2018 Week 9 Associated Press Poll: Ohio State Plummets After Loss

The Associated Press began its college football poll on Oct. 19, 1936. It is the longest-running poll of those that award national titles at the end of the season. The preseason poll was started in 1950. A panel of 60 sports writers and broadcasters from around the country votes on the poll weekly. The AP Top 25 is determined by a simple points system based on how each voter ranks the teams. A team receives 25 points for each first place vote, 24 for second place and so on through to the 25th team, which receives one point. The rankings are set by listing the teams' point totals from highest to lowest.

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Here is the 2018 Week 9 Associated Press Poll:

1) Alabama, 8-0 (1,525 total points) (61 first-place votes)
2) Clemson, 7-0 (1,454)
3) Notre Dame, 7-0 (1,400)
4) LSU, 7-1 (1,327)
5) Michigan, 7-1 (1,250)
6) Texas, 6-1 (1186)
7) Georgia, 6-1 (1,136)
8) Oklahoma, 6-1 (1065)
9) Florida, 6-1 (998)
10) Central Florida, 7-0 (996)
11) Ohio State, 7-1 (958)
12) Kentucky, 6-1 (754)
13) West Virginia, 5-1 (747)
14) Washington State, 6-1 (692)
15) Washington, 6-2 (677)
16) Texas A&M, 5-2 (622)
17) Penn State, 5-2 (528)
18) Iowa, 6-1 (489)
19) Oregon, 5-2 (450)
20) Wisconsin, 5-2 (357)
21) South Florida, 7-0 (291)
22) North Carolina State, 5-1 (186)
23) Utah, 5-2 (180)
24) Stanford, 5-1 (144)
25) Appalachian State, 5-1 (79)

Others Receiving Votes: Texas Tech, 54; Utah State, 50; San Diego State, 48; Fresno State, 35; Miami, 34; Virginia, 25; Houston, 19; Purdue, 17; Michigan State, 8; Cincinnati, 7; Auburn, 5; Boston College, 2; Mississippi State, 2; UAB, 1.