It almost seems unfair to punish Florida State by dropping them six overall slots to No. 11 in the country, since they lost to the No. 1 overall team in Oklahoma. However, that's the name of the game in the weekly polling of college football writers known as the AP Top 25 and given how intense competition will become in conference play, the Seminoles will be positioned for another top BCS bid if they continue to play well.
As for other action in the AP Top 25, the first place votes are not centered on just one school despite the Sooners' solid showing against another top five team. LSU, Alabama and Boise State are all impressive to enough voters to earn them some top rankings and Stanford, Wisconsin and Oklahoma State stand outside that bubble waiting for their own believers. With some new entrants this week, here's the week four version of the AP Top 25.
AP TOP 25 (includes first place votes in parentheses, W-L record and total votes):
1 Oklahoma (37) 2-0 1471
2 LSU (14) 3-0 1424
3 Alabama (7) 3-0 1402
4 Boise State (2) 2-0 1309
5 Stanford 3-0 1212
6 Wisconsin 3-0 1170
7 Oklahoma State 3-0 1092
8 Texas A&M 2-0 1043
9 Nebraska 3-0 911
10 Oregon 2-1 899
11 Florida State 2-1 896
12 South Carolina 3-0 891
13 Virginia Tech 3-0 830
14 Arkansas 3-0 781
15 Florida 3-0 669
16 West Virginia 3-0 579
17 Baylor 2-0 521
18 South Florida 3-0 496
19 Texas 3-0 402
20 TCU 2-1 273
21 Clemson 3-0 272
22 Michigan 3-0 266
23 USC 3-0 260
24 Illinois 3-0 106
25 Georgia Tech 3-0 59