Tennessee dropped from third to sixth in the Associated Press poll released Tuesday.

The Vols, who had a lackluster 17-10 over unranked UAB Saturday, were passed by Michigan, Ohio State and LSU.

The AP Top 25

By The Associated Press

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 5, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

  Record  Pts  Pvs 

 1. Southern Cal (61)   1-0   1,621   1 

 2. Texas (4)  1-0   1,541   2 

 3. Michigan  1-0   1,360   4 

 4. Ohio St.  1-0   1,301   6 

 5. LSU  0-0   1,291   5 

 6. Tennessee  1-0   1,280   3 

 7. Virginia Tech 1-0   1,253   8 

 8. Iowa  1-0   1,146  11 

 9. Georgia  1-0   1,131  13 

10. Florida  1-0   1,129  10 

11. Florida St.  1-0   1,064  14 

12. Louisville  1-0    |911  12 

13. Purdue  0-0    |740  15 

14. Miami  0-1    |710   9 

15. Arizona St.  1-0    |553  20 

16. California  1-0    |514  19 

17. Georgia Tech   1-0    |459 | — 

18. Oklahoma  0-1    |375   7 

19. Boston College   1-0    |372  22 

20. Notre Dame   1-0    |345 | — 

21. Texas Tech  0-0    |274  21 

22. TCU  1-0    |254 | — 

23. Virginia  1-0    |232  25 

24. Fresno St.  0-0    |221  24 

25. Clemson  1-0    |164 | — 

Others receiving votes: Alabama 153, Oregon 119, Auburn 118, Utah 111, Texas A&M 106, Colorado 61, Wisconsin 44, Boise St. 31, UCLA 23, Iowa St. 21, Minnesota 16, Penn St. 16, N.C. State 13, Michigan St. 11, Arizona 10, UTEP 8, Bowling Green 7, Oregon St. 6, Southern Miss. 5, West Virginia 3, Toledo 2.