Alabama Crimson Tide moves up in AP and Coaches Polls

Tuesday's latest AP Poll and Coaches Poll moved the Alabama Crimson Tide up one spot to No. 3. Georgia got 57 1st place votes, with Ohio State getting five in the AP Poll. In the Coaches Poll, the Bulldogs got 51 1st place votes; Ohio State got three and Texas got one. No other teams received first-place votes in either poll.

The USC Trojans got the biggest bump up in each poll. USC moved up 10 spots in the AP Poll to No. 13 and moved up nine spots in the Coaches Poll to No. 14. The other big movers in the opposite direction were Clemson and LSU. Clemson dropped 11 spots in the AP Poll to No. 25 and dropped eight spots in the Coaches Poll to No. 22. The Bengal Tigers dropped five spots in the AP Poll to No. 18 and seven spots in the Coaches Poll to No. 19.

Week 2 AP Poll Top 15, plus other ranked SEC teams

• 1) Georgia Bulldogs - 1545 points

• 2) Ohio State Buckeyes - 1478 points

• 3) Texas Longhorns - 1418 points

• 4) Alabama Crimson Tide - 1309 points

• 5) Notre Dame Fighting Irish - 1240 points

• 6) Ole Miss Rebels - 1212 points

• 7) Oregon Ducks - 1197 points

• 8) Penn State Nittany Lions - 1146 points

• 9) Missouri Tigers - 968 points

• 10) Michigan Wolverines - 935 points

• 11) Utah Utes - 897 points

• 12) Miami Hurricanes - 893 points

• 13) USC Trojans - 811 points

• 14) Tennessee Vols - 784 points

• 15) Oklahoma Sooners - 703 points

• Other SEC Teams: 18) LSU, plus in the category of 'Others Receiving Votes; 26) Texas A&M, 35) Vanderbilt, 37) Auburn, 42) Kentucky, and 44) Arkansas.

The complete AP Poll can be seen here and the complete Coaches Poll here.

A slighting different take on where the Alabama Crimson Tide should have been ranked is available here.