The Southeastern Conference has reached a new milestone in The Associated Press college football poll, becoming the first league to place four teams in the top five -- all from the western division.

Associated Press Top 10 The SEC Western Division race carries huge national implications as four teams currently reside in the top five of the AP Poll.

Complete poll | Power rankings 1. Miss. St. (43) 6. Oregon 2. Florida St. (14) 7. Notre Dame 3. Ole Miss (3) 8. Michigan St. 4. Alabama 9. Georgia 5. Auburn 10. TCU First-place votes in parenthesis

Mississippi State stayed No. 1 after a weekend off. The Atlantic Coast Conference's Florida State held its ground at No. 2 after beating then-No. 5 Notre Dame 31-27.

Ole Miss remains No. 3. Alabama jumped three spots to No. 4 after a 59-0 victory against Texas A&M. Auburn moved up a spot to No. 5 during a bye week, taking advantage of losses by previously unbeaten Notre Dame and Baylor.

The Irish dropped two spots to seventh. Baylor fell to No. 12 after losing 41-27 at West Virginia.

Thirty times since 2001 a conference has placed three teams in the top five of the AP Top 25. The SEC had done it 16 times since 2009.

The Seminoles (7-0, 4-0 ACC) control their own destiny, however, as no currently ranked teams remain on the schedule.