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Alabama’s stay at No. 1 in the Associated Press poll didn’t last longer than a week. Florida jumped past the Tide in the latest edition release just a little bit ago.

Record Pts Pvs
1. Florida (30) 7-0 1,463 2
2. Alabama (23) 8-0 1,448 1
3. Texas (7) 7-0 1,407 3
4. Southern Cal 6-1 1,217 4
5. Cincinnati 7-0 1,211 5
6. Boise St. 7-0 1,177 6
7. Iowa 8-0 1,148 7
8. TCU 7-0 1,132 10
9. LSU 6-1 1,040 9
10. Oregon 6-1 933 12

The Crimson Tide have made its return to the top of one poll. The Associated Press poll just released has Alabama jumping Florida for the top spot. Last week, only 10 voters had Alabama No. 1. Now there’s 39 to Florida’s 20.

UPDATE: The USA Today coaches poll still has Alabama well behind Florida as the Tide picked up just nine first-place votes. Click here for the full USA Today poll.

Here is the full AP poll:

Record Pts Pvs
1. Alabama (39) 7-0 1,447 2
2. Florida (20) 6-0 1,434 1
3. Texas 6-0 1,365 3
4. Southern Cal 5-1 1,213 6
5. Cincinnati 6-0 1,163 8
6. Boise St. 6-0 1,156 5
7. Iowa 7-0 1,092 11
8. Miami 5-1 1,056 9
9. LSU 5-1 1,014 10
10. TCU 6-0 1,001 12
11. Georgia Tech 6-1 861 19
12. Oregon 5-1 849 13
13. Penn St. 6-1 753 14
14. Oklahoma St. 5-1 690 16
15. Virginia Tech 5-2 684 4
16. BYU 6-1 601 18
17. Houston 5-1 478 23
18. Ohio St. 5-2 373 7
19. Utah 5-1 350 24
20. Pittsburgh 6-1 330 —
21. Texas Tech 5-2 286 —
22. West Virginia 5-1 205 —
23. South Carolina 5-2 159 22
24. Kansas 5-1 120 17
25. Oklahoma 3-3 117 20

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 61, Mississippi 59, South Florida 57, Nebraska 52, Michigan 41, Cent. Michigan 39, Arizona 25, California 9, Arkansas 8, Oregon St. 5, Idaho 4, Missouri 4, Navy 4, Wisconsin 4, Auburn 3, Boston College 3.

Another of the BCS components was released for the first time today. Check out the first Harris Interactive Poll:

Other teams receiving votes: Auburn 366; Georgia Tech 340; South Florida 308; South Carolina 144; Wisconsin 119; Utah 84; UCLA 55; Notre Dame 51; Texas A&M 30; North Carolina 9; Stanford 9; Washington 6; Arizona 5; Indiana 5; Connecticut 4; Southern Miss 3; Florida State 2; Kansas State 2; Minnesota 2; Pittsburgh 2; Iowa State 1; Texas Tech 1.

The most recent edition of the Associated Press and USA Today coaches polls were released early this afternoon. Nothing much changed for Alabama which remained No. 3 in both. Click here to see the full version.

The Tide picked up another first-place vote in the AP poll. Add Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle to the list (See his ballot here).

He joins another writer from California, one from Ohio and another from Tennessee who put Alabama on top.

Click here to access the ballots of all AP voters.

Since USC lost to Washington, a bump in the polls was expected for Alabama. The Tide moved up to No. 3 in the Associated Press poll and it picked up one more first-place vote. It had two in the previous two editions of the poll.

Florida and Texas remain 1-2.

Alabama also made the jump from fourth to third in the USA Today coaches poll although Florida kept all 59 first-place votes.

To examine both polls closer, click here.

No surprises here. The second Associated Press poll of the regular season still has Alabama at No. 4 after a 40-14 win over FIU and no losses among the top 3.

Follow this link to the full poll and stay tuned for the USA Today coaches poll to be released later in the day.

UPDATE: The coaches also kept Alabama at No. 4.

Also, Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News was one of two AP voters to keep Alabama at No. 1. Read his reasoning in his blog.

No major surprise here. Alabama’s win over Virginia Tech coupled with Oklahoma’s loss to BYU vaulted the Crimson Tide past the Sooners in the Associated Press poll.

The Tide also picked up two first place votes as did No. 2 Texas.

