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Top 25 college football rankings, Week 11: 'Noles move closer to title spot

Florida State has gained ground on BCS No. 2 Oregon in both human polls that alter the standings. The official BCS rankings will be released around 8:40 p.m. ET Sunday. Check back here.

By Pete Volk@Pete_Volk Nov 3, 2013, 11:34am EST

Three of the top five teams had bye weeks, and they all stay put. Alabama holds onto the top spot with Oregon right behind, as Baylor doesn't move from their fifth spot.

In the Coaches Poll, the first of the day to be released and one of the two that count toward the BCS standings (which will be released around 8:40 p.m. ET Sunday), Florida State snags three first-place votes, one from Oregon and two from Alabama. FSU needs to pick off as many as possible -- with a likely No. 1 ranking in the computers, the Noles have ground to make up in the polls.

The full Coaches Poll:

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	FIRST PLACE VOTES	PREVIOUS RANK	CHANGE	HI/LOW
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	8-0	1540	54	1		1/1
2	Oregon Ducks	8-0	1475	5	2		2/3
3	Florida State Seminoles	8-0	1436	3	3		3/12
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	9-0	1369	0	4		2/4
5	Baylor Bears	7-0	1299	0	5		5/NR
6	Stanford Cardinal	7-1	1222	0	7	1	4/13
7	Clemson Tigers	8-1	1121	0	8	1	4/10
8	Oklahoma Sooners	7-1	971	0	9	1	8/18
9	Missouri Tigers	8-1	961	0	10	1	7/NR
10	Auburn Tigers	8-1	959	0	11	1	10/NR
11	Oklahoma State Cowboys	7-1	864	0	12	1	11/20
12	LSU Tigers	7-2	835	0	13	1	6/13
13	Texas A&M Aggies	7-2	800	0	14	1	6/15
14	Miami Hurricanes	7-1	747	0	6	8	6/NR
15	South Carolina Gamecocks	7-2	722	0	16	1	6/20
16	Louisville Cardinals	7-1	569	0	17	1	6/17
17	Fresno State Bulldogs	8-0	567	0	18	1	17/NR
18	UCLA Bruins	6-2	494	0	19	1	10/21
19	Michigan State Spartans	8-1	446	0	24	5	19/NR
20	Northern Illinois Huskies	9-0	409	0	20		20/NR
21	Central Florida Knights	6-1	340	0	22	1	21/NR
22	Wisconsin Badgers	6-2	333	0	23	1	18/NR
23	Texas Tech Red Raiders	7-2	217	0	15	8	9/NR
24	Arizona State Sun Devils	6-2	130	0	NR		23/NR
25	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	7-2	108	0	25		11/NR

And the Harris Poll, which also counts toward the BCS, has Florida State picking up a little bit of ground as well:

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The new Associated Press poll, which doesn't count toward the BCS (but can sometimes foreshadow future Coaches moves), is also out now:

Rank	Team	Record	Votes	Previous
1	Alabama (52)	8-0	1,491	1
2	Oregon (2)	8-0	1,418	2
3	Florida State (6)	8-0	1,409	3
4	Ohio State	9-0	1,315	4
5	Baylor	7-0	1,234	5
6	Stanford	7-1	1,214	6
7	Auburn	8-1	1,082	8
8	Clemson	8-1	1,059	9
9	Missouri	8-1	956	10
10	LSU	7-2	863	11
11	Texas A&M	7-2	861	12
12	Oklahoma	7-1	816	13
13	South Carolina	7-2	769	14
14	Miami (FL)	7-1	737	7
15	Oklahoma State	7-1	662	18
16	UCLA	6-2	515	17
17	Fresno State	8-0	493	16
18	Michigan State	8-1	478	24
19	UCF	6-1	472	19
20	Louisville	7-1	385	20
21	Wisconsin	6-2	342	22
22	Northern Illinois	9-0	322	21
23	Arizona State	6-2	197	25
24	Notre Dame	7-2	164	NR
25	Texas Tech	7-2	102	15

Others Receiving Votes: Texas 34, Georgia 32, Brigham Young 28, Mississippi 17, Houston 9, Minnesota 7, Michigan 6, Washington 6, Ball State 4, Duke 1

The Hurricanes fall after their blowout loss to the 'Noles. Oklahoma State moves up after their big win over Texas Tech, while the Red Raiders fall again after their second straight loss. Michigan falls out after being simply dominated by Michigan State, while the one-loss Spartans rise after gaining some considerable national attention.

After Florida State received one of their big tests this past weekend, three of the other main national title contendors get their gutcheck games this week. Alabama plays LSU Saturday, Oregon plays Stanford Thursday, and Baylor plays Oklahoma Thursday.