FAYETTEVILLE — I moved Alabama a notch ahead of Clemson after the Tide’s dominating performance against Louisville. Clemson gets a great test this week at Texas A&M.
LSU, Virginia Tech, Ohio State, Auburn and Notre Dame were all nimbly upward mobile on my ballot after impressive non-conference wins. LSU made a big move from No. 23 to 15 after dominating Miami, which fell 14 spots to No. 21.
Virginia Tech’s suffocating defensive performance in Tallahassee, Fla., on Monday night meant a four-spot improvement to No. 10 for the Hokies. Florida State fell out from the No. 21 spot.