AP Top 25: Clemson remains overwhelming No. 1 over Alabama - Fox News

1 spot in The Associated Press college football poll, extending its longest run atop the poll to seven weeks.

4 Georgia dropped one spot and Ohio State moved up to No.

When it comes to winning games against ranked teams, Alabama coach Nick Saban is the best ever.

Saban's latest victory was his 86th, tying Penn State's Joe Paterno for the most of all time.

Saban has benefitted from having his coaching career come at a time when the rankings extend to 25 teams, as opposed to 20, which was the case for the front end of Paterno's 46-year career.

The average number of games played in a college football season is also longer now than ever before.

Alabama does not currently have another ranked team left on its schedule.

Unbeaten Coastal Carolina is ranked for the first time in the program's short history.

The conference has had three of its teams ranked at one point or another.

Never before had more than one Sun Belt team been ranked in any season.

The unbeaten Thundering Herd were ranked in September, got bumped by the return of Big Ten and Pac-12 teams but have played their way back in.

23 North Carolina State is ranked for the first time since 2018.

Joining Louisiana-Lafayette in falling from the rankings were two SEC teams.

Auburn and Tennessee both suffered a second loss of the season and dropped from the Top 25 for the first time.

23 North Carolina State at No.

14 North Carolina.

The first time since 1993, and just the third time ever, the Research Triangle rivals will both be ranked when they meet.