Others receiving votes: Oregon St. 113, Michigan St. 83, Pittsburgh 82, Texas Tech 53, Oregon 47, Clemson 40, Florida St. 39, West Virginia 32, Tennessee 30, Iowa 24, Michigan 18, UCLA 18, Baylor 17, Boston College 14, Arizona 12, East Carolina 6, Air Force 4, Auburn 4, Colorado St. 4, Arkansas 3, South Carolina 3, Houston 1, South Florida 1, Southern Miss. 1, Tulsa 1.

Hot off the Associated Press wire, here is the (hopefully) final preseason poll of the summer. Notice the “countdown to kickoff” clock notes the season-opener is just two weeks from today. Then, finally, the talk will end and the football will begin.

And now, the AP poll:

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2008 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and final ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pvs
1. Florida (58)	13-1	1,498	1
2. Texas (2)	12-1	1,424	4
3. Oklahoma	12-2	1,370	5
4. Southern Cal	12-1	1,313	3
5. Alabama	12-2	1,156	6
6. Ohio St.	10-3	1,113	9
7. Virginia Tech	10-4	1,054	15
8. Ole Miss	9-4	1,047	14
9. Oklahoma St.	9-4	989	16
9. Penn St.	11-2	989	8
11. LSU	8-5	914	—
12. California	9-4	746	—
13. Georgia	10-3	714	13
14. Boise St.	12-1	659	11
15. Georgia Tech	9-4	593	22
16. Oregon	10-3	587	10
17. TCU	11-2	521	7
18. Florida St.	9-4	307	21
19. Utah	13-0	289	2
20. BYU	10-3	267	25
21. North Carolina	8-5	261	—
22. Iowa	9-4	229	20
23. Notre Dame	7-6	225	—
24. Nebraska	9-4	207	—
25. Kansas	8-5	134	—

Others receiving votes: Oregon St. 122, Illinois 105, Pittsburgh 103, Michigan St. 100, Rutgers 83, Texas Tech 76, West Virginia 57, Cincinnati 44, Clemson 42, Miami 40, East Carolina 30, Tennessee 15, Arizona 13, N.C. State 10, Boston College 9, Auburn 7, Cent. Michigan 7, UCLA 7, Northwestern 5, Missouri 3, South Florida 3, Southern Miss. 3, Vanderbilt 3, South Carolina 2, Arkansas 1, Houston 1, Nevada 1, Troy 1, Tulsa 1.

In case you wondered who voted on the poll, here is the list:

Alex Abrams, The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas; John Adams, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel; Mark Anderson, Las Vegas Review-Journal; Paul Arnett Honolulu Star-Bulletin; Bob Asmussen, Champaign (Ill.) News-Gazette; Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American Statesman; Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram; Steve Campbell, Houston Chronicle; Angelique Chengelis, The Detroit News; John Clay, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader;

Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times; Desmond Conner, The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; Steve Conroy, Boston Herald; Chadd Cripe, The Idaho Statesman; Barker Davis, The Washington Times; John Davis, Oxford (Miss.) Eagle; Wade Denniston, Logan (Utah) Herald-Journal; Pete DiPrimio, The Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel; Mike DiRocco Florida Times-Union; Doug Doughty, The Roanoke (Va.) Times;

Teddy Feinberg, Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun-News; Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News; Ryan Finley, Arizona Daily Star; Chris Fowler, ESPN; Marcus Fuller, St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press; Joe Giglio, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.; Garland Gillen, WWL-TV, New Orleans; Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; Jeff Gravley, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, N.C.; Glen Guilbeau, Gannett Louisiana News Service;

Israel Gutierrez, Miami Herald; Travis Haney, The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier; Eric Hansen, The South Bend (Ind.) Tribune; Tom Hart, CBS College Sports Network; Kirk Herbstreit, WBNS-AM Columbus, Ohio & ESPN; Mike Herndon, Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register; Mike Hlas, Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette; John Hunt, The Oregonian; Sal Interdonato, Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y.;

Craig James, ABC; Rich Kaipust, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald; Tom Keegan, Lawrence (Kan.) Journal World; Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland; Dave Matter, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune; Matt McCoy, WTVN-AM, Columbus, Ohio; Brett McMurphy, Tampa (Fla.) Tribune; Tom Mulhern, Wisconsin State Journal; Rick Nyman, WDEF-TV, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle; Joe Rexrode, Lansing (Mich.) State Journal;

Keith Sargeant, Gannett N.J. Newspapers; Jake Schaller, The Gazette, Colorado Springs; Andy Staples, SI.com; Mike Strain, Tulsa (Okla.) World; Jay G. Tate, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser; Adam Van Brimmer, Savannah (Ga.) Morning News; Mitch Vingle, The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette; Austin Ward, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune; Jon Wilner, San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News; Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News