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NEW YORK • No. 3 Kansas State and No. 4 Notre Dame each moved up a spot in The Associated Press and USA Today college football polls, setting up a final four of sorts for the last month of the regular season.

Alabama remained No. 1 in both the AP and the USA Today polls. The Crimson Tide received all 60 first-place votes in the AP poll, and 59 votes in the USA Today poll. Oregon is No. 2 in both polls.

Florida's 17-9 loss on Saturday to Georgia dropped the Gators five spots to No. 8 and allowed Kansas State and Notre Dame each to move up a spot after victories in the AP poll.

Now the top four are all undefeated and none will play any other the rest of the way.

LSU is No. 5 in both polls, followed by Ohio State and Georgia, in the AP poll and Georgia and Florida State in the USA Today poll. —

AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 27, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv

1. Alabama (60) 8-0, 1,500, 1

2. Oregon 8-0, 1,412, 2

3. Kansas St. 8-0,1,382, 4

4. Notre Dame 8-0, 1,344, 5

5. LSU 7-1, 1,216, 6

6. Ohio St., 9-0, 1,158, 9

7. Georgia 7-1 , 1,145, 12

8. Florida 7-1, 1,075, 3

9. Florida St. 8-1, 1,046 , 11

10. Clemson 7-1, 914, 14

11. South Carolina 7-2, 823, 17

12. Louisville 8-0, 817, 16

13. Oregon St. 6-1, 762, 7

14. Oklahoma 5-2, 758, 8

15. Stanford 6-2, 627, 19

16. Texas A&M 6-2, 580, 22

17. Mississippi St. 7-1, 559, 13

18. Southern Cal 6-2, 418, 10

19. Boise St. 7-1, 406, 21

20. Texas Tech 6-2, 388, 15

21. Nebraska 6-2, 249 , NR

22. Louisiana Tech 7-1, 209, 24

23. West Virginia 5-2, 126, 25

24. Arizona 5-3, 106, NR

25. UCLA 6-2, 103 , NR

Others receiving votes • Toledo 88, Rutgers 74, Oklahoma St. 72, Texas 55, Kent St. 33, Tulsa 17, N. Illinois 12, Washington 8, Northwestern 7, Ohio 4, Wisconsin 4, Michigan 2, Louisiana-Monroe 1. —

USA Today Top 25

The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 27, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs

1. Alabama (59), 8-0, 1,475, 1

2. Oregon 8-0, 1,391, 2

3. Kansas State 8-0, 1,366, 4

4. Notre Dame 8-0, 1,307, 5

5. LSU 7-1, 1,225, 6

6. Georgia 7-1, 1,149, 11

7. Florida State, 8-, 1,121, 10

8. Florida, 7-1, 1,024, 3

9. Clemson 7-1, 976, 13

10. Louisville 8-0, 888, 14

11. South Carolina 7-2, 838, 16

12. Oklahoma 5-2, 758, 7

13. Oregon State 6-1, 684, 9

14. Boise State 7-1, 634, 18

15. Stanford 6-2, 626, 19

16. Texas A&M 6-2, 592, 21

17. Southern California, 6-2, 583, 8

18. Mississippi State 7-1, 569, 12

19. West Virginia 5-2, 326, 22

20. Texas Tech 6-2, 284, 17

21. Nebraska 6-2, 283, NR

22. Texas 6-2, 200, 24

23. Louisiana Tech 7-1, 191, NR

24. Oklahoma State 5-2, 166, NR

25. Rutgers 7-1, 151, 15

Others receiving votes •Northwestern 77; UCLA 61; Toledo 59; Northern Illinois 39; Kent State 26; Tulsa 19; Wisconsin 15; Arizona 14; Michigan 11; Louisiana-Monroe 10; Ohio 9; Cincinnati 8; Iowa State 6; Utah State 4; Western Kentucky 4; Mississippi 3; Arizona State 2; Michigan State 1.

No. 3 Kansas State, No. 4 Notre Dame each move up a spot in AP poll