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Ohio State dropped four spots to No. 6 in The Associated Press college football poll after its first loss of the season, and Penn State moved into the rankings for the first time since 2011 after upsetting the Buckeyes.Alabama is No. 1 again, receiving all but one of the 61 first-place votes from the media panel on Sunday. Michigan moved up to No. 2, Clemson is No. 3 and Washington No. 4.Louisville moved up to No. 5 ahead of the Buckeyes, who blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead and lost 24-21 against Penn State on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions entered the rankings at No. 24.Nebraska is No. 7 and Baylor is eighth. Texas A&M slipped three spots to No. 9 after losing for the first time this season.---POLL POINTSUP- West Virginia (6-0) moved up two spots to No. 10 in the rankings, the Mountaineers best showing since 2012. Those Mountaineers with Geno Smith and Tavon Austin were undone by a faulty defense and ended up finishing the season unranked after peaking at No. 5 in early October. These Mountaineers have the second-best defense in the Big 12 and rank 32nd in the nation in yards per play at 5.14.- No. 15 Auburn moved up six spots after the second-most lopsided SEC victory in the history of the program. The Tigers beat Arkansas 56-3 and have won four straight since a 1-2 start.- No. 19 LSU moved up six spots after trouncing Mississippi.- Washington matched its best ranking since finishing No. 3 in 2000.DOWN- Ohio State had the biggest drop of the week, but it still ran its streak of top-10 rankings to 31, the longest current streak in the nation, dating back to November 2014.IN- Penn State was last ranked Dec. 4, 2011. It had gone four full seasons without being ranked, the longest string of seasons without a ranking since the Nittany Lions made their first poll appearance in 1940. The Nittany Lions also are ranked without Joe Paterno as coach for the first time since 1954.- No. 23 Colorado and No. 25 Virginia Tech moved back into the rankings for a second time this season.OUT- Houston tumbled out of the rankings for the first time this season after getting routed by SMU. The fall from No. 15 to unranked is tied for the fifth-largest drop since the rankings went to a Top 25 in 1989.- Mississippi, which was the first 3-3 team since 2009 to be ranked last week, is out for the first time this season after dropping to 3-4 with a loss to LSU.- Arkansas, which started the season unranked, is out again.CONFERENCE CALLSEC -- 6Big Ten -- 5ACC -- 5Pac-12 -- 3Big 12 -- 3American -- 1MAC -- 1Mountain West -- 1RANKED vs. RANKEDNo. 3 Clemson at No. 12 Florida State. The toughest game left on the Tigers schedule.No. 4 Washington at No. 17 Utah. Maybe the first of two meetings for the leaders of the Pac-12 North (Huskies) and South (Utes).No. 7 Nebraska at No. 11 Wisconsin. The Huskers can lose and still hold on to the Big Ten West lead, but then they go to Ohio State.---Follow Ralph D. Russo at www.Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP---Online:More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.orgBobby Poyner Red Sox Jersey . Nine days before the opening ceremony, organizing committee chief Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday that Sochi is "fully ready" and will deliver safe, friendly and well-run games that defy the grim reports that have overshadowed preparations. Josh A. Smith Jersey . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. https://www.cheapredsox.com/1761z-gorkys-hernandez-jersey-red-sox.html . Burke is expected to miss two to three months after breaking a finger in the teams third preseason game. Tinsley, a 10-year veteran, spent the last two seasons in Utah, where the point guard averaged 3. John Smoltz Jersey . It just didnt show when he hit the ice. Berra made 42 saves and Kris Russell scored at 1:32 of overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. Sandy Leon Jersey . "Trying to breathe," he said with a grin. Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots on Monday night, including all 22 in a hectic middle frame, his heroic performance propelling the Leafs toward an undue point in their final game before the Christmas break.GREENWICH, Conn. -- The headmaster of a Connecticut high school has apologized after its football team named one of its plays Hitler.Chris Winters, of Greenwich High School, issued the apology Friday. He called the designation inappropriate and offensive and said the practice has been stopped.A mother from the town of Trumbull told the Connecticut Post (http://bit.ly/2denmBG) her sons freshman football team was playing Greenwich on Thursday when the players charged onto the field shouting Hitler. The newspaper reported the signal for the play was an index finger laid across the upper lip.Debbie Levison told the newspaper her son was angry when he came off the field and told her why. When she asked the coach, he confirmed that they use a play named Hitler.My grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins perished at the hands of Hitler, Levison said Friday. My father and mother suffered unspeakable atrocities during the Holocaust. So yes, Im outraged..ddddddddddddhe newspaper reported the play had been in use for years. Levison said she could not understand how other adults had never intervened.The football team and coaches met Friday with the Connecticut Anti-Defamation League to make sure they understand why it was offensive. Steve Ginsburg, executive director of the group, said he viewed it as a time when education was needed.There was a lack of understanding. This is not a situation where there was any intent to intimidate, or anti-Semitism or anything like that, he said.Levison said the principal and athletic director personally called her to apologize, and they seemed sincere.I think this is symptomatic of the general blurring of lines in our country of what is right and what is wrong, she said.---Information from: Connecticut Post, http://www.connpost.com ' ' '