By RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Football Writer
Alabama inched up to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football behind top-ranked Georgia and No. 2 Cincinnati.
The Bulldogs are a unanimous No. 1 for the third straight week in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank and the Bearcats remain second.
The Crimson Tide jumped up a spot past Oklahoma after blowing out Tennessee. The now fourth-ranked Sooners were shut out in the first half against Kansas before scoring 35 in the second half and pulling away late.
No. 5 Ohio State and No. 6 Michigan both held their spots.
Penn State dropped 12 spots to No. 20 after losing in a record nine overtime periods to Illinois. Oklahoma State fell from No. 8 to 15th after losing at Iowa State.
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 23, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record/Pts/Prv
1. Georgia (63) 7-0 1575 1
2. Cincinnati 7-0 1477 2
3. Alabama 7-1 1417 4
4. Oklahoma 8-0 1383 3
5. Ohio St. 6-1 1311 5
6. Michigan 7-0 1270 6
7. Oregon 6-1 1165 10
8. Michigan St. 7-0 1160 9
9. Iowa 6-1 1035 11
10. Mississippi 6-1 1034 12
11. Notre Dame 6-1 922 13
12. Kentucky 6-1 849 15
13. Wake Forest 7-0 801 16
14. Texas A&M 6-2 700 17
15. Oklahoma St. 6-1 682 8
16. Baylor 6-1 513 20
17. Pittsburgh 6-1 510 23
18. Auburn 5-2 481 19
19. SMU 7-0 473 21
20. Penn St. 5-2 471 7
21. San Diego St. 7-0 390 22
22. Iowa St. 5-2 298 -
23. UTSA 8-0 235 24
24. Coastal Carolina 6-1 132 14
25. BYU 6-2 44 -
Others receiving votes: Arkansas 36, Louisiana-Lafayette 32, NC State 28, Houston 12, Virginia 9, Oregon St. 7, Arizona St. 7, Texas 6, Appalachian St. 5, Florida 3, UCLA 1, Minnesota 1.