Alabama widens lead for No. 1 spot in Amway Coaches Poll

Alabama is coming off its most dominant win of the season. Following a 7-3 first quarter against Kentucky on Saturday, the Crimson Tide ripped off 56 straight points to win 63-3. The victory puts Alabama’s record at 7-0, and it also helped widen its …

Alabama is coming off its most dominant win of the season. Following a 7-3 first quarter against Kentucky on Saturday, the Crimson Tide ripped off 56 straight points to win 63-3.

The victory puts Alabama’s record at 7-0, and it also helped widen its lead on the top spot in the latest Amway Coaches Poll, powered by USA TODAY Sports. The top 10 remained mostly the same outside of Georgia landing in the No. 10 slot.

With the Iron Bowl looming, Auburn climbed two spots in the rankings from No. 21 to No. 19, which will make the home matchup for the Crimson Tide all that more important.

Here are the complete poll results from Week 12 of college football.

Rank Team RCD PTS 1ST PREV CHG Hi/Lo
1 Alabama 7-0 1547 59 1 1/3
2 Notre Dame 8-0 1469 2 2 2/10
3 Ohio State 3-0 1425 1 3 2/10
4 Clemson 7-1 1353 0 4 1/4
5 Florida 6-1 1256 0 5 3/9
6 Texas A&M 5-1 1241 0 6 6/20
7 Cincinnati 8-0 1166 0 7 6/22
8 Brigham Young 9-0 1103 0 8 8/23
9 Miami 7-1 1005 0 9 7/NR
10 Georgia 5-2 897 0 11 1 3/11
11 Oregon 3-0 876 0 13 2 9/17
12 Indiana 4-1 821 0 10 -2 10/NR
13 Northwestern 5-0 813 0 20 7 13/NR
14 Oklahoma 6-2 756 0 17 3 3/NR
15 Iowa State 6-2 685 0 16 1 15/NR
16 Marshall 7-0 563 0 15 -1 15/NR
17 Coastal Carolina 8-0 530 0 18 1 16/NR
18 Southern California 3-0 508 0 19 1 17/NR
19 Auburn 5-2 427 0 21 2 7/NR
20 Wisconsin 2-1 409 0 12 -8 11/20
21 Texas 5-2 306 0 23 2 8/NR
22 Oklahoma State 5-2 299 0 14 -8 6/22
23 North Carolina 6-2 205 0 24 1 6/NR
24 UL Lafayette 7-1 165 0 25 1 21/NR
25 Tulsa 5-1 120 0 NR 1 25/NR

Schools Dropped Out:

No. 22 Liberty.

Others Receiving Votes:

Nevada 39; Liberty 27; Missouri 24; Washington 17; San Jose State 13; Maryland 13; NC State 12; Boston College 12; Boise State 11; Southern Methodist 10; Memphis 9; Army 6; Appalachian State 6; Louisiana State 3; Purdue 2; Iowa 1.

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