The University of Alabama Crimson Tide have jumped Clemson to top the Associated Press’ weekly college football poll for the first time this season.

A new poll was released on Sunday, with the Tide now having been ranked as the nation’s best team for at least one week annually the last 12 years.

This came after Clemson escaped with a 21-20 victory over the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Auburn Tigers held steady at number seven after a 56-23 victory over Mississippi State University.

Auburn faces an undefeated University of Florida team this coming weekend. Florida was ranked tenth in the latest AP poll.

Alabama received 29 of 61 first-place votes on Sunday from the AP media panel while Clemson received 18 first-place votes.

Third ranked Georgia received four first-place votes. Ohio State was ranked fourth, receiving seven first place-votes, followed by Louisiana State University (LSU) at number five and Oklahoma at number six. Auburn received three first-place votes.

See the full poll here.

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