The Florida Gators moved up two spots to No. 9 in the AP Poll despite taking their bye week before their showdown with the No. 7 Georgia Bulldogs this weekend. The move makes the Gators the top-ranked team in Florida, passing the UCF Knights.

• Florida jumped up two spots during its bye week to No. 9 setting up their showdown with No. 7 Georgia this weekend
• UCF stayed at No. 10 after a 37-10 win over East Carolina
• USF also stayed at No. 21 following a 38-30 win over Connecticut

The Knights stayed at No. 10 in the poll after a 37-10 win over East Carolina in Greenville, N.C. In that game starting quarterback McKenzie Milton sat out with an undisclosed injury reportedly to his shoulder and ankle. UCF has now been jumped by power conference teams coming off their bye weeks in two consecutive weeks. The Knights are off next Saturday and play again Thursday, Nov. 1 against Temple.

The USF Bulls stayed in the ranking at No. 21 following their 38-30 win over Connecticut.

Clemson is back at No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll behind top-ranked Alabama, moving up to where it started, after a convincing victory and Ohio State’s first loss of the season.

The Crimson Tide are a unanimous No. 1, with all 61 first-place votes , for the first time this season.

The Tigers trailed only Alabama in the preseason rankings, but a couple of close wins in September — combined with seemingly impressive performances by other highly ranked teams — dragged Clemson to as low as No. 4.

Coming off a lopsided win against North Carolina State, Clemson rose a spot this week. Notre Dame is No. 3 and LSU is No. 4, setting the stage for a top-five matchup between the Tigers and Crimson Tide in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Nov. 3. Both have an open date this week.

Michigan is No. 5 and Ohio State dropped to No. 11 after being upset by Purdue.

POLL POINTS

No. 25 Appalachian State is ranked in the AP poll for the first time in school history. The Mountaineers (5-1) have not lost since opening the season with an overtime defeat at Penn State.

App State transitioned to the FBS, the highest level of Division I football, in 2014 after years as an FCS power. Under former coach Jerry Moore, the Mountaineers were a regular playoff participant. The program peaked in the mid-2000s, winning three straight FCS (Division I-AA) championships from 2005-07. And, most memorably, App State pulled off one of the most stunning upsets in college football history against Michigan in 2007.

Moore retired after the 2012 season and was replaced by former App State quarterback and assistant coach Scott Satterfield. The move up in class and into the Sun Belt has been practically seamless. The Mountaineers are 46-23 under Satterfield, with two Sun Belt titles. The only other Sun Belt team to ever be ranked was Troy on Nov. 13, 2016.

This season’s team was expected to contend for another conference championship. A case could be made it is exceeding even those high expectations after replacing four-year starting quarterback Taylor Lamb and much of its defensive front seven. Since falling to Penn State, the Mountaineers have outscored their opponents 231-49.

UP

No. 14 Washington State was the only big mover to rise in the rankings this week, jumping 11 spots after beating Oregon.

DOWN

— Ohio State dropped out of the top 10 for the first this season, tumbling nine spots.

— No. 19 Oregon dropped seven spots after taking its second loss.

— No. 22 North Carolina State fell six spots after losing for the first time this season.

IN

— No. 23 Utah is ranked for the first time this season, making it five straight years the Utes started the season unranked but moved into the rankings at some point. From 2014-16, Utah started the season outside the Top 25 but finished it ranked. Utah has won three straight, scoring at least 40 points in each game.

— No. 24 Stanford is back in the rankings after falling out two weeks ago.

OUT

— Michigan State and Mississippi State fell out of the rankings again after losing for the third time this season.

— Cincinnati’s first loss of the season, in overtime to Temple, cost the Bearcats their first ranking since 2012.