansas State Wildcats | #10 (+3) |
| #8 |
 |
LSU Tigers | #5 (-3) |
| #9 |
 |
Ohio State Buckeyes | #11 (+2) |
| #10 |
 |
Georgia Bulldogs | #3 (-7) |
| #11 |
 |
USC Trojans | #13 (+2) |
| #12 |
 |
Texas Longhorns | #8 (-4) |
| #13 |
 |
Florida State Seminoles | #4 (-9) |
| #14 |
 |
Oklahoma Sooners | #14 (-) |
| #15 |
 |
Clemson Tigers | #15 (-) |
| #16 |
 |
Oregon State Beavers | #17 (+1) |
| #17 |
 |
Louisville Cardinals | #18 (+1) |
| #18 |
 |
Rutgers Scarlet Knights | #19 (+1) |
| #19 |
 |
Stanford Cardinal | #24 (+5) |
| #20 |
 |
Michigan Wolverines | #23 (+3) |
| #21 |
 |
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | #25 (+4) |
| #22 |
 |
Mississippi State Bulldogs | #27 (+5) |
| #23 |
 |
Cincinnati Bearcats | #29 (+6) |
| #24 |
 |
Texas A&M Aggies | #28 (+4) |
| #25 | Arizona State Sun Devils | #35 (+10) | |
To see our rankings for all 124 teams, visit Athlon's 124.
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