Alabama Still Atop Blog Poll; Beavers Drop to #13

Alabama continues to hold on to the top spot in the SB Nation Blog Poll this week, just like every other poll in existence, as they get ready to venture into Death Valley Saturday night to take on LSU, who is #5.

Oregon St. dropped to #13, just as they did in the AP poll, 2 below where they wound up in the BCS rankings.

Oregon is now the only Pac-12 or western team in the top 10. The Ducks held on to #3, though they saw Kansas St. vault over them to #2 after Florida fell, opening up that spot.

Stanford rose to #15, more a product of some of the week's upsets, than their less than overwhelming win over Washington St.

USC, one of the upset victims, dropped to #18, and Arizona, the team that upset them, broke back into the top 25, at #24. UCLA also got in, at #25, putting half the Pac-12 in.

Boise St. is the only other western team ranked, at #20 and climbing.

Results for Week 9

#	School	Points/blog	SD	Delta
1	Alabama Crimson Tide (60)	25.04	2.79	--
2	Kansas St. Wildcats (11)	23.75	2.55	2
3	Oregon Ducks (2)	23.43	2.44	--
4	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3)	22.86	2.45	1
5	LSU Tigers	19.71	0.59	1
6	Georgia Bulldogs	18.58	0.85	9
7	Florida Gators	18.54	0.82	-5
8	Ohio St. Buckeyes (1)	18.09	4.93	1
9	Florida St. Seminoles	17.79	1.45	2
10	Clemson Tigers	14.53	3.09	4
11	South Carolina Gamecocks	14.11	1.71	6
12	Louisville Cardinals	13.83	3.67	4
13	Oregon St. Beavers	12.67	3.45	-6
14	Oklahoma Sooners	12.63	3.44	-6
15	Stanford Cardinal	10.26	3.46	4
16	Texas A&M Aggies	10.12	3.31	5
17	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	8.24	3.72	-5
18	USC Trojans	7.29	3.32	-8
19	Texas Tech Red Raiders	6.79	3.83	-6
20	Boise St. Broncos	5.75	4.17	3
21	Nebraska Cornhuskers	4.87	3.17	8
22	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	3.86	3.40	2
23	West Virginia Mountaineers	2.37	2.58	2
24	Arizona Wildcats	2.33	3.03	15
25	UCLA Bruins	2.05	2.96	15
Others Receiving Votes: Toledo Rockets | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Kent St. Golden Flashes | Texas Longhorns | Northern Illinois Huskies |Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Northwestern Wildcats | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Ohio Bobcats | Utah State Aggies | North Carolina Tar Heels |Iowa St. Cyclones | Central Florida Knights | Cincinnati Bearcats |Michigan Wolverines | ULM Warhawks | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Duke Blue Devils | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Ball St. Cardinals
Updated: Oct 30, 2012 8:35 AM EDT

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