With Texas losing to Texas Tech last night, Alabama has now acquired the No. 1 spot in the country. They are the fifth team to stake claim to the top position this season. They are not, however, the unanimous No. 1 team in college football. 'Bama received 46 of the 65 first place votes. The other 19 first place votes were split amongst three other teams.

Texas Tech leaped over Penn State to become the new No. 2 team in the country. They received 12 first place votes. Penn State was on a bye this week and remained in the No. 3 spot and got six first place votes. Florida, after the 49-10 butt whoopin' they laid on Georgia, moved up to No. 4 and received one first place vote.

Texas, after suffering their first loss of the season, fell to No. 5. That's about where they should be considering the loss came at the hands of a strong Red Raiders team. The ESPN/USA Today poll has them at No. 7 and has Texas Tech at No. 3. I can see Texas Tech being ranked No. 3, but Texas shouldn't have fallen any lower than No. 5 considering who they lost to and what teams are ranked below them that also have one loss.

Four teams dropped out of the top 25: Tulsa, Minnesota, Oregon and South Florida. With four dropping out, four have to join. Those teams would be: West Virginia, California, Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh.

Here's a look at the complete AP Top 25 rankings:

1. Alabama 9-0
2. Texas Tech 9-0
3. Penn State 9-0
4. Florida 7-1
5. Texas 8-1
6. Oklahoma 8-1
7. USC 7-1
8. Oklahoma State 8-1
9. Boise State 8-0
10. Utah 9-0
11. TCU 9-1
12. Ohio State 7-2
13. Missouri 7-2
14. Georgia 7-2
15. LSU 6-2
16. Ball State 8-0
17. BYU 8-1
18. Michigan State 8-2
19. North Carolina 6-2
20. West Virginia 6-2
21. California 6-2
22. Georgia Tech 7-2
23. Maryland 6-2
24. Florida State 6-2
25. Pittsburgh 6-2

The BCS rankings will be released later tonight. I expect those rankings to mirror the AP Top 25 rankings, at least as far as the top five go.

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