Not even winning the nation's best conference could help Alabama erase Notre Dame's BlogPoll lead. But while the Irish stay No. 1 for the fourth straight week heading into bowl season, Alabama is...

Notre Dame is No. 1 in this week's BlogPoll, gets almost all the first-place votes, and is pretty much assured of carrying that No. 1 ranking into the 2013 BCS National Championship Game. Whatever:...

That second-ranked team is Alabama, which gets a paltry four first-place votes to the Domers' 63 of 71, and which is almost a point and a half per ballot back of the lone BCS-eligible unbeaten...

Oregon takes advantage of Alabama's loss and streaks by Kansas State for the No. 1 spot.

The BlogPoll is broken, and it's pretty much all Alabama's fault.

Florida's collection of wins over well-regarded SEC teams has helped get the Gators all the way up to No. 2 in the BlogPoll. What's more, the Gators are chewing into what was once a massive stockpile of Alabama first-place votes.

After returning to action in Week 7, Alabama's grip on the No. 1 spot in the BlogPoll got a bit tighter. And after returning to earth against Texas Tech, West Virginia dropped like a rock.

Alabama's grasp of No. 1 in the BlogPoll, viselike in previous weeks, is slipping. And it's a couple of SEC East schools making their charge at the throne.

Unimpressive wins by most of the nation's top 10 led to little change in the Week 6 BlogPoll rankings, but West Virginia moved up and Oregon State jumped six spots.

Alabama is still the relatively comfortable king of college football. But BlogPoll voters think there may be more than a few crown princes, given the first-place votes for six other teams.