Alabama moves ahead of Cincinnati in one national poll

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Despite not gaining any ground in the AP Top 25, Alabama moved up past Cincinnati to the No. 2 spot in the USA Today Coaches Poll released on Sunday.

This comes after the Crimson Tide narrowly escaped a 4-4 LSU team at home with a 20-14 win on Saturday, while the Bearcats had a hard-fought 28-20 win of its own against unranked Tulsa.

Georgia was the unanimous No. 1 team in both polls once again after a dominating performance against Missouri. The SEC was well represented in both polls which included Georgia, Alabama, Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Auburn.

Last week Alabama came in at No. 2 in the first College Football Playoff rankings which will be updated this Tuesday at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN.

Below is the full Coaches Poll rankings:

1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Cincinnati
4. Oklahoma
5. Ohio State
6. Oregon
7. Notre Dame
8. Michigan
9. Michigan State
10. Oklahoma State
11. Texas A&M
12. Ole Miss
13. Wake Forest
14. Iowa
15. BYU
16. UTSA
17. Houston
18. Baylor
19. NC State
20. Auburn
21. Coastal Carolina
22. Pittsburgh
23. Penn State
24. Wisconsin
25. Louisianna-Lafayette

Below is the full AP Top 25:

1. Georgia
2. Cincinnati
3. Alabama
4. Oklahoma
5. Oregon
6. Ohio State
7. Notre Dame
8. Michigan State
9. Michigan
10. Oklahoma State
11. Texas A&M
12. Ole Miss
13. Wake Forest
14. BYU
15. UTSA
16. Auburn
17. Houston
18. Baylor
19. Iowa
20. Wisconsin
21. NC State
22. Coastal Carolina
23. Penn State
24. Louisianna-Lafayette
25. Pittsburgh

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Patrick Dowd is a Reporter for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can follow him on Twitter, via Pat_Dowd77