Kalen DeBoer and the Alabama Crimson Tide had a bye week on Saturday, but upsets of ranked teams powered the Tide's rise in this week's AP Top 25 released Sunday.

As with the US LBM Coaches Poll, Alabama rose three spots to No. 11 in this week's AP poll. The Crimson Tide jumped past the Clemson Tigers, Iowa State Cyclones and Texas A&M Aggies.

Alabama is one spot below Notre Dame (7-1) at No. 10 and one spot ahead of Boise State (7-1) at No. 12.

The Tide are also the highest-ranked two-loss team, followed by the LSU Tigers (6-2) at No. 14. LSU rose two spots in this week's AP poll. The Tide and Tigers will meet Saturday at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge at 6:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ABC.

LSU also had its customary bye week ahead of their matchup with Alabama.

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The Oregon Ducks (9-0) retained the top spot in the AP poll after their convincing 38-17 win over the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday. The Georgia Bulldogs (7-1) stayed at No. 2 following a 34-20 win over the Florida Gators in Jacksonville.

The Ohio State Buckeyes (7-1) moved up one spot to No. 3 after their 20-13 win over the Penn State Nittany Lions in Happy Valley. The Miami Hurricanes (No. 4, 9-0) and Texas Longhorns (No. 5, 7-1) both moved up one spot to round out the top five.

Penn State fell to No. 6 in this week's AP poll. Tennessee (7-1) stayed at No. 7. The Indiana Hoosiers (9-0), led by former Nick Saban assistant Curt Cignetti, moved up five spots to No. 8. The BYU Cougars (8-0) were ranked No. 9 with Notre Dame rounding out the Top 10.

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