Florida State is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll, followed by Alabama, Oregon and Mississippi State. The top four teams were unchanged for the first time since late September.

Associated Press Top 10 No. 2 Alabama picked up five more first-place votes to pull even closer to No. 1 Florida State in The Associated Press college football poll.

Complete poll 1. Florida St. (37) 6. TCU 2. Alabama (21) 7. Ohio State 3. Oregon (2) 8. Georgia 4. Miss. St. 9. UCLA 5. Baylor 10. Michigan St. First-place votes in parenthesis

The gap between the Seminoles and the Crimson Tide narrowed after another close call by Florida State, which beat Boston College 20-17 on a field goal in the waning seconds.

Florida State received 37 first-place votes and 1,458 points, down six first-place votes and 18 points from last week. Alabama has 21 first-place votes 1,445 points. No. 3 Oregon received two first-place votes, one more than last week.

Mississippi State is fourth, followed by Baylor and TCU. Baylor and TCU swapped places. Ohio State remained No. 7.

No. 22 Minnesota, No. 23 Clemson, No. 24 Louisville and No. 25 Boise State moved into the rankings. Nebraska, Utah, USC and Duke dropped out.

The Gophers are ranked for the first time since 2008.