Alabama strengthens grip on No. 1 ranking

After a 59-0 conference win over Vanderbilt, Alabama tightened its grip on the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 poll that was released Sunday afternoon.

The Crimson Tide garnered seven more first-place votes.

1		Alabama (52) SEC Record: 4-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,515
2		Clemson (8) ACC Record: 4-0	2 1,458
3		Oklahoma (1) Big 12 Record: 4-0	3 1,397
4		Penn State Big Ten Record: 4-0	4 1,304
5		USC Pac-12 Record: 4-0	5 1,247
6		Washington Pac-12 Record: 4-0	7 1,188
7		Georgia SEC Record: 4-0	11 1,136
8		Michigan Big Ten Record: 4-0	8 1,088
9		TCU Big 12 Record: 4-0	16 1,028
10		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 3-0	9 1,023
11		Ohio State Big Ten Record: 3-1	10 1,016
12		Virginia Tech ACC Record: 4-0	13 828
13		Auburn SEC Record: 3-1	15 701
14		Miami (FL) ACC Record: 2-0	14 693
15		Oklahoma State Big 12 Record: 3-1	6 665
16		Washington State Pac-12 Record: 4-0	18 551
17		Louisville ACC Record: 3-1	19 502
18		South Florida The American Record: 4-0	21 406
19		San Diego State Mountain West Record: 4-0	22 365
20		Utah Pac-12 Record: 4-0	23 356
21		Florida SEC Record: 2-1	20 342
22		Notre Dame Division I FBS Independents Record: 3-1	– 246
23		West Virginia Big 12 Record: 3-1	– 212
24		Mississippi State SEC Record: 3-1	17 148
25		LSU SEC Record: 3-1	25 92