Alabama stays unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25 as top seven unchanged; Buffalo earns first-ever ranking

(1:23)Alabama was No. 1 for the fifth week in a row Sunday and extended its streak of consecutive poll appearances to 210, the third-longest in the history of The Associated Press college football poll.The Crimson Tide were the unanimous No. 1 for the third straight week, and the top seven teams were unchanged for a fifth consecutive poll.Notre Dame was No. 2, followed by Ohio State, Clemson and Texas A&M; to round out the top five. The Bulls had their game at Ohio called off on Friday while on their way to Athens because the Bobcats were having COVID-19 issues.Buffalo is the first MAC team to be ranked this season, giving every FBS league at least one ranked team during this pandemic-altered season.The Bulls have been an FBS school playing in the MAC since 1999 and had only two non-losing seasons before Lance Leipold took over as coach in 2015. Leipold, who built a Division III powerhouse at Wisconsin-Whitewater, is in the midst of his fourth straight season of .500 or better at Buffalo.IN AND OUTWhile the top seven teams remained in a holding pattern, the back half got a shake-up with Buffalo and the Colorado Buffaloes stampeding into poll.Marshall, Oklahoma State, Oregon and Washington all fell out.For Oklahoma State, its third loss of the season knocked the Cowboys out of the rankings for the first time this season.Marshall fell out all the way from No. 15 after getting shut out by Rice at home Saturday in one of the most surprising upsets of the season.The Ducks' and Huskies' exits left the Pac-12 with two ranked teams: No. 16 USC, which was scheduled to play Sunday night against Washington State in a game delayed because of COVID-19 issues, and No. 21 Colorado.Under first-year coach Karl Dorrell, the Buffaloes (4-0) are ranked for the first time since a two-week stint in 2018. They started 5-0 that season but ended with a seven-game losing streak and a coaching change.No. 20 North Carolina and No. 23 Texas returned to the Top 25.CONFERENCE CALLBig Ten: 5 (Nos. 3, 8, 15, 19, 25)