Florida State strengthened its hold on No....
Florida State strengthened its hold on No. 1, and Georgia Tech and Brigham Young plummeted in the first regular-season Associated Press college football poll.
With 54 of 59 first-place votes and 1,469 points after beating BYU, 44-28, in the Pigskin Classic, Florida State had five more first-place votes than it did in the preseason poll and increased its lead over idle No. 2 Michigan to 106 points. BYU dropped from 19th to 25th.
Florida State also led the USA Today/CNN poll of the coaches with Miami, a 31-3 winner over Arkansas, second and Michigan third.
Georgia Tech, the only undefeated team in Division I-A last season, fell from eighth to 17th in the AP poll after losing to Penn State, 34-22, in the Kickoff Classic.
